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Finishing touches to a prolific 2020
January 20 , 2021

Finishing touches to a prolific 2020

It’s January 20th, 2021.  I love the beginning of the year and the sense of renewed creativity it brings.  Surprisingly, 2020 was one of my most prolific years in the art studio the many challenges the pandemic has created.  This month in the studio, I’ve been putting the finishing touches on framing the artworks from […]

The frequency of co-operation
December 1 , 2020

The frequency of co-operation

As an artist, I like to think of natural systems as a fascinating reference where I can learn to understand myself and others.  I see it in the co-operation of a flock of migrating geese, bees constructing geometric hives and even electrons and protons in balance forming a single atom.  Each of these contain an […]

Generating a massive reverberation
October 29 , 2020

Generating a massive reverberation

This is Tunnel Boom, the latest release to the 2020 series, Incompressible Flow.  The title draws on the imagination of shock waves of compressed air releasing with massive force.  However we envision this piece in our memories, in the confines of this tunnel vision is the accumulation of something powerful happening. Here’s an amazing video […]

Lifting a needle to the vinyl
September 22 , 2020

Lifting a needle to the vinyl

Let me introduce my newest art release, Piston Effect.  Of course it doesn’t look even remotely related to it’s early 19th century photographic process, nor does it need too.  It’s tell a different story. I often underplay how I make my art for a reason, it gets in the way.  I believe the art that excites […]

A favorable position
August 3 , 2020

A favorable position

This next artwork is titled Gradient Advantage, making reference to of a term used for describing geological formations in relation to water flows. Continuing the theme of Incompressible flow, this piece volleys the question, could there ever be a favorable position of advantage in a system of perpetual motion?

Into a primordial soup
June 30 , 2020

Into a primordial soup

Tangential Grasps is the next new introduction to the Spring 2020 series. Emerging at all edges are flowing tube-like shapes of light travel out of darkness into a cool-white collective. Within the center core only hints the flowing movements turbulently swirling into a primordial soup of change and chance.

A fist squeezing a water balloon
May 27 , 2020

A fist squeezing a water balloon

In January, as initiated my spring 2020 series, I had no idea that we were headed into a global crisis of health, heart and mind.  I knew I wanted to make a series of abstract works that thematically worked with two concepts.  First, Incompressible, as a state of defiant resistance to increasing pressure.  Second, Flow […]

Published: Time at the time of isolation
May 26 , 2020

Published: Time at the time of isolation

It’s a pleasure to share an exciting book project that aims to capture 93 artists working in Spring 2020.  You’ll find many familiar Los Angeles artist, including myself.  Try previewing the book and look alphabetical towards S’s.  If you like what you see, why not support a fresh narrative that reflects on our time together.Cheers!

Mixing with the current or muddying the waters
April 8 , 2020

Mixing with the current or muddying the waters

The inspiration for this work, Turbidity Current originates as fast-moving currents that are intermixing with a fury of inky saturation.  With this new body of work, I’m reflecting on the movements and currents that surround us, in part as an abstraction to reflect upon the currents we allow to flow into our lives. The term […]

The size of a lasting impression
April 2 , 2020

The size of a lasting impression

How and why I make my light activated art are so intertwined it can be a challenge to break them apart.  How open minded are you to let me share why scale matters?  Ignite the experience!The scale of the art is not what is most important to me, but the size of the impression in the […]

Keeping your mind pandemic-free
March 31 , 2020

Keeping your mind pandemic-free

I’m not sure if you have a similar experience, but there are a handful artworks that I regularly think about to help bring clarity to difficult moments.  Since the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus and it’s all consuming anxiety, there has been one piece of artwork that has been asking me to come closer and […]

Be squeezable and carry on
March 27 , 2020

Be squeezable and carry on

Here’s the 2nd piece from my Spring 2020 series, Incompressible Flow. The central idea for this series is resiliency.  Thinking about the flow of movement, it can be diverted, but not compressed or compromised in nature.  The title for this piece is Squeezability Cipher.  Like squeezing a water balloon, the contents appropriately only flow around.  […]

