Looking for art inspired reading (and looking) material for your vacations and lazy summer days? Here are a few recommendations from the L.A. Louver team…
David Hockney: A Rake’s Progress by Simon Sykes.
Drawing on exclusive and unprecedented access to David Hockney’s extensive archives, notebooks, and paintings, interviews with family, friends, and on Hockney himself, Christopher Simon Sykes provides a colorful and intimate portrait of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
Deborah Butterfield. L.A. Louver.
Catalogue was published in conjunction with Deborah Butterfield’s L.A. Louver exhibition held on April 19-May 15, 2009 and includes 280 pages of beautiful documentation showcasing Butterfield’s intricate creative process and works. The catalogue also contains an introduction by L.A. Louver director, Kimberly Davis as well as an interview with Deborah Butterfield and Lawrence Weschler.
Johnathan Lasker: Recent Paintings
A vibrantly illustrated 80-page hardback catalogue that includes an interview with Johnathan Lasker and Amy Bernstein. This catalogue was published on the occasion of Lasker’s most recent exhibition at L.A. Louver, February 25-April 3, 2010 .
This catalogue was published for Frederick Hammersley’s most recent exhibition at L.A. Louver (March 22-May 12, 2012), and includes a forward by L.A. Louver director and founder Peter Goulds, as well as an essay by L.A. Louver director Elizabeth East. The catalogue includes 50 color reproductions of Hammersley’s hard-edge and organic paintings.
We encourage you to visit our publications online store and browse our selection of books and exhibition catalogues.
Stay tuned for our summer film recommendations!