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Mar 13, 2021 · William Leavitt and Raul Guerrero first crossed paths in Los Angeles during the 1970s. Leavitt, a native of Washington D.C., graduated from Claremont Graduate Center in 1967 and Guerrero, born and raised just miles from the Mexican border in National City, completed his studies at Chouinard in 1970.
Born in Washington, D.C., Leavitt moved to Los Angeles in 1965. [1] There, he shuns the spotlight—living and working with his wife, also a painter, in two small cabins near Silver Lake, atop a hill accessible only by foot. [3]
Nov 9, 2022 · 2021 William Leavitt and Raul Guerrero: Time and Place, curated by William Leavitt, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, California 2019 Sign Language, Greene Naftali, New York
Sep 3, 2019 · A painter, draughtsman, sculptor, playwright, filmmaker, and composer, Leavitt is known for understated installations that evoke midcentury California homes. Succinct scripts, scenarios, or...
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Jul 8, 2024 · William Leavitt, an influential figure in the Los Angeles art scene, is known for a varied practice that includes performance, tableaux, paintings, photographs, and works on paper. Leavitt, who moved to Los Angeles in 1965, looks at the popular culture and modernist architecture of the city to create works that suggest narrattives and what he calls, “the theater of the ordinary.”
Leavitt, who moved to Los Angeles in 1965, looks at the popular culture and modernist architecture of the city to create works that suggest narrattives and what he calls, “the theater of the ordinary.” His works reflect the particular fusion of illusion and reality of Hollywood.
Three works by William Leavitt, from left to right: Residential B-2, 1995, Innuendo, 1995, and Planetarium Projector, 1987. Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology. February 9–May 18, 2014. Photography by Brian Forrest.
