Wine and Chocolate is the name of the show currently hanging at The Grind Gallery. It is a delicious assortment of paintings. I chose to focus on the sensual works of Grace Albelda for this review.

The Decadent Nature

Grace Albeldas' work commands attention with its striking use of white, pastille color palette and sense of fashion. Her subjects appear delicate under pale translucent candy colored skin tones. Ladies draped in not much more than corsets, cherries and sugar evoke a sensual response as if one might be able to taste them just by looking. I think the word is synesthesia. The melding of female form with food gives a playful decadent nature to these sexy paintings. There is a distinctive style of romantic sexuality flowing through this collection. Think- “Dangerous Liaisons”, Victorian seduction meets lesbian chic with a tinge of Betty Page. The Pop-Victorian, sugary, bondage sty lings of Albelda's work is inspired in its use of

masterful painterly technique and sugary, feminine quality.

by Andrea Branca
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Websites of Artists featured in Under The Radar :

GRACE ALBELDA- www.gracealbelda.com

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Gallery Information:

The Grind Gallery
12222 Venice Blvd
Mar Vista, CA. 90066

310.397.2244
www.thegrindgallery.com

Gallery Hours : Thur - Sun 1-7pm (or by appointment)

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