Introducing Spring 2020 Series
March 20 , 2020

Introducing Spring 2020 Series

Introducing Spring 2020 Series.The studio has been an absolute creative powerhouse the last 3 months – and still going.  It feels amazing to be exploring, experimenting and seeing how the series is coming together as a larger body of work. These light based artworks fill the gap between painting and emulsion based photography.  The central theme […]

Ligne Roset design evening
March 3 , 2020

Ligne Roset design evening

It was a pleasure for all that came out to the Ligne Roset design party on Thursday night where I had 10 artworks on view.   So far, the first week has been an amazing success with sales and new partnerships in the works. If you missed the party and are in LA or OC area, […]

Slechta at Ligne Roset, Costa Mesa
February 19 , 2020

Slechta at Ligne Roset, Costa Mesa

 February 12 – April 24, 2020  Selections from the Inherent Trajectories and Junctions series are on view at Ligne Roset, the high-end French modern furniture design center.    Ligne Roset & Poliform, Kaz Design Group,  3323 Hyland Ave.  Costa Mesa, CAP: 657-900-2225 Art: Departures From LinearityDesign: PUMPKIN by Pierre Paulin Art: Ecotone UnificationDesign: TOGO by […]

Is it good enough for my collectors?
February 11 , 2020

Is it good enough for my collectors?

During a fruitful meeting with a collector last week, I was asked, “how long does it take to make one of your artworks?”.  I had a fresh perspective to share.  The last 2 month in the studio been kind of like hitting my head against a brick wall, then getting all excited afterwards to try it […]

Making of Precariously Bright – Video
February 6 , 2020

Making of Precariously Bright – Video

This is Precariously Bright.  It has intense, vibrating, white hot energy as if it is falling into a tipping point.  A place of uncertainty.  There’s this sense of a shooting star that you know only happens for a brief moment and it’s gone.  And, that’s this moment this work is about.   The way I work […]

Far more aggressive than it actually is
January 28 , 2020

Far more aggressive than it actually is

Let me introduce, Crimson Belligerence, a piece distinguished by vibrant ultramarine and crimson meteorological like clusters, vibrating and dissembling with atmospheric intensity.  This piece reminds me to evaluate the speed in which perceived change occurs (as in worse case scenario need not be the default). The geometric shards have a feather-lightness to their mass, as if […]

Conceptual workings & studio practice – video
January 13 , 2020

Conceptual workings & studio practice – video

I’ve been working with abstraction for quite some time now, and it’s a very powerful thing.  It’s a language that allows us to communicate together without being restricted by the noun, by who I am and who are you.  It allows us to just get all that out of the way and have a dialog […]

Everything becomes new again
January 7 , 2020

Everything becomes new again

Let me introduce, Labyrinth of Memories, a photogram that is unlike many of my works, its not full of releasing, kinetic movement.  It has colored layers that collectively appear wedged into immovable confinement.  If I was to use one word to describe this piece it would be, ‘snug’. The title for this piece also plays with […]

Who is the Nightingale Spectator
November 21 , 2019

Who is the Nightingale Spectator

It would be a waste if artwork titles were merely a descriptive ‘what is it’.  Nightingale Spectator is no different.  The titles I assign for each photogram is an opportunity to get nudged toward a perspective of viewing new and fresh way.   Linguistically, there is a rhythm in the titles, usually only 2 words using […]

Cultivating meanings that are already there
November 19 , 2019

Cultivating meanings that are already there

“The artist role is not to generate meaning, but to cultivate the meanings that are already there.” Author, Cal Newport shares this idea in the book Deep Work, while making a compelling argument for relevance of focused concentration over scattered multi-tasking.  What I found interesting as it relates to art, Cal Newport makes the connection […]

The optimism of decay
November 5 , 2019

The optimism of decay

In light activated artwork Lyrical Dissonance, there is a kind of pulsing tension between the two contrasting color bars that are surrounded by hazy atmospherics. With this piece, I was looking to create movements that set-off a series of chain of reactions.  There is a staging of two opposing forms, in blue and yellow.  This […]

