Two actors best known for their roles on the FX Network television series Mayans M.C. come together to explore their alter egos as contemporary painters, in a pop-up show raising money for a cause close to both their hearts.
Carla Baratta and Michael Ornstein's pop-up art show is open to the public on Saturday, March 30, only, with an artists' talk in the afternoon and proceeds benefiting Karttos International, a foundation protecting the most vulnerable populations in Venezuela.
The exhibition is titled Puro y Sin Nombre, which, although composed of the pair's individual works of abstractionist portraiture, refers to an ideal state of anonymous, universal freedom. Perhaps being on a smash television show makes a sensitive soul yearn for the days before fame eclipsed private lives. Perhaps it's more fundamental, a simple gesture in favor of a society without labels in which every human is judged solely for their own depth and value, in the present moment always.
As mentioned, a portion of sales benefits Karttos International. They are a group of people, mostly women, from different nationalities who are working to get medicine, food and resources to the people struggling in Venezuela, Baratta says. I find it inspiring how willing and compassionate these women are, they change so many people's lives.
Puro y Sin Nombre? is free and open to the public at Mana'o Farrarons Polynesian Tattoo, 11144 Ventura Blvd., Studio City ? on Saturday, March 30, from noon to 10 p.m., with an artist talk from 2 to 3 p.m.
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