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9 Sep 2017
Taking a look back at our 2005 exhibition of late work by Australian artist Fred Williams. Titled Fred Williams: The Later Landscapes 1975-1981, the exhibition presented a selection of the artist’s finest paintingsfrom the height …
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9 Sep 2017
Looking back at Richard Deacon’s recent exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art, which came to a close on September 4, 2017.  Richard Deacon: What You See Is What You Get is the renowned …
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8 Aug 2016
Due to an overwhelming response to our current exhibitions, we are pleased to announce that David Hockney “The Yosemite Suite” and Heather Gwen Martin will be extended through October 1, 2016. Summer hours will continue through …
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7 Jul 2016
Heather Gwen Martin’s vividly colored abstract paintings stem from a controlled fluidity, dictated by a transference of energy directly onto the canvas. Martin begins by making a series of preparatory sketches with pencil on paper, …
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5 May 2016
Pairing sculpture with painting, [Jason] Martin has effectively created works that one can’t help but get right up next to. Nose-to-drip with the cloth-covered aluminum panels, part of the work’s appeal comes in the (almost …
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4 Apr 2016
One of the most distinguishable shifts in Jason Martin’s new body of work is his use of color. Whereas previous paintings featured monochromatic applications, these new works embrace a variety of palettes and display a …
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4 Apr 2016
We’ll be presenting an exhibition of new works by Jason Martin. The artist has titled the exhibition Counterfeit, “to express the duplication of a subject.” In over a dozen new works on view, the artist …
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7 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 15 years …
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6 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 with a …
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6 Jun 2015
Peter Shelton, bluewiggle, 2013, mixed media, 101 x 56 x 53 in. (256.5 x 142.2 x 134.6 cm) “A lot of my early work started off nominally geometric and constructed, but I would sneak in a …
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11 Nov 2014
In Heather Gwen Martin’s paintings, the interplay between shape and color veers between the obvious (brilliant contrasting tones and resolute forms) and the attenuated (subtle shifts in hues and ephemeral calligraphic lines). However disparate, these contrasting …
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10 Oct 2014
Frederick Hammersley featured on Artsy Editorial! Here’s a short excerpt: A new exhibition at the L.A. Louver remembers the work of Frederick Hammersley, an artist whose influential work has gone largely unrecognized. A longtime West Coast painter, Hammersley …
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9 Sep 2014
Frederick Hammersley “Organics and Cut-ups, 1963-1965” opens at L.A. Louver this Friday, 12 September, 6-8 pm. Central to the exhibition are Hammersley’s “cut-up” paintings. To create these works, the artist would cut a finished abstract …
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9 Sep 2014
We’re about one week away from the opening of Frederick Hammersley’s solo exhibition of paintings from the ‘60s. Focusing on early organic and rarely seen “cut-up” paintings, this is the first time many of the …
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8 Aug 2013
Heather Gwen Martin is taking part in Thursday’s Rogue Wave Artist Talk, August 8 at 6:30pm. In advance of the event, Heather provided a brief description of her work (featured above) titled Huffer, 2013: “With Huffer I was …