On June 16th “Timeless Realism” will open at West Hollywood‘s LA Art House. The exhibition, which runs through July 24th, is a collaboration between Margaret Perenchio (artist, philanthropist and LA Art House owner) and Laurent Dareau (an internationally known portraitist). All proceeds will go to the Women’s Endowment, which funds research of  molecular solutions to early detection and treatment of women’s cancers.

“Timeless Realism” reflects how medicine and art have been a continuous pair throughout history. During the Renaissance, the Guilds representing doctors and artists were closely connected. It was believed that the doctor healed the body, while the artist healed the soul. As such, in continuing with this belief, Dareau and Perenchio are exhibiting paintings that display real life at its most beautiful – to both uplift the soul and help with the advancement of medicine.

As artists, Dareau and Perenchio paint the world around them, rather than focusing on internal visions. Dareau mentions a newly-developed 21st-Century yearning for the realism that once intrigued us in the past and discusses her art,

“My work is about time that goes by. Time that is taking things away, making memories, but memories disappear after a while. So I paint my own garden, like a Candide who would take care of what is close to him.”

Perenchio follows:

“My work is about the story – the narrative. There are those special moments that we will never forget, but a painting gives us that snapshot in time where we can see and maybe even hear the innermost feelings of a human soul – timeless thoughts – today, but with respect to realism in a classical sense.”

Beyond the beautiful artwork, this exhibition is  most profound because the collaborators are using their art to point to a cause that’s truly important to all of society – that of woman’s health, especially because women determine the survival of mankind and the future of our children.

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