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10 Sep 2015
The Today Art Museum in Beijing has launched an unparalleledexhibition that combines physical and virtual reality to produce an augmentedreality in which human sensorial presence and technology are codependent. The Future of Today:Imaginary …
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8 Sep 2015
“Garabedian’s work can be reminiscent of many artists’ work throughout Mediterranean history, but onewould be hard pressed to say that he is derivative of any one of them. Garabedian’s doughy, slow bodies resemble …
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5 Sep 2015
Thanks C California Style Magazine for an awesome feature on the David Hockney show “On first glance, the pieces, which he calls ‘photographic drawings,’ are simply images of groups of people gathered in …
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3 Sep 2015
Enrique Martinez-Celaya’s sculpture “The Fight for Air” will be part of El Segundo Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Experience 19: TOUCH” alongside works of Alison Saar, Gajin Fujita, Peter Shelton and many more. Exhibition …
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31 Aug 2015
THIS THURSDAY— L.A. Louver is happy to announce the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, exhibition FIRST LOOK– COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY AT THE ASIAN, featuring works by Chen Man. Join us for an artist talk …
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26 Aug 2015
This week’s Art Talk features KCRW’s Edward Goldman visiting studios of local Los Angeles sculptors. Strolling though Peter Shelton’s industrial, factory-like studio in downtown Los Angeles, Ed is strike by the bodily relationship between …
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26 Aug 2015
The Kuntsmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland just opened a new exhibition by one of Britain’s most celebrated living sculptors and Turner Prize winner, Richard Deacon. Celebrating the artist’s mastery of material and form, On the …
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24 Aug 2015
In her series “Beer with a Painter,” Hyperalleric’s Jennifer Samet sat down with Charles Garabedian to chat about his childhood, his indirect path to becoming an artist, and what he’s still learning from …
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19 Aug 2015
Econo-can by Edward and Nancy Kienholz at HoodMuseum of Art, New Hampshire 22 August – 6 December 2015 The Hood Museum of Art presents a group exhibition featuring the collection of Trevor Fairbrother, an …
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18 Aug 2015
We’re gearing up for a solo exhibition of Charles Garabedian’s recent paintings and drawings. Created over the past two years, many of the works are inspired by the artist’s continued interest in Greek …
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14 Aug 2015
Ed and Nancy Kienholz at The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire: COLLECTING AND SHARING.  (Runs through August 22 - December 6, 2015) Alison Saar at the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg, …
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12 Aug 2015
Tom Wudl invited us into his Downtown Los Angeles studio for a preview of the works in his upcoming exhibition at L.A. Louver. Opening in October 2015, the drawings and paintings are a …
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6 Aug 2015
Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Hunt’s Will, 2012Sui Jianguo, Holly, 2014Richard Deacon, Nothing is Allowed Nothing is allowed., 1994, stainless steelMatt Wedel, Rock, 2013 ceramicMatt Wedel, Figure, 2011 ceramicMatt Wedel, Installation, 2009 Outdoor sculptures …
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5 Aug 2015
In his Athens, Ohio studio, Matt Wedel works closely with nature…His ceramic sculptures converge harmoniously with the forces of nature, creating a picturesque scene in which his sculptures quietly stares back at you…And …
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4 Aug 2015
“We’re so used to looking at pictures where the viewpoint is fixed and the artist, like the cameraman, stood still. We begin to think that everything looks that way, don’t we? But it’s …
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30 Jul 2015
At 91 years of age, Charles Garabedian continues to maintain an active studio practice and paints almost every day. We are thrilled to be showing his latest paintings and drawrings at L.A. Louver …
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24 Jul 2015
David Hockney’s first showed at L.A. Louver in 1978, with a series of drawings a prints including llustrations for Grimm’s Fairy-Tales, the Hollywood Series and a group of variations on Picasso’s blue period …
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23 Jul 2015
Strewn about are flowers of beautiful mines of jewelsResting in the sky through the power of ancient vows.Over an ocean of various adornments, stable and strong.Clouds of light spread, filling the ten directions. …
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21 Jul 2015
There has been a flurry of press since our David Hockney exhibition opened last Wednesday, July 15. If you didn’t catch them all, here is a press roundup for your reading pleasure: L.A. …
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18 Jul 2015
Get a look at David Hockney on the news! ABC7 correspondent Adrienne Alpert visited L.A. Louver to chat with Hockney about his latest body of work, and his vested interest in depicting perspective. …
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15 Jul 2015
A candid moment from this morning’s media preview event with David Hockney as he speaks to ABC7′s Adrienne Alpert. “This exhibition is about vanishing points– extending it. Chinese art, Japanese art, Persian art, …
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14 Jul 2015
David Hockney: Painting and Photography opens at L.A. Louver this Wednesday, July 15, 6-8 pm. All of the 36 works on view were created over the past two years in the artist’s Los Angeles …
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10 Jul 2015
David Hockney painting his famous poolDavid Hockney Nathan Swimming Los Angeles March 11th 1982, 1982 composite polaroid 18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm)David Hockney The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East …
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8 Jul 2015
Gajin Fujita begins each of his paintings with a preparatory drawing, or drawings, through which he determines scale, composition and palette. He then actively uses the drawing to make the painting: cutting away …
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6 Jul 2015
The shows at Annely Juda/L.A. Louver are based around what Hockney describes as ‘the void’ between the convention of perspective, the image surface and the viewer, and though his depiction of this perceptual …
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1 Jul 2015
About 30 years ago to the day, L.A. Louver held an exhibition of work by venerated Los Angeles artist, Ed Moses. This was the artist’s first solo show with L.A. Louver, beginning his …
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30 Jun 2015
Gajin Fujita portrays the Japanese mythological figure Shoki in his painting Demon Slayer (pictured top). A vanquisher of demons and ghosts, Shoki actually derives from 7th century Chinese folklore, widely known as Zhong …
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27 Jun 2015
It’s been a treat to have this work by British artist Tony Cragg included in our 2nd floor exhibition of abstract sculpture. The impressive form is completely carved from wood. Its surface ripples …
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25 Jun 2015
Gajin Fujita: Warriors, Ghosts and Ancient Gods of the Pacific is now in its final week and ends next Thursday, July 2, 2015. Don’t miss the last chance to see the show before it …
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24 Jun 2015
Here’s a round-up of Gajin Fujita’s graffiti crew members and friends at opening night of his current exhibition Warriors, Ghosts and Ancient Gods of the Pacific.  Reminded of Fujita’s 2011 exhibition, Made in …
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23 Jun 2015
At 77 years of age, David Hockney continues his relentless endeavor to develop new methods of image making. Most recently, the artist has devised what he calls “photographic drawings,” which are constructed from …
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20 Jun 2015
“A lot of my early work started off nominally geometric andconstructed, but I would sneak in a reference to the bodywithout depicting the body, which was a way of creating akind of subversive …
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18 Jun 2015
Update to our upcoming artist conversation event! In addition to Gajin Fujita and writer/filmmaker Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre, David Brafman (Rare Books Curator, Getty Research Institute) will also participate in the lively discussion. The …