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3 Mar 2020
We’re kicking off our Monday Mantra series to infuse your week with a little mindfulness and self-care. Today, we’re setting our intentions while contemplating Tom Wudl’s sublime painting, “One Hundred Trillion Concentrations” (2015).⁠⠀
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12 Dec 2018
Leon Kossoff created his etching in response to The Holy Family on the Steps, 1648 by Nicolas Poussin, owned by the Cleveland Museum of Art. When included in the 1996 Poussin exhibition at the Royal …
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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 …
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8 Aug 2017
This fall, we are thrilled to be presenting an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Colombian-born artist Fanny Sanín. Coordinated in conjunction with the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, this is the …
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1 Jan 2017
“I don’t want these women to disappear, because before there is the opportunity to live on you have to get documented,” says Rebecca Campbell, a Los Angeles-based artist and Cal State Fullerton assistant professor. …
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12 Dec 2016
MY LA INTERVIEW SERIES with BIG SLEEPS/DAVID CAVAZOS Where did you grow up in LA?  Iwas born and raised in Los Angeles in the Pico Union District/Downtown. What is your favorite thing about Los …
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12 Dec 2016
MY LA INTERVIEW SERIES with PATRICK MARTINEZ Where did you grow up in LA? 90’s Pasadena, SGV What is your favorite thing about Los Angeles? The sublime beauty of the city. Traffic in the …
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11 Nov 2016
Where did you grow up in LA? I grew up in Boyle Heights, although as a kid – I traveled all over the city. I also moved around a lot so I lived in …
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11 Nov 2016
I want the paint to work as flesh does. If you don’t overdirect your models and you focus on their physical presence, interesting things often happen. You find that you capture something about them …
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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 …
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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 …
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5 May 2016
Over his 45 year career as an artist, Don Suggs has often returned to the vividly colored concentric circles that continue to remain at the core of his work. This ongoing fascination with circular …
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5 May 2016
Here, we get a look into Alison Saar’s studio as she prepares for her upcoming L.A. Louver exhibition Silt, Soot and Smut. Utilizing a wide range of materials and mediums, Alison Saar has created a …
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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 …
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4 Apr 2016
In Peach Boy (2016) Gajin Fujita draws his primary inspiration from Toyohara Kunichika, a Japanese woodblock print artist. Kunichika is one of Gajin’s favorite artists and is known for depicting theatre actors.  The particular …
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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 …
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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 …
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3 Mar 2016
Five years ago today, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art mounted an unprecedented retrospective of work by Charles Garabedian, that spanned over 40 years of his career as an artist. Garabedian, who passed away …
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3 Mar 2016
In creating his latest painting Crush (2016), Gajin Fujita referenced Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s woodblock print “Sagami Jiro and Taira no Masakado Attacking an Opponent on Horseback,” 1883 December 7. Fujita was drawn to the movement and …
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3 Mar 2016
Over the past two years, Jason Martin has diverged from his monochromatic approach to making paintings, and has introduced a colorful range of rich hues into his latest body of work. Wether slight or …
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3 Mar 2016
Read a fantastic profile on Rebecca Campbell in the current issue of Art LTD. The article covers three bodies of works which Campbell has been developing over the past few years – all of …
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3 Mar 2016
“I started off this review by saying that Joan Brown and Charles Garabedian are the presiding spirits of the show Painting Forward at Thomas Erben. They could also be described as the presiding spirits …
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1 Jan 2016
Enrique Martínez Celaya: Small Paintings 1974-2015 is scheduled to open at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama on Friday, January 22, 2016. The exhibition will feature more than 45 small paintings, …
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1 Jan 2016
Motivated by the lack of women’s representation in the art world, and in homage to artists whoinspire her, Rebecca Campbell began painting portraits of women artists in Fall 2015, in her ongoing series You …
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11 Nov 2015
In spite of titles that take us back to ancient Greek myths and Biblical stories, Charles Garabedian’s paintings are populated by refugees — men, women and children so far out of their element that …
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10 Oct 2015
Enter a chance to win a copy of Charles Garabedian: Sacrifice for the Fleet by creating a witty meme based on one of the artist’s works. The top five memes that generate the most likes …
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10 Oct 2015
“The painting, Atop Olympus, shows five figures –– presumably Greek gods and goddesses. Four of them are naked, though it seems like the artist doesn’t care to clearly distinguish their genders. At the center …
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10 Oct 2015
The Royal Academy of Arts in London has just announced un upcoming exhibition featuring portraits by David Hockney. Slated to open next year, the show will include over 70 portraits the artist has been steadily …
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9 Sep 2015
Over the past decade, Wudl has taken inspiration from the Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Ornament Scripture) to create an ongoing series of intricately rendered paintings, drawings and prints in response to the evocative and …
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9 Sep 2015
We’re less than two weeks away from the opening of Charles Garabedian: Sacrifice for the Fleet. Produced over the last two years, the exhibition will include 18 large-scale paintings and drawings inspired by Greek …
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9 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 the …
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9 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 interior …
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8 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 painting …