Las Manos Bar

How many people does it take to create a cool bar? One artist, one architect and a woodworker! (Gallery owner Michelle Peterson Albandoz, Derek Ottens and Phil Wright)

Photographer Paul Clark at Las Manos Gallery!

Paul Clark

The brick series is a study of assembled commonplace materials that have been exposed to the elements and years of use. Distinct patterns and texture created at the time of construction now give way to deterioration and change from weather and the repairs or defacing that occur. The outcome when photographed becomes a collection of color and form in an abstracted urban landscape.

Shot on Fuji Instaprint, mounted on wood blocks on board.

Photographer John Crouch at Las Manos Gallery

Photographer John Crouch has a background in construction and engineering. To him, cities represent so much more than just the roads and buildings. They are the culmination of  cultural influences,  politics and practicality. 


The evolution of cities over time really intrigue Crouch: 


"My thoughts turn to the people who had the grand visions to stretch their buildings into the sky, or the speculators weaving miles of transit lines above the neighborhoods, or the tradesmen breaking their backs to earn an honest day’s pay, or the politician who wasn’t strictly interested in the public good.  This town is full of ghosts and I find them under the L trains, down the dirty alleys, or in the old buildings we tear down.  There are stories embedded into every mortar joint, concrete slab, steel column, and wooden truss.  With my photography I try to remember and preserve those efforts because I know that the unceasing evolutionary forces at work will someday wipe them away forever."


Photographs, top to bottom:
"Aqua Revisited", "Inside Out", "Indecision"

Las Manos Gallery & Andersonville Sidewalk Sale!

Las Manos Gallery is participating in Andersonville's Sidewalk Sale Friday July 27th and Saturday the 28th.

Items featured: Furniture built by local artists, sculpture and odds & ends from the owner's own collection of eclectic gatherings!


Hours: 11am - 5pm!

The Wheel, Reinvented!

Michelle Peterson-Albandoz

"Untitled"

Sculpture created from reclaimed window and door frames. 

Michael McGuire at Las Manos Gallery

Michael McGuire

McGuire’s line and precision show the inspiration he gained from the architectural world he studied as a graduate student. Using a complex system of simple shapes McGuire controls the negative space and forces the users eye to examine the intricate workings of his structures. 

These simple pen on paper drawings are given a depth made apparent only by the slight shifting of lines. On first glance these meticulous drawings give off a simple air, however, on closer inspection the density of thought put into each line is increasingly apparent. These technical, and controlled works have the distinct touch of the man behind the architecture.  

-by Devin Ross

Clara Hoag at Las Manos Gallery

Clara Hoag

Hoag makes people. With sawdust, food and other materials wedged into her clay. This process connects to how she feels about the human condition.  What people are composed of and how they compose the world around them.  

Her process combines earthenware and porcelain that is attached with epoxy after the final firing. The porcelain structures enveloping the sculpture are both architectural and organic. The process of constructing and destructing the figure lends to Hoag's idea that growth and change are an integral part of life. 

Cain and Abel

Earthenware, Porcelain and Epoxy