To see the future not with certainty
October 9 , 2019

To see the future not with certainty

I create to engage, jostle and spar as if it’s an art is an ethical act.  I seek out the collapse of structural systems.   The NEW emerges from the fragments of our past thought.  This is reflected in the series, Precariously Bright, distinguished by auras of colorful meteorological like clusters, vibrating and disassembling with […]

Artwork being oxygen in the room
October 8 , 2019

Artwork being oxygen in the room

When my art is brought into peoples homes, it can be transformative.  It’s the art that acts as a kind of oxygen in the room, a breath of fresh air to open the consciousness and clear the mind.  This is my function as an artist, to work with questions that don’t have straightforward answers.  This […]

When photography couldn’t be art
October 3 , 2019

When photography couldn’t be art

It’s hard to imagine, but it wasn’t that long ago that the common perception in the art world was ‘photography was not art’.  Even in the 1990’s within the safe confines of a New York City art school, it was hotly debated.  The NYC gallery scene all but confirmed it was gospel as well.  “Photography” […]

There is no darkness but ignorance
September 24 , 2019

There is no darkness but ignorance

One of my sources of inspiration as an artist using experimental photography, is light itself. Light has been the defining element in my life, in part for much the same reasons as philosophers and scientists have been drawn to it over the millennia.   Light is like no other substantive experience. It is instantaneous, yet […]

Crank it up
September 17 , 2019

Crank it up

It wasn’t that long ago, when we used to buy a new album, crank it up, playing it over-and-over as if we have nothing else in our music collection. With each loop, we internalize the rhythms, memorizing the lyrics, and yes, sing along – experiencing the music deeper. I wanted to share, this small piece […]

Awash in violet and magenta
August 26 , 2019

Awash in violet and magenta

Awash in violet and magenta, Predictive Vapor is a vibrant piece from my newest series that exemplifies the contrasting elements of both whizzing movement and momentary stillness.  I like to think of the crisp stillness as a temporary suspension, hovering in a momentary reprieve, surrounded by a blur of movement.

Installation at California Center for the Arts
August 21 , 2019

Installation at California Center for the Arts

The multi panel installation of photogram \’Precariously Bright\’ seamlessly locked together like a dream for the exhibition, Photography Expanded.  All the aluminum framing fabrication was done in-studio. 

Fractured, disconnected and in a free-fall
August 13 , 2019

Fractured, disconnected and in a free-fall

The title for this piece, Paragon En Masse is composed as an image of fractured shards in a state of collapse. The fragments caught in movement invoke a sense of gravitational  heaviness in movement. The title is meant to behold the irony of excellence of the highest level for everyone.  A highly improbable ideology in […]

Life’s too short to repeat oneself
August 12 , 2019

Life’s too short to repeat oneself

Indeed life it too short to repeat oneself and I believe that is important for my art as well.   There is confusion sometimes with my artwork being a hybrid between painting and photography, that the photograms are copies or duplicates, just like photographs are from an original negative or digital file.  Nope!  Each piece […]

Working in the pitch darkness – there’s more to seeing
August 8 , 2019

Working in the pitch darkness – there’s more to seeing

The conceptions of my art begins as large translucent paintings in a hard-edge minimalist style.   Once the painting is done, the theater of light begins.   The best way to control light is in total darkness.  Using  traditional photo-paper acting as my canvas.  I roll out giant sheets of photo paper and lay the translucent […]

Seductive materiality leaves no trace of the artist hand
August 6 , 2019

Seductive materiality leaves no trace of the artist hand

One of the elements I love about my work, is it leaves no trace of the artist.  There’s no surface brushstrokes or impasto to project a sense of the artists state-of-mind.  There’s just a slick, glossy-wet and seductive materiality across the surface that plays with our sense of unfamiliarity.  There is the texture of paint, […]

Phillip Roth’s ‘Supreme Delight’
August 2 , 2019

Phillip Roth’s ‘Supreme Delight’

The title for this piece “Supreme Delight” is inspired from the rye and middle-aged humor of novelist Phillip Roth in American Pastoral.   “the supreme delight of the afternoon, is simply finding that you haven’t made it onto the “In Memoriam” page.”  Indeed the simple things, found in the delight to still be alive and kicking. […]

