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The Laguna Art Museum has organized an exhibition of works on paper by Frederick Hammerlsey. Although primarily known for his colorful abstract hard-edge paintings, Hammersley maintained an active studio practice that included making works …
Computer art that pre-dates MacBooks and Photoshop by decades – In 1969, Frederick Hammersley produced an extensive series of “Computer Drawings” which he programmed and printed from an IBM mainframe computer, a mammoth machine that would …
Don’t miss the chance to see Ben Jackel, Frederick Hammersley, Enrique Martínez Celaya and Sui Jianguo in the exhibition Showing Off: Recent Acquisitions at the Denver Art Museum. The group show highlights gifted and purchased …
Anecdotes from the Archive: 26 September 1978 Just two years into the LA Louver timeline, a snapshot of Founding Director Peter Goulds and Frederick Hammersley at the latter’s historic solo exhibition of 1978.
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, …
Both of our current exhibitions, Sui Jianguo and Frederick Hammersley, were featured in the Los Angeles Times’ Weekend Gallery Report. Click here to read on. Sui Jianguo and Frederick Hammersley: Organics and Cut-ups, 1963-1965 …
The review is especially poignant given Hammersley’s close connection to the city of Santa Barbara, having first shown this particular body of work (currently on view at L.A. Louver) at the Santa Barbara Museum …
Check out photos from our Sui Jianguo and Frederick Hammersley opening event, now on our Facebook page. IMAGE: (left to right) Sui Jianguo, Li Aidong and Richard Deacon
Join us this Thursday, September 18 at 7pm for a special conversation evening with Kathleen Shields (Executive Director and President, Frederick Hammersley Foundation), Alan Phenix (Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute) and Hunter Drohojowska-Philp (Art Critic, …
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 …
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 …
“I made this thing… It was organic, but I painted it with a palette knife, and then I did three other paintings, the same kind of organic things. But I said, ‘A palette knife doesn’t …
This fall L.A. Louver will present an exhibition of early organic and rarely seen cut-up paintings by Frederick Hammersley. In the early to mid ‘60s Hammersley moved away from a hard-edge geometric style of …
“It’s the longest visually carrying image, black and white, that shock of the two opposites coming together far outdistances anything you could do - Frederick Hammersley (quote extracted from Hammersley’s 2003 UCLA Oral History …
This is the last week for “Portraits, Abstractions, and the In-between: Gathering the Work of Frederick Hammersley,” on view at the Pomona College Museum of Art through April 13, 2014. The solo exhibition features …
In 1959, curator and critic Jules Langsner brought together work by hard-edge painters Karl Benjamin, John McLaughlin, Frederick Hammersley and Lorser Feitelson in a historic exhibition at LACMA titled the “Four Abstract Classacists.” Frederick …
blakegopnik: DAILY PIC: “Jelly Centers” was made in 1969 by Frederick Hammersley, one of the first artists to make serious use of computers and their printers. It’s now in a group show at Bortolami …
We’ve been following the Getty Research Institute’s blog, where they’ve been sharing progress into the study of Frederick Hammersley’s meticulous sketchbooks and notebooks. Donated by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation, the notebooks provide a key …
This delectable hard-edge painting by Frederick Hammersley titled Side wise, is currently on view in the gallery’s backroom. Titling his works was a very important aspect of Hammersley’s practice. In fact, Hammersley would not consider a …
Last week to see Grant Stevens “SUPERMASSIVE” and Frederick Hammersley “Computer Drawings 1969” at L.A. Louver. Both shows end this Saturday, February 23.
LOS ANGELES TIMES Friday, February 8, 2013 ART REVIEW: Taking on the computer age by David Pagel Upstairs at L.A. Louver “Frederick Hammersley: The Computer Drawings, 1969” takes visitors back to a moment when the …
Join us tonight for the opening of Grant Stevens: “SUPERMASSIVE” and “Frederick Hammersley: The Computer Drawings 1969.” The event is open to the public and will go from 7-9pm. Complimentary valet parking is provided!
We’re now in the final week lead up to our next exhibitions: Grant Stevens “SUPERMASSIVE” and “Frederick Hammersley: The Computer Drawings 1969”. Both shows open on Thursday, January 17th, and while installation is still underway, …
Following on from our previous post, here are some examples of computer drawings from 1969 that Frederick Hammersley was able to produce by using these punch cards. Hammersley recounted this process in an article …
So amazing! The Archives of American Art just shared these IBM punch cards utilized by Frederick Hammersley to create computer drawings in 1969, during his time teaching at the University of New Mexico. We …
Here’s a preview into what we’ll be showing next at L.A. Louver: 1969 computer drawings by Frederick Hammersley. Concurrent to this exhibition, we will be presenting new video and other works by Australian artist Grant …
Kurt Mueller reviews our Frederick Hammersley exhibition for Artforum in its “Critics’ Pick” section online: Biographies and obituaries of Frederick Hammersley(1919–2009) invariably cite the artist’s inclusion in LACMA’s 1959 traveling exhibition “Four Abstract Classicists” as cementing his …
Great turnout last week for the Hammersley discussion panel with Kathleen Howe, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp and Steve Roden. Also a great Q&A session with insightful research from Alan Phenix. Check out Steve Roden’s recap of the evening on …
Peter Clothier hosted his “One Hour / One Painting” last night at the gallery. He chose the hunch painting by Frederick Hammersley entitled “Growing game, #1 1958” as the evening’s subject. Don’t miss your …
Another teaser from Frederick Hammerlsey: Rhyming, #12 1986, oil on linen on masonite, 7 7/8 x 10 in. (20 x 25.4 cm), framed: 10 ½ x 12 ¾ in. (26.7 x 32.4 cm) Frederick Hammersley opens next week - 22 …
A teaser for Frederick Hammersley: Betwain, #1 1973. Get ready for his exhibition of works, opening 22 March - 12 May 2012