Sunday, July 13, 2014

Mark Di Suvero Sculptures and Drawings at L A Louver

The kinetic steel, stainless and titanium sculptures and drawings done in pen, ink and pencil are being exhibited at the L A Louver gallery in Venice, California.  Installed in the 2nd floor gallery and skyroom, they can be viewed until August 29, 2014.  http://www.lalouver.com/html/disuvero_bio.html










Gallery Hopping in Los Angeles

It is always fun to be with an art loving friend when racing around to see as much as art as possible 
during the openings.  She was able to get us to many of the wide-spread and disparate galleries in the La Brea and La Cienega area of Los Angeles. 



















Hockney at L. A. Louvre

The gallery walls were singing with the iPad generated drawings by artist, David Hockney. 
Ever the innovator, he has frequently explored making art with the most current technologies. 

The exhibition continues through August 29, 2014.  http://www