"I have always thought that horses were enchanting beasts, so my inspiration to create them in my work was very natural to me," says artist Debbie Korbel. "I prefer to use unusual materials, and create wild and unconventional art. I collect and use found objects like scrap metal, wood, glass, wire and more, and combine those things to create something entirely new. In creating Silver, I loved how the twisted aluminum wire suggests not only the the recoiled

muscle- mass but the pent-up energy , beauty and strength of a horse."

Diversions LA

"Days of Reverie"
at Sturt Haaga Gallery
December 9, 2024 Nancy Kay Turner

13 Things LA: October 23

Shana Nys Dambrot and HIJINX ARTS | 13 THINGS LA Oct 22, 2024

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Debbie Korbel, Night Dreaming, 2024 (Courtesy of the artist)

Days of Reverie opens Friday, October 25 at Descanso Gardens. Daydreaming is more than what this new contemporary group show offers—it’s how the work on display was created. Curator Vojislav Radovanović invited four visual artists and a composer to spend time over the past year immersed in the cultivated woodlands and botanical fantasies of the storied garden’s seasons and histories. Catherine Ruane, Debbie Korbel, Jason Jenn, Jill Sykes, and Joseph Carrillo’s enthusiastic, ekphrastic, joyously mindful work ranges from immersive soundscapes to multimedia installations, paintings, printmaking, sculpture, and more—all celebrating and re-interpreting our place in the wild. Artists Reception: Saturday, November 2, 3-5pm; On view in La Cañada-Flintridge through January 26; Free with regular admission: $15; descansogardens.org. —SND