Art advisor’s top auction choice
July 30 , 2019

Art advisor’s top auction choice

“Richard Slechta’s “Boundary Value” is especially engaging because it evokes a sense of wonder besides its visual appeal. Geometric abstract forms and vigorous color come together resplendently in his work. But the image stands at the intersection of science and metaphysics, holding a bit of mystery. Created using light and pigment (no camera), his photograms […]

Everyone carries an unknown history
July 26 , 2019

Everyone carries an unknown history

For many years, my artwork series teeter back-and-forth between high-key, white and airy collections and low-key, dark,  inky and heavy collections, like this piece Variable Reentry.  They each serve their own purpose, to uplift and investigate something deeper.  One thing I’ve come to see in my work, is that dark doesn’t necessarily mean dark in […]

Eleanor Roosevelt’s surprising ethos to photography
July 25 , 2019

Eleanor Roosevelt’s surprising ethos to photography

One of most important principles I keep in mind in the creative process, asking “is my art coming from a place of genuine intention founded in others?” Contrary to and probably shock to many, I don’t consider my artwork to be about me. I’m reminded by this daily, in a quote posted near my studio […]

When to choose the more practical profession
July 24 , 2019

When to choose the more practical profession

I often get asked, what set me on the the path to become an artist?  I imagine people expect to hear a story of natural born talent, with the glowing aura of ‘protege’.  The truth is, I’m one of those odd-balls where I was really crystal clear on what I wanted to do with my life […]

Reality is not as clear-cut as it seems
July 22 , 2019

Reality is not as clear-cut as it seems

The piece Boundary Value reminds me of the quote by Italian physicist, Carlo Rovelli “Reality is not as clear-cut as it seems.”  Within this spiraling kaleidoscope-like geometric pattern, begins the adventure into perception.  

It’s a done deal, now just a matter of time
July 5 , 2019

It’s a done deal, now just a matter of time

If you enjoy art as much as I do, you probably have a mental list of artworks you want in your collection.  I like to imagine those pieces that will simultaneously excite and complement the art and ideas that already fill my home.  I see them as my Future Collection, as something that is a […]

Everything points to this moment
July 3 , 2019

Everything points to this moment

Everything about Galvanized Imperfection points to the moments that immediately proceed. The halo of white light are a metaphysical counterpoint to the other artworks in this collection.  Vibrating with potential energy, there is a hopeful sense that regardless of what could be anticipated, there is a perfection embedded in the readiness of time.

Elements that become Airless Weight
July 2 , 2019

Elements that become Airless Weight

No matter how abstracted or non-representational the artwork veer towards, there are two forces that regularly pull our minds into the familiar; horizon and gravity.  Rather than resists, I embrace them as elements that play with the dynamism of the action.  

Beginning with unanswered questions
July 1 , 2019

Beginning with unanswered questions

One of the driving questions I held during the creation of this collection was around the perils of uncontrollable uncertainty. This piece, Garden Variety Singularity is a prime example of this precarious state of accelerated motion. I’m reminded of the quote by race car driver, Mario Andretti, “If everything seems under control, you’re not going […]

Building an expanding narrative
June 24 , 2019

Building an expanding narrative

I always enjoy seeing the perspective of curators and interior designers in how they choose to pair artworks together that builds on a common thread, further expanding the narrative.  Enjoy the new release from the Precariously Bright Collection.

Cyclical nature of change and exchange
June 19 , 2019

Cyclical nature of change and exchange

In the serene blue and purple blend into the dark hues of stillness set the environment to be suddenly disrupted by explosive force and cascading geometric debris. The title Reciprocal Ablation refers the cyclical nature of change and exchange.

