Three artists venture under the surface at APC in Torrance

Artist and print shop/gallery owner Ron Libbrecht with two of his recent paintings. Photo by Gloria Plascencia It’s easy to drive down Cabrillo Avenue, along the east end of Old Torrance, without noticing APC Fine Arts & Graphics Gallery. Located within a print shop – the APC stands for Automatic Printing Company – there are three small, interconnected rooms, which Ron Libbrecht installed eight years ago. He didn’t really start out with the intention of showcasing other people’s artwork; primarily he wanted to showcase his own. But over the last four years he’s had a variety of exhibitions, and although APC remains an under-recognized South Bay venue for the arts, the current body of work – titled “Elements of Strata” and featuring Carolyn Buck Vosburgh, Nancy Mooslin, and Libbrecht himself – is as good as it gets around here. The opening reception is this Sunday, June 30, from 2 to 5 p.m. Sharing the wealth It kind of began like this. APC has done a considerable amount of printing for hotels, and Libbrecht wanted a space where people – potential clients – could come in and see his work. “And so the first [function] of the gallery was to promote that. The problem,” he says, “is…

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