Written on: Thursday, January 29th, 2009 | Filed under:
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[Left to right: John Amos, Howard Bingham, Jim McHugh, Larry Bell, Betye Saar, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Moses, Bernard Kinsey, Jeff Marinelli, Peter Mays, Kim Martindale, Leah R. Sklar, and Martin A. Sklar]
Last Sunday, January 25, 2009, Art and Living handed out its 2009 Los Angeles Art to Life Awards to a number of noted figures in the Southern California art community. Dozens were on hand to watch as Art and Living Publisher Jeff Marinelli welcomed visitors and introduced the evening’s presenters, which included noted art collector Bernard Kinsey and actor John Amos.
Written on: Thursday, January 29th, 2009 | Filed under:
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[From left to right: Louis Stern, David Martinon, Lucien Clergue, Karen Martinon, Pat and Michael York]
Lucien Clergue’s photographs of Picasso are social documents as much as they are portraits, reflecting a very particular time, place and sensibility in twentieth century history. They also reveal the nature of a friendship between artists: an unwavering respect and affection betwixt the photographer artist and his subject, the most influential artist of the twentieth century.
Recently, Consul General of France in Los Angeles David Martinon and his wife Karen held a lovely party at their home celebrating this unique artistic relationship. The event was held in association with Louis Stern, a good friend of the Consul General of France, and in conjunction with the opening of Lucien Clergue - The Intimate Picasso at Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood.
Written on: Friday, November 21st, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Ron Burkhardt, “A Week in the Life,” 2007. Mixed media, acrylics, enamel, found papers collaged on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist/Marion Meyer Contemporary Art]
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In need of an art fix this weekend? We suggest checking out Ron Burkhardt’s show at Marion Meyer Contemporary Art in Laguna Beach, which explores Notism, a form of art that draws from the artist’s notetaking fixation to explore his innermost thoughts on our complex world. While the show is going on all weekend (it runs through November 30), the gallery is welcoming Burkhardt himself for an opening reception from 4-7 PM on Sunday.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Clear your calendar folks, because this weekend the Los Angeles Asian & Tribal Art Show is being staged at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. And, what’s more, Art and Living is personally sponsoring the opening night preview event tonight, November 14th. Festivities at the exclusive party will include a silent auction, live music, cheese tasting by The Cheese Impresario, catering by Mercedes Grille and Naked Sushi, and an award presentation to Anne and John Summerfield for their contributions to the Fowler Museum’s Textile Collection.
Written on: Friday, November 7th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Todd Williamson, “I Become What I Already Am,” 2008. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist]
Todd Williamson has assimilated and elaborated the lesson of Mark Rothko, the great American artist, in an admirable manner: the horizontal line that runs like a red thread through his entire stylistic oeuvre is characteristic of an aesthetic movement rooted in the great master’s “color fields” which have influenced an entire generation of painters, not only in an American context but also on an international level.
Written on: Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Ron Burkhardt with his piece “Giants.” Image courtesy of the artist]
Hailing from New York, Ron Burkhardt has won over 200 creative awards, been honored at biennials in Italy and Austria, produced films for the Independent Film Channel, and is featured in Who’s Who in American Art. Now, the internationally acclaimed abstract artist is making waves in both art and architecture with Notism, a unique genre of contemporary art that fuses abstract semiotics and organic writing.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Sunday is the opening day of the hotly anticipated Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 - 2008 exhibition at LACMA. It’s an exquisite gathering of the best of Vanity Fair, including photography from the periodical’s original incarnation (1913-1936) and the magazine as we know it today (1983-present). The juxtaposition of the two periods and their respective treatment of beauty, stardom, and glamour is particularly interesting. Art daters, take note.
