{"id":196,"date":"2017-02-17T00:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T00:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2017\/02\/17\/as-a-tribute-to-beloved-la-artist-charles\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:13:46","slug":"as-a-tribute-to-beloved-la-artist-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/as-a-tribute-to-beloved-la-artist-charles","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to beloved L.A. artist Charles Garabedian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d2a4ce55bb4&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d2a4ce55bb4\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"831\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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exhibition&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=1325\">Charles Garabedian and his Contemporaries<\/a>\u201d presents paintings, works on paper and sculptures created by Garabedian over six decades, juxtaposed alongside works by the artists he admired for their conviction, dedication to their practice and<br>lifetime achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/then.cfm?searchText=Ed+Moses&amp;searchButton=+Search+\">Ed Moses<\/a> urged him early on to pursue art, while <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/then.cfm?searchText=Vija+Celmins&amp;searchButton=+Search+\">Vija Celmins<\/a> was a close friend of Garabedian\u2019s since the \u201960s. <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/artist.cfm?tArtist_id=62\">William Brice<\/a> was one of Garabedian\u2019s professors at UCLA, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/artist.cfm?tArtist_id=13\">Tom Wudl<\/a> became a student of<br>Garabedian\u2019s while at UCLA. <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/then.cfm?searchText=Richard+Diebenkorn&amp;searchButton=+Search+\">Richard Diebenkorn<\/a> was also a UCLA colleague, and when he moved out of his Santa Monica Ocean Park studio (located in a building occupied by other artists including James Turrell), Garabedian took over his unit, which shared a common space with <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/then.cfm?searchText=Sam+Francis&amp;searchButton=+Search+\">Sam Francis<\/a>. Apart from the studio, Garabedian fostered lasting friendships with artists of all generations. Sharing a love for the track, Robert Irwin and Garabedian once co-owned race horses, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/artist.cfm?tArtist_id=3\">Don Suggs<\/a>, along with Robert Heinecken, played poker with Garabedian on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garabedian highly regarded all the artists in this exhibition, and although they represent a vast range of methodologies and movements, each share a distinct link to Southern California, and have contributed to the thriving environment for art and academia that continues to reverberate here in Los Angeles, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=1325\">Charles Garabedian and his Contemporaries<\/a>\u201d is on view at L.A. 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