{"id":2394,"date":"2012-07-20T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/07\/20\/films-for-your-summer-queue-from-la-louver\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:45:48","slug":"films-for-your-summer-queue-from-la-louver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/films-for-your-summer-queue-from-la-louver","title":{"rendered":"Films for your summer queue from L.A. Louver!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staying in to avoid the summer heat\u2026 Why not take in a movie? Cool down with these L.A. 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This documentary explores the artist\u2019s tumultuous biography and the legacy of Alice Neel\u2019s determination to paint her era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/image-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cool-School-Jeff-Bridges\/dp\/B002ZTQVLQ\/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1342809386&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=The+Cool+School\">The Cool School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery. Its proprietors, Walter Hopps and Irving Blum, groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show), Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp\u2019s first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos, passions, money and art. 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