This past weekend, LA-based artist Sylvia Ji opened a new body of work, La Catrina, at Corey Helford's new CHG Circa space in Culver City. Featuring 23 new works, the exhibition exorcises the contemporary, where the past remains an ongoing force, grounding the present with an unworldly vibrance. We talked to Sylvia about her new work...

On Saturday, November 3, 2012, CHG Circa (Corey Helford Gallery's new space) will feature La Catrina, Sylvia Ji’s new paintings of sublime Catrina beauty and her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Central to the paintings of La Catrina is the specter of La Calavera Catrina, an iconic deity of Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations, invoked by Sylvia Ji as a chromatic presence enciphered with allegory. Coinciding with the opening, Ji will release two new prints exclusive to CHG Circa, available at the opening.

On Saturday, November 3, 2012, CHG Circa will feature La Catrina, Sylvia Ji’s new paintings of sublime Catrina beauty and her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Central to the paintings of La Catrina is the specter of La Calavera Catrina, an iconic deity of Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations, invoked by Sylvia Ji as a chromatic presence enciphered with allegory.

'Possessing an artistic voice as unique as the times we live in, Sylvia Ji is at once contemplative, spiritual, enigmatic, and yet whimsically funny. Above all else, it is perhaps beauty that emerges as her defining characteristic, and her art reflects this: an extension of herself; a passionate appreciation of simple aesthetic pleasure fused with intimately complex subject matter.'

On December 17, Los Angeles-based Sylvia Ji will open a new solo exhibition, Gilded Roses, at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. After seeing Helford Gallery at Scope with a wide-variety of works from their newest exhibiting artists, we are excited to see a new body of work from former Jux-feature, Ji.

This is the last week to catch COOP's newest solo show, Idle Hands, that has been up at Corey Helford Gallery for the past month. The show comes down on August 3, and we have a few shots from the opening this past July. Our founder, Robert Williams, made it out to show some support...

Adam Wallacavage and Henry Lewis are both celebrating solo exhibitions at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, California, and we have opening night photos to show. As always, a large crowd gathered to see both artists newest bodies of work. Images after the jump . . .

Last night there was a line out the door and around the block to get into the opening for Sylvia Ji’s “Shapeshifter” opening at Corey Helford Gallery Gallery.  Photos after the jump…