Brazen Experimentalism of 1992
June 17 , 2019

Brazen Experimentalism of 1992

I’m not sure if it’s the naivety of youth that allows our early influences to run the profoundly deepest.  This was certainly true for me as a young artist and what propelled me to dedicate much of my life to the camera less photographic medium, the photogram.  It was 1992, art school and I already […]

Opening Night @ Villa di Donato
June 11 , 2019

Opening Night @ Villa di Donato

Villa di Donato, Napoli  May 29 – June 10, 2019 Entering the 18th. century Villa di Donato, with candle light leading the way created a magical opening night into the Naples exhibit.  Inside, the art exhibition came alive with a nod to both history and our contemporary moment.  Perfectly juxtaposed for thematic exhibition, Edge of […]

Exhibit: Villa di Donato, Naples
May 23 , 2019

Exhibit: Villa di Donato, Naples

Villa di Donato, Naples May 29 – June 10, 2019 It’s a pleasure to introduce my newest series ‘Ether of the Homeland’ for Summer 2019.   This work is a look through the lens into the American Dream beheld by my immigrating family four generations ago and how it reflects onto our vision of the […]

Losing more mass than they gain
May 8 , 2019

Losing more mass than they gain

The titled ‘Ablation Season’, is a period during which glaciers lose more mass than they gain; usually coincides with summer. It reminds me there are seasons of change for everything, nothing in life is static.

Rising to the smell of prosperity
May 8 , 2019

Rising to the smell of prosperity

Ripe with pastoral vignettes typical to most early 20th century propaganda, the stage is set for a combustive double entendre within the artwork’s title Ether of the Homeland.   The tossing narrative imagery of broken shackles, blindfolds removed, beers toasted and youth’s promise rising to the smell of prosperity. The ether is in the air […]

On Independent Collectors
May 3 , 2019

On Independent Collectors

Surprisingly as an artist, I still enjoy hearing the stories and passions of art collectors.  It’s a healthy reminder for an artist, that the enjoyment of a collection isn’t just about the jazz of consumption. With this in mind, I must share a recently discovered collectors website solely dedicated to interviewing and understanding the passions […]

FEATURING: Plenty Among Equals
April 25 , 2019

FEATURING: Plenty Among Equals

This entire series began with a single spark, loaded with the call for equality, justice and dignity.  A woman in her might, breaking loose the chains of oppression above her head.  Printed in 1919, one of the first stamps, as a free and independent country at the end of WWI.  Cleverly printed only a couple […]

FEATURING: Plentiful Abundance
April 18 , 2019

FEATURING: Plentiful Abundance

One of my favorite new pieces released in 2019 is Plentiful Abundance.  There’s a lot going on in this piece, so let me share a few of my indulgences.  There’s flexing masculinity, youthful breasts and old-timers toasting beers to the spoils of productivity.  Apples and fish are brimming in their baskets as the postage era promises […]

EXHIBIT: Edge of History
March 27 , 2019

EXHIBIT: Edge of History

Gallery 825, West Hollywood February 9 – 22, 2019 It’s a pleasure to introduce my newest series ‘Ether of the Homeland’ for spring 2019.   This work is a look through the lens into the American Dream beheld by my immigrating family four generations ago and how it reflects onto our vision of the future. […]

When its not visible in front of us
January 10 , 2019

When its not visible in front of us

This is Equivocal Intersection, one of my fondest from this series as it calls on us to draw attention to not what is directly visible in front of us, but what is in our periphery.  That narrow space between recognition and out of sight, that somehow seems to be wired to a more intuitive part […]

Delicate sensuality of grace
July 12 , 2018

Delicate sensuality of grace

This extraordinary close-up detail of Mounting Reserves, really gets me thinking about, not so much “what” it is… but “how” it behaves, slowly unfolding in this soft pool of light.  I see a delicate sensuality of grace.

EXHIBIT: Cascades at UAMA
May 2 , 2018

EXHIBIT: Cascades at UAMA

University of Arizona Museum of ArtMay 26 –  September 9, 2018 Closing Reception & Artist TalkSeptember 6th 5-7PM

Launching into a maelstrom of kinetic flight
March 14 , 2018

Launching into a maelstrom of kinetic flight

Inflection Point exemplifies the core theme in my newest series, ‘Cascades’. What stands out differently is the dominate rigid blue bar that appears in so many other works, is now taken a contoured form. Its whipping movement, launches the shard like glass into a maelstrom of kinetic flight. Aptly titled ‘Inflection Point’, the interplay between […]

