ATALA - SPOTLIGHT

First ATA-LA Show, at Ikon/Kay Richards Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica (Feb. 2002)

Entrance to Ikon/Kay Richards Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica.

The always lovely Vanna Lacy of Lacy Primitive & Fine Art with a nice mix of pieces from Africa and Indonesia. Missing is her sometimes lovely husband and partner, Lee Lacy.

Leonard Kalina and Judith Firestone of Leonard Kalina Fine Arts with beautiful pieces from Pre-Columbian America, that even Andy Warhol finds interesting.

Michael Hamson with a selection of Oceanic art and new finds from a recent trip into the jungles of New Guinea.

Mark Johnson finally finds someone who will listen to his theories about the Asian and tribal art market in Los Angeles!

Legendary art dealer Jerry Solomon with Barbara Bowie (of the Laguna Beach Bowie's) with Buddhas and Yao tribal masks.

Second generation African art dealer Joshua Dimondstein keeps up the family tradition of selling high end African tribal art.

Michael and Clare Chu of the Asian Art Studio were not present due to family obligations, however these two display cases showed up in their place.

Famous movie star or Ron Normandeau of Anthropos Fine Art, you be the judge. Great Pre-Columbian and Northwest Coast Indian Art!

Kay Richards' husband, Marc, comtemplates how lucky we are that she let us use her gallery for our first show.

long time dealer in Native American art, Philip Garaway, shows off a few of his great Kachinas.

Kent Watters of Bali and Marina Del Rey treats everyone to a rare display of Beadwork from Borneo.

It's showtime for ATA-LA with a steady stream of guests throughout the night.

And finally, another view of the gallery and our extremely tolerant and beautiful host, Kay Richards.