Written on: Friday, October 17th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Installation view of “Frick’s Vermeers Reunited.” The Frick Collection, New York. Photo by Michael Bodycomb]
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Before his death in 1919, Henry Clay Frick purchased three Vermeers for his renowned collection: Officer and Laughing Girl, Mistress and Maid, and Girl Interrupted at Her Music. When Frick passed away, these three pieces were left to reside, separated, in Frick’s Fifth Avenue mansion. Now, The Frick Collection has brought them together on one wall so that the public can view them as a unit. Dubbed Frick’s Vermeer’s Reunited, the showing is a historic event, and it’s a perfect art dating opportunity.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
MOCAGrand Avenue is currently showing Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, a comprehensive exhibition of the work of the late German artist Martin Kippenberger (1953-97). It’s the first major retrospective of this highly influential but lesser-known creative mind, and a visit to the exhibition could prove eye-opening to those unfamiliar with his eclectically inspired work.
Written on: Monday, October 6th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Dale Chihuly, “The Sun,” 2008. Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California. Photo by Terry Rishel]
At the closing of his monumental retrospective at San Francisco’s de Young Museum, Dale Chihuly sits proudly at the art world’s pinnacle
As the morning sun rises above the dramatic San Francisco skyline, streams of warm light begin to penetrate the patterned, porous, copper façade of the mighty de Young Museum, pointing the way to an historic exhibition that owes its genesis to an orange molten substance and its brilliance to the illuminating powers of light. This shared companionship of red-hot energy and the inherent properties of transparent colored glass has been a constant force and inspiration to Dale Chihuly, as evidenced in the de Young’s newest show—the largest museum exhibition of this artist’s career.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
For a really exquisite weekend experience, MoMA is always a sure thing. Among its numerous exhibitions up right now is Kirchner and the Berlin Street, an in-depth look at Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Berlin street scenes of the 1910s. The high energy of the pre-World War I era is ever clear in these works, which is particularly thought-provoking given the historical hindsight viewers today have. So, whether you take them as simply a vivacious depiction of a long-gone era or a cryptic harbinger of the horrific events of WWI to come, these paintings are a beautiful series of canvases to see for yourself.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Yes, that’s right. In addition to his entertaining interests, comedian and actor Cheech Marin is an avid art collector. Right now, LACMA is currently at the tail end of an exhibition of a sizable sampling of Marin’s Chicano art holdings. A Los Angeles-centric version of a show that toured around the U.S. for the majority of this decade, Los Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections from the Cheech Marin Collection focuses mostly on the pioneering works of the Chicano arts movement of the 60s and 70s. The show provides the chance for a distinctly Los Angeles art dating experience.
Written on: Friday, September 5th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Adolph Gottlieb, “The Sea Chest,” 1942. Oil on canvas. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York]
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
First Fridays at the Guggenheim are a thing to experience. The once-a-month, open-to-the-public extravaganzas of art, drinks, and DJs under the roof of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda are a great way to usher in the weekend. And, as it just so happens, this is the first Friday of the month. Vito & Druzzi of the Brooklyn quartet The Rapture Infect Art After Dark are spinning tonight, and the Guggenheim’s current showing of exhibitions is, as always, formidable.
Written on: Friday, September 5th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, “La Dance.” Acrylic on board. Photo courtesy of the artist for retrospective “Visions from Big Sur”]
Next weekend, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University is opening Visions from Big Sur, a showing of works by Big Sur-based artist Carolyn Mary Kleefeld.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini are currently up at The Getty in a show that highlights some of the great portrait busts of the Italian Baroque master. True, many of these centuries-old effigies may not have the supremely dynamic sparkle of many of the works for which Bernini is most known (his Apollo and Daphne and David are still at home in Rome, as are a plethora of his other great artistic and architectural works), but they do exhibit the virtuoso’s unique ability to create dynamism out of stone, a material that is every bit the opposite. And they are a testament to the enduring timelessness of great sculpture. So, if you don’t have the time to traverse the Atlantic this holiday weekend, a taste of an amazing historical artist is only a few minutes away.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
It’s been up for a few months now, but the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual summertime roof garden installation is worth seeing at some point. So why not this weekend? This year, the museum granted the prestigious, half-year-long exhibition to none other than uber-artist Jeff Koons, whose selected offerings are, as always, vivacious. Oh, and the view up top is one of the most spectacular in the city — perfect for taking a date.
