Kimberly Light takes over as the new Senior Curator of Exhibitions at Chimento Contemporary. Image: Chimento Contemporary 

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Kimberly Light is the new curator of exhibitions at the Chimento Contemporary. She brings more than 20 years of artists, collectors, private collections, and art institutions.

BY ARTCENTRON

LOS ANGELES-Chimento Contemporary has announced that Kimberly Light will join the gallery as our Senior Curator of Exhibitions. Light joins the gallery with over 20 years of experience managing private and corporate collections around the globe.  There is hope that her appointment will bring a breath of fresh air to the galley that recently moved to its new space.

One area Chimento Contemporary will greatly benefit from Light’s appointment is the strengthening of the galleries relationship with art professionals. The expectation is that she will fortify the gallery’s relationships with artists, collectors, private collections, and art institutions. An avid researcher, Light’s research has led to the discovery of some of the most recognizable names in the art world. Her years of studio visits, collaborations, and partnerships are also major advantages for the gallery.  Light is able to identify and introduce her clients to the highest quality of emerging global talent.

Light has served as a committee member, chair, and trustee at a range of art institutions including Artadia, Dia Center for the Arts, NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance), Sculpture Center, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art and Capp Street Project. She currently co-chairs the Project Angel Food, Angel Art benefit in Los Angeles.

Presently at the Chimento Contemporary Art Gallery:  Forrest Kirk/ Body Count

Kirk, Forrest. Judge, Jury, and Executioner (2018). Acrylic, spray paint, and gorilla glue, 72 x 108 inches. Photo: artist

Presently at the gallery is Body Count, an exhibition featuring the works of Forrest Kirk. For this show, Kirk takes the police officer as his subject. A self-taught painter who studied at an atelier in Paris, this is the artist’s first solo exhibition.  “Forrest, reversing the systemic oppression that places black men at the discretion of America’s boys in blue, interrogates the lawman alongside his fantasies, paranoias, and delusions. “Is this all a game?” he asks.

In the show are four 6’ x 9’ canvases and a series of small sculptures for the inaugural show at Chimento’s new gallery space. Forrest’s portraits feature larger-than-life officers accorded the status of serpents and boogeyman. His policemen, wearing matching blue uniforms, brandish water guns. Their holsters bulge at their waists.

Forrest Kirk was born in 1975 in San Diego, California. He attended California State University, Los Angeles. Body Count showcases paintings comprising acrylic, spray-paint, gouache, and gorilla glue on canvas. Additionally, he has mounted work at Nicodim Gallery and will be simultaneously exhibiting at the Museum of Contemporary Art- Marin.