Rigorous Circle of Artists
February 5 , 2018

Rigorous Circle of Artists

I imagine you all know my work well, but perhaps less about who I call my friendly competition – the rigorous circle of contemporary artists that also work within the genre of experimental, non-camera based photography. Not exactly mainstream, but it’s growing lure is an art genre that draws on older traditions of pre-digital methods […]

EXHIBIT: ‘Cascades’ at Hardin
January 18 , 2018

EXHIBIT: ‘Cascades’ at Hardin

Mary Hardin Center for Cultural Arts January 13 – April 28, 2018   The Mary Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, presents 20 works by Richard Slechta for his solo exhibition ‘Cascades’.   About the work: In his photograms, Richard Slechta engages the basic dyad of presence and absence, giving it a striking immediacy. His art […]

Collectors Feature: Hollywood Hills
January 4 , 2018

Collectors Feature: Hollywood Hills

Nestled above the Sunset Strip in the Hollywood Hills, Slechta’s artworks become a feature of this modernists Tag Front architectural gem.

California Center for the Arts ‘Photography Expanded’
September 22 , 2017

California Center for the Arts ‘Photography Expanded’

California Center for the Arts, Escondido September 29 –  November 12, 2017 Artists Lecture:  October 15th   The California Center for the Arts, Escondido will present 17 works by Richard Slechta for the group exhibition surveying the varied conceptual approaches to photography.  Richard will be featuring nearly all new works including the much anticipated installation, […]

Annual Studio BBQ – 2017
May 17 , 2017

Annual Studio BBQ – 2017

I love the time of year when I open up the studio to friends and collectors to get a first look of my new series, Cascades.  Another delicious Studio BBQ wraps up the 2017 year.

Video: Inside the Creative Process
February 23 , 2017

Video: Inside the Creative Process

An important part of my studio practice is “how” I make my art.  This “how” informs the intent that is embedded in the works.  The glistening and pristine surface of the photo paper, only quietly whispers to the materials and mannerisms of its making.  Draw closer and enjoy this video.

Art Basel, Switzerland
June 22 , 2016

Art Basel, Switzerland

Gallery Projektraum M54, Art Basel, Switzerland ‘Ping Pong’, June 13-19, 2016 Richard joined the curated exhibition at gallery Projektraum M54, running with Art Basel, Switzerland.

Headline News: Art Basel
June 18 , 2016

Headline News: Art Basel

Art ReviewGallery Projektraum M54, Art Basel, SwitzerlandJune 13-19, 2016Gallery Projektraum got a nice write up in the local Basil newspaper for Art Basel Week. Basler Zietung Review

Wrapped & Ready – En Route
June 1 , 2016

Wrapped & Ready – En Route

Exhibiting: Art Basel, SwitzerlandJune 13-19, 2016Richard’s artwork arrived in Basel on Friday in advance preparation for the curated exhibition at gallery Projektraum M54, running with Art Basel. Richard is looking forward to flying-out in less than two weeks to partake in the full spectrum of exhibitions and introduce his work to the European audience. We […]

Studio Drop-in
April 19 , 2016

Studio Drop-in

A few introductory photos from Richard’s studio, located in the Downtown LA Arts District.

Exhibit: Los Angeles Art Show
January 31 , 2016

Exhibit: Los Angeles Art Show

Ping Pong LA @ LA Art ShowJanuary 27-31, 2016 Richard joined the curated exhibition, ‘Ping Pong’ at the LA Art Show, the 200,000 square foot modern and contemporary art fair that welcomed more than 60,000 art enthusiasts to the Los Angeles Convention Center.  For this exhibition Richard introduced new works from the ‘Junctions’ collection. 

Return of the Art Crates
January 21 , 2016

Return of the Art Crates

After traveling to four beautiful museum and 7000 miles, the artwork has come back to the studio for a few months.  New museum exhibits already in the planning. 

Annual Studio BBQ – 2015
November 7 , 2015

Annual Studio BBQ – 2015

A Delicious 2015 BBQRichard’s Annual Open Studio & BBQ is located in the Downtown LA Arts District, two blocks from the renowned L.A. River surrounded by galleries and hipster coffee shops and scrap yards.  This is always a great time to explore my studio, learn more about my art making practice and most importantly, see […]

Museum Acquisition by IMAS
October 19 , 2015

Museum Acquisition by IMAS

The International Museum of Art and Science in Texas has acquired a piece for their permanent collection.  This makes the second museum to acquire Richard’s work in 2015.

