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The largest work in Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin’s current exhibition A Common Thread features a slender elongated panoramic rendering of a vast accumulation of water, set against dry arid terrain. Titled Aqueduct at Quail Lake, …
Painting from life, particularly landscape painting, has been central to Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin’s practice since the 1980s. In her current exhibition A Common Thread, she has turned to digital photography as an added resource …
Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin takes her paintings to new heights, literally. In her latest body of work, Rubin has referenced aerial photography to capture the sprawling landscapes surrounding her home. Located in Northern California’s Mendocino County, …
We’re taking a look back at some of the best Instagram moments from our recent Chen Man exhibition “East-West.” Whether balancing between calligraphic paintings or imitating the photographs, we are thoroughly impressed with all …
In Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin’s new series of landscape paintings, the artist has referenced digital photography shot from an airplane or remote controlled micro-copter to uncover elevated vistas that would otherwise be inaccessible. Surveying the …
Our Chen Man exhibition is now in its final week, and ends this Saturday, January 31. Now’s your last chance to see this Chen Man’s exciting body of work that bridges modern photography and …
“I make art to find out who I am – and so far I’ve been disappointed in what I’ve discovered. I’d hoped to find Giotto or Omar Khayyam in there somewhere. I can key …
From initial drawing to final painting, Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin’s painstaking attention to detail is evident in each stage of her work. Utilizing her adroit technical skills as a painter, Rubin meticulously depicts places she …
“There’s a hand-wrought intensity to paintings like this, an unabashed desire to impress, and it flows, I think, from Fujita’s beginning as an artist in spaces well outside the art world.” - Justin Paton, …
Modern China Through the Lens and Brushstroke of Chen Man As a part of its visionary “Rogue Wave” program, presenting the work of emerging contemporary artists, L.A. Louver has brought the fantastical photographs and elegant ink …
In the early 2000s, Chen Man rose to prominence as a fashion photographer, distinguished by her sensational and stylized use of post production techniques and hands-on manipulation. At only 23 years of age, she …
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 …
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, …
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 …
The British public has voted, and they’ve chosen David Hockney’s 1977 painting “My Parents” to be displayed on billboards and outdoor sites across the UK. Under the direction of Sir Antony Gormley and Grayson …
Juan Uslé was recently interviewed by artist Shirley Kaneda in the summer issue of Bomb Magazine. Here they discuss Uslé’s move to New York from Northern Spain in the ‘80s, early influences on his …
“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 1993 painting by Jonathan Lasker titled The Pride of Being is currently on view in our second floor group show. Other artists include Wallace Berman, Richard Deacon, Frederick Hammersley, Ed and Nancy Kienholz, Sol LeWitt, …
Banerjee discusses her fascination with the word Disgust (the title for her current solo exhibition at L.A. Louver), and how it manifests in her new sculptures, paintings and drawings. The following is an excerpt that touches …
More shots of Rina Banerjee in the studio, prepping work for her forthcoming L.A. Louver show – opening in just a few weeks on May 8th! For her first exhibition at L.A. Louver and …
It was a special evening with engaging conversation, well attended by an informed and curious crowd. If you couldn’t make it last night, here a few pics from the event. Stay tuned for a …
Read a recent interview with Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin in the Huffington Post. She discusses the progression of her work over her 35-year career as an artist – including what it’s like to work out …
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 …
Gajin Fujita received early recognition and critical praise for the two person exhibition Contemporary 9: Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo, curated by Ilona Katzew at LACMA in 2005. Featuring a selection of Fujita’s paintings, Katzew …
Spring is officially here! At what better way to welcome the season than with this painting by Charles Garabedian. Titled The Spring for Which I Longed (2001-03), this massive work measuring 144 x 288 in., …
The work belongs to a new series “The Potato Eaters” of black and white paintings based on old family photographs.
See this painting by Leon Kossoff “Cherry Tree, and Young Girl” (2007-08), in a group exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion located in East Sussex, UK. Titled “I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart,” …
We made the list! Artsy has chosen our forthcoming Leon Kossoff exhibition as a must see for 2014. Check it out: Our Most Anticipated Gallery Exhibitions in 2014 “Leon Kossoff: London Landscapes” at LA Louver, …
Don’t miss the last weekend to see Tom Wudl’s solo exhibition at Cuesta College Art Gallery in San Luis Obispo, CA. The exhibition includes over a dozen paintings that span almost 50 years of …
Pick up a copy of Art in America’s current issue for a review by Annie Buckley on Tom Wudl’s previous exhibition at L.A. Louver. Read the complete article here. To see more works from …
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 …