Written on: Friday, August 15th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[John Lautner’s Beyer Residence, Los Angeles, 1983. Photo by Joshua White; courtesy of the Hammer Museum]
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
If you haven’t seen it yet, this weekend is the chance to see the oft-talked-about John Lautner show at the Hammer Museum. Officially dubbed Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner, the exhibition offers a comprehensive look at one of Southern California’s most innovative — yet mostly popularly unknown — architects. Lautner’s work is characterized by a visionary formal language that (sometimes quite literally) goes outside the box and ventures into the realm of undulating planes and masses. Many of Lautner’s home designs take advantage of their often scenic surrounding environments, including the work for which the architect is most known, Chemosphere, and his Beyer Residence — both of which sit perched atop Los Angeles hillsides. How romantic.
Written on: Friday, August 8th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Interior of Red Pearl Kitchen. Courtesy of Red Pearl Kitchen]
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Right now, Couturier Gallery is presenting Guillaume Zuili in an exhibition titled Exposed Cities. The La Brea gallery surveys both Latin and American artists, and it aims to expand the minds of viewers through the work of various cultures. This one is definitely worth seeing.
Written on: Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Francis Scorzelli, Santa Barbara Studio Artists board president, in his studio. Image courtesy of event organizers]
No labor day plans yet? No problem. We’ve discovered an artful occasion in the works that’s worth taking a look at.
Each year, Santa Barbara Studio Artists, a consortium of Santa Barbara’s most successful, award-winning artists, opens its members’ studio doors to the public for its Annual Open Studio Tour. Offering a veritable treasure trove of art and an insider’s journey through more than 40 artist studios, the event attracts art collectors and gallery owners who travel from as far as New York and Paris to have first picks of new work by top U.S. artists that happen to live in the area.
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Gagosian Gallery’s21st Street location is currently presenting Retrospective, an exhibit that looks at various ways in which contemporary artists “dig” through their pasts in order to create their own defining moments. The show includes works by Chris Burden, Marcel Duchamp, Tom Friedman, Piero Golia, Douglas Gordon, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Piotr Uklanski, and Andy Warhol.
Written on: Friday, July 25th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Larissa Strauss, “Red Sunflowers.” Glass Mosaic. Courtesy of Museum of Ventura County]
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
The Museum of Ventura County currently presents an exhibition of works by glass mosaic artist Larissa Strauss entitled, Windows in Time: Glass Mosaics and Studies for Museum Timeline Installation. The exhibit includes various color cartoons and drawings, as well as a mosaic study for a historical timeline Strauss created to adorn the front wall of an expanded part of the museum. The show will run through August 17, so fill this summer up with beautiful art that both excites the mind and expands one’s own sense of self inspiration.
[Last year’s Telluride Festival of the Arts. Image courtesy of event organizers]
Mark your calendars, folks. The Telluride Festival of the Arts has announced that Top Chef winner Ilan Hall (Season 2) will be heading the list of culinary experts on hand at the Colorado event this year.
Written on: Friday, July 18th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[”If Love Could Have Saved You, You Would Have Lived Forever.” Installation view, Bellwether Gallery, New York, July 10 – August 8, 2008. Image courtesy of the artists and Bellwether Gallery, New York]
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Bellwether Gallery is currently presenting an exhibition dedicated to death and remembrance. The show, entitled If Love Could Have Saved You, You Would Have Lived Forever,is a gathering of art and objects that references aesthetics, traditional gestures, and the material culture surrounding these specific themes. The show is curated by Becky Smith and features many brilliant artists.
Written on: Friday, July 18th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[David Amico, “Silk Flowers,” 2006. Courtesy of ACE Gallery]
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
ACE Gallery in Beverly Hills is presenting Drift-Trace Paintings, an exhibition of work by Los Angeles-based artist David Amico. The exhibit runs through August, so you’ve got some time to see it. But why not make it over this weekend?
Written on: Friday, July 11th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Courtesy of Moti Hasson Gallery]
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Moti Hasson Gallery is presenting intransit, an exhibit featuring the offerings of 30 artists working in all sorts of mediums (ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, film and video are all represented here). The exhibit works to shed light on struggles like global warming and presents an intriguing look at today’s society. Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, the show runs through August 18th.
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