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Leavitt received a BFA from University of Colorado, Boulder and a MFA from Claremont Graduate School. [4] Since moving to Los Angeles in 1965 his work evolved, increasingly referencing themes endemic to the city such as the line between reality and fantasy and the nature of illusion. [5]
6 days ago · Since the late 1960s, Leavitt’s work has been the subject of numerous one-person exhibitions including an extensive survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2011, curated by Ann Goldstein and Bennett Simpson.
Jul 8, 2024 · 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.
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. Leavitt's investigation of narrative can also be found in his drawings, paintings, and photographs.
Mar 6, 2011 · His art combines the analytic clarity of Conceptualism with the make-do efficiency of stage sets, the accessibility of Pop Art and the mundane strangeness of Los Angeles.
Marc Selwyn Fine Art is pleased to present Gothic Electronica, the gallery’s third exhibition with William Leavitt. A concurrent exhibition of work by the artist will be on view at Sebastian Gladstone at 5523 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90038. Together, both exhibitions survey fifty years of the artist’s work. Leavitt has spent his career as an artist in Southern California ...
Sep 3, 2019 · Leavitt occupies a unique position in this movement and the Los Angeles art community. His first museum survey was a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in 2011,...
