HalfAChicken.com - 9/16/14 - Carmichael Gallery

Originally published on 9/16/14 at HalfAChicken.com https://halfachicken.com/justinavalon/article/86

Art-loving couple gives gallery spotlight to street artists

It takes a special set of eyes and hearts to recognize the beauty hidden in your own home. Such is the case with husband and wife team Seth and Elisa Carmichael, the proud progenitors of the eponymous Carmichael Gallery. Founded in 2007, the Carmichael’s lovechild of passion and commitment to art is one of LA and NYC’s best-kept local secrets, focusing on street artists who are breaking ground in painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media.

In its short seven years of life thus far, the gallery has already garnered a reputation for being intimate yet spacious, with its quaint two-room setup providing the ideal platform for receptions, exhibits, mingling, and past events have even featured DJ’s such as Sean Reveron and Ro Blvd. + RDNP.

At the Carmichael, it’s all about the unknown folks and flavors, both local and international. The gallery has played host to a wide range of diamonds in the rough, including abstract expressionist painter Maya Lujan and Latino contemporary photographers Eriberto and Estevan Oriol. Other events have showcased multiple talents from across the world, such as their September 2012 exhibit “Disambiguation,” which featured the works of New York graffiti artist Carlos Mare, Milan-born graffiti artist Rae Martini, UK graffiti artist Remi Morgan (a.k.a. “Remi/Rough”), and Barcelona-born painter and fashion designer Sergio Hidalgo (a.k.a. “Sixeart”).

Aside from the traditional form of displaying works within their humble space, on occasion the exhibits can even go beyond the gallery’s walls. For example, one of the gallery’s resident LA artists, the whimsically-named Bumblebee Loves You, has been known to display murals and pop-up exhibits on the walls of buildings in Venice Beach.

The Carmichael Gallery has locations in Los Angeles and New York. If you’re in the either area, you owe it to yourself to check out the local talent on display at the gallery’s next exhibition. Because just like Seth and Elisa, you never know what you’ll find if you take a look around.

Sources:

http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/

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https://www.facebook.com/carmichaelgallery/

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