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Apr 30, 2024 · In the 1960s and 1970s, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg and others found unprecedented creative freedom in LA’s heady cultural scene. Hollywood sign, c. 1958. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. In 1956 a young aspiring commercial artist from Oklahoma named Ed Ruscha read that the city of Los Angeles was gaining 1,000 ...
Oct 31, 2017 · China Adams, Official Cannibal Status, 1993. Courtesy of the artist and Porch Gallery Ojai. Adams first made a splash (or rather a crunch) in the art world while still an undergrad at the University of California, Los Angeles. For her transactional-cannibalistic performance Official Cannibal Status (1993), she had a surgeon remove a tiny bit of ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Galleries. Beverly Hills. That a top-tier Hollywood talent agency is behind one of L.A.’s most exciting galleries may raise some eyebrows, but UTA Artist Space has made earnest attempts to even ...
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- John Baldessari. John Baldessari was a conceptual artist who was born in National City, California in 1931 and passed away in 2020. He is considered one of the most influential artists of his generation and a key figure in the development of conceptual art in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Paul McCarthy. Paul McCarthy is an American contemporary artist who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1945. He is known for his provocative and controversial works that often explore themes of violence, sexuality, and consumerism.
- Mike Kelley. Mike Kelley was an American artist who was born in Wayne, Michigan, in 1954 and passed away in 2012. He was known for his interdisciplinary approach to art, combining sculpture, installation, video, and performance to explore themes of memory, trauma, and popular culture.
- Edward Ruscha. Edward Ruscha is an American artist who was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1937. He is known for his use of text and images to explore themes of the American West, popular culture, and consumerism.
Jul 27, 2021 · Courtesy of Felix LA. The appeal of Felix Art Fair, which debuted in 2019, was always the intimacy of its setting: Initially built in 1927 along Los Angeles’s Hollywood Boulevard, the Roosevelt Hotel is still outfitted with some of its vintage charm, despite multiple modernizations. Founded by collector Dean Valentine and dealers Al and Mills ...
Aug 19, 2007 · While much of this work was seen until relatively recently as regional, in recent years it has gained international stature, thanks to such exhibitions as Sunshine & Noir (The Louisiana Museum, Humlebaeck, Denmark, 1997) and Los Angeles 1955-1985 (Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2006). Because LACMA in the 1960s and 70s made a particular effort to acquire the work of local artists, the museum's ...
Join us as we celebrate the brilliance and creativity of these exceptional artists who are shaping the cultural fabric of Los Angeles, CA. 1. Shepard Fairey. Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, and illustrator. He was born on February 15, 1970, in Charleston, South Carolina.
