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1 Jan 2013
Celebrating painter Alice Neel, who was born on this day in 1900. This 1968 portrait of Richard Gibbs is a favorite of ours, so much so it graced the cover of the booklet we …
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1 Jan 2013
Don’t miss the last chance to see Michael C. McMillen’s work in the group exhibition “PAGES” at Art Center College of Design. This Sunday, January 27th is the absolute last day to view the …
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1 Jan 2013
We love this shot of Tony Bevan busy at work in his studio. To see the fruits of his labor, check out his past exhibition at L.A. Louver: “Recent Paintings.” artiststudiobuzz: Tony Bevan in …
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1 Jan 2013
thejewishmuseum: Argentinean artist Guillermo Kuitca was born today in 1961. This painting, Untitled, from our collection addresses Kuitca’s position as an artist of Jewish background in overwhelmingly Catholic country. The tensely juxtaposed symbols - …
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1 Jan 2013
RICHARD DEACON ARTIST TALK: FEBRUARY 4, 2013 @ 6 PM KATARA ART CENTER (BUILDING 15), DOHA, QATAR On occasion of Katara Galleries current “Encounter” exhibition, co-curated with the Royal Academy in the UK, the …
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1 Jan 2013
Check out Rogue Wave ‘01 artist Yunhee Min’s installation at the Hammer Museum!
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1 Jan 2013
In honor of our current Skyroom and viewing room installations of Mark di Suvero’s works, we are scouring the nation for his monumentally powerful and poetic steel sculptures that have become iconic public landmarks. …
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1 Jan 2013
A new sculpture by Los Angeles artist Alison Saar will be installed later this month at Metro’s Artesia Transit Center (*currently in transition to being renamed Harbor Gateway Transit Center). Entitled Paraje—Spanish for a resting …
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1 Jan 2013
L.A. Louver will be hosting an artist conversation with Grant Stevens and writer/curator Paul Young on Saturday, January 19, at 11 am. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Stevens speak about his works in …
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1 Jan 2013
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!
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1 Jan 2013
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, …
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1 Jan 2013
In this third and final installation of our interview with Rogue Wave artist Grant Stevens and L.A. Louver Gallery Director Elizabeth East, Stevens discusses his time spent in Los Angeles in 2007, and also …
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1 Jan 2013
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 …
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1 Jan 2013
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 …
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12 Dec 2012
The gallery will be closed: Saturday, December 29 - Tuesday, January 1 We look forward to seeing you in 2013! IMAGE: Alison Saar, Snake Man, 1994, lithograph and woodcut, 28 x 37 in. (71.1 …
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12 Dec 2012
In the second part of our interview with Grant Stevens (conducted by Gallery Director Elizabeth East), we learn more about the influences behind his upcoming exhibition at L.A. Louver, and the artists that inspire …
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12 Dec 2012
EDWARD KIENHOLZ’S powerful and epic Ozymandius Parade invades The Pace Gallery in New York. Kienholz, the master of installation and full scale environment artworks, used this 1985 satirical assemblage as a meditation on the corruption of politics. Created in …
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12 Dec 2012
If the world comes to an end this Friday on 12/21/12 in accordance with Mayan prophecy, why not indulge in a warm bath and cake? In the event of a highly unlikely global meltdown, …
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12 Dec 2012
Los Angeles-based culture website, L.A. I’m Yours, recently featured a profile on one of our 2005 Rogue Wave Artists, Sean Higgins. Here’s an excerpt: Sean Higgins has an alien focus. He is know for his …
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12 Dec 2012
Just announced in the Los Angeles Times, Alison Saar has been chosen as a USA Fellow, along with 50 other recipients, comprised of visual artists, writers, architects, composers, choreographers and film makers.  Each individual selected has been presented …
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11 Nov 2012
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 …
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11 Nov 2012
Alison Saar, renown sculptor, print maker and graphic artist, will join us at the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY,  to speak on her Maquette for “Swing Low”  (see below). She will meet …
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11 Nov 2012
“The Black Leather Chair” from Ed Kienholz: Concept Tableaux, 1963 - 1967 The life-size tableau, the form of art making that Kienholz chose to explore, was time-consuming, costly, and exhausting to produce. So by 1986, …
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11 Nov 2012
Joel Shapiro has been selected for the Gabarron International Award for Visual Arts 2012 according to the jury comprised of Mr. Marcos Ricardo Barnatán Hodari, Writer, art critic from El Mundo; Mr. Jesús Fonseca Escartín, Director of …
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11 Nov 2012
artnet: Here is a wonderful, uncommon photograph of Pop Artist David Hockney driving with his beloved dog Stanley in the late 1980s. Stanley was a mainstay of Hockney’s Malibu home, and the inspiration for …
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11 Nov 2012
On Thursday, December 6th, 2012, from 9AM to 1PM, the Studio of Enrique Martínez Celaya in Wynwood will present a preview of several key elements for next year’s summer museum-wide installation at the monumental contemporary art space SITE in …
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11 Nov 2012
Though we will be closed on Thursday in observation of the holiday, the gallery will be open on Friday and Saturday. We hope to see you! IMAGE: Matt Wedel, “family at table,” 2008, gouache, …
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11 Nov 2012
JUST IN: A new drawing by David Hockney of the recently desecrated totem stump he made famous in his East Yorkshire landscape paintings such as “Winter Timber,” 2009, which is currently on view at the Museum Ludwig …
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11 Nov 2012
TONIGHT: Opening reception for Enrique Martínez Celaya, “The Hunt’s Will” at L.A. Louver, from 5-8 pm. Complimentary valet parking is provided. Come on down!!
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11 Nov 2012
Tomorrow (Saturday, November 17) is the absolute last day to view Alison Saar’s solo exhibition “STILL…,” on view at the Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College. A closing reception with poetry reading by author Harryette …
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11 Nov 2012
“I have no allegiance to anything I make, from the point of view [that] it all matters a great deal to me, but no specific stage matters that much to me. So at any …
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11 Nov 2012
Honoring our heroes this Veteran’s Day with this painting by World War II veteran and artist Charles Garabedian.  IMAGE: Charles Garabedian, “Starless Night,” 2009, acrylic on paper, 47 ¾ x 61 in. (121.3 x …
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11 Nov 2012
“Perhaps more colorful and more narrative than previous projects, these figurative works are unsettling in that once they are carefully considered they appear not to be about telling stories or about art, but instead …