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Strange Circus by Debbie Korbel comes to town April 20 at Shoebox Projects

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Saturday, 20 April 2019 to Sunday, 5 May 2019
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Saturday, 20 April 2019 - 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Los Angeles artist Debbie Korbel didn’t set out to create the characters that one finds in a Strange Circus opening April 20 at Shoebox Projects. 

"They just came out," said Korbel, "kind of like imagining what your children will look like and then having them look completely different than you expected."

Strange Circus is a celebration of being different, a bit off center. The sculptures in this exhibition can be seen as metaphors for all of us who at times have felt that we weren't fitting into standard social constructs. Korbel's sculpted fantasy figures are all a bit eccentric, but not unhappy with who they are. They are different and they own it. They are comfortable in their own skin—even if it’s leopard skin. 

Referring to the range of emotions that course through the human soul on a daily basis, Korbel says, "if I can get you to see or feel emotion from something I have created, then I have succeeded in making that human connection. We are no longer strangers, we are of like mind, if even just for a few moments."

Strange Circus comes to town April 20 to May 5 at Shoebox Projects. There will be an opening reception April 20, 3-6pm and a closing reception and Artist Talk May 4, 2-4pm.

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Debbie Korbel is an artist whose creativity has been applied to various media including painting and sculpture as well as writing television scripts, short stories and hip-hop song lyrics. Her sculptures have been exhibited in numerous galleries, collected internationally and appeared in television shows. In 2013, her work received awards in the Spring and Winter issues of Creative Quarterly Magazine. Recent exhibitions in Los Angeles include Gallery 825 and TAG Gallery “LA Open,” where her sculpture The Kiss was awarded second place. Korbel is a native Californian and works out of her studio in Los Angeles.

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660 South Avenue 21 #3 
Los Angeles, CA 90031

Shoebox PR , Los Angeles

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