Exhibit: Science Spectrum
October 17 , 2015

Exhibit: Science Spectrum

October 16, 2015 – January 10, 2016 The Science Spectrum Museum is hosting the solo exhibition featuring 25 works from Richard Slechta’s ‘Inherent Trajectories’ series.  The artworks are playful expressions of kinetic and potential energies releasing speed and gravity amidst fields of pure space.  These are creations based in chemistry, physics and light that exemplify […]

Museum Exhibition: IMAS
July 22 , 2015

Museum Exhibition: IMAS

International Museum of Art and Science ‘Inherent Trajectories’, Solo Exhibition May 28 – Sept 13, 2015 Richard was invited to present his current exhibition at the International Museum of Art and Science.  This is the third museum to host the ‘Inherent Trajectories’ exhibition and the first in Texas.

Photo Independent, Los Angeles
May 4 , 2015

Photo Independent, Los Angeles

Photo Independent, Los AngelesMay 1-3, 2015 During the biggest week for contemporary photography in Los Angeles, Richard showcased new work at Photo Independent at Raleigh Studios, Hollywood.  This is adjacent from Paris Photo at Paramount Studios making for a fantastic dynamic duo of a weekend.

Exhibit Video at Museum of Arts and Sciences
March 24 , 2015

Exhibit Video at Museum of Arts and Sciences

Museum of Arts & Sciences, GeorgiaInherent Trajectories, Solo Exhibition,January 16 – April 26, 2015Enjoy the video of the solo exhibition, Inherent Trajectories at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, GA

Exhibit: Museum of Arts & Sciences
March 20 , 2015

Exhibit: Museum of Arts & Sciences

Solo Exhibition, Museum of Arts & Sciences, GeorgiaJanuary 16 – April 26, 2015 A solo exhibition, presenting 27 artworks from the ‘Inherent Trajectories’ collection at the Museum of Arts and Sciences.

Video of ‘Crosscurrent Junctions’ in Los Angeles
January 26 , 2015

Video of ‘Crosscurrent Junctions’ in Los Angeles

‘Crosscurrent Junctions’ @ Gallery 825, Los AngelesJanuary 24 – February 20, 201510 x 46 feet, Light on photo paper Crosscurrent Junctions is a panoramic installation presenting a visual theater spanning across the gallery walls of Gallery 825 in Los Angeles.  Enjoy the video featuring the preparation, installation and opening debut. 

LA Exhibit: ‘Crosscurrent Junctions’
January 25 , 2015

LA Exhibit: ‘Crosscurrent Junctions’

‘Crosscurrent Junctions’ @ Gallery 825, Los Angeles January 24 – February 20, 201510 x 46 feet, Light on photo paper Celebrating the open reception of Richard’s solo exhibition at Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Crosscurrent Junction a large-scale installation drawing on historical panoramic painting genre, presenting visual theater flowing across three walls at the Los Angeles […]

Video – Trajectories at Mattie Kelly Fine Art
October 13 , 2014

Video – Trajectories at Mattie Kelly Fine Art

‘Inherent Trajectories’ a Solo Exhibition September 8 – October 10, 2014 Enjoy the video of the exhibition, Inherent Trajectories Wielding light and pigment, Slechta’s richly luminescent images investigate the boundaries of photographic abstraction through a hybrid of painting and photography.    These visceral images present the relationships between control, volatility and play.  Turbulent patterns and […]

Exhibit: Mattie Kelly Fine Art
October 12 , 2014

Exhibit: Mattie Kelly Fine Art

‘Inherent Trajectories’ a Solo Exhibition Mattie Kelly Fine ArtsSeptember 8 – October 10, 2014 Wielding light and pigment, Slechta’s richly luminescent images investigate the boundaries of photographic abstraction through a hybrid of painting and photography.  These visceral images present the relationships between control, volatility and play.  Turbulent patterns and darting movements express the release of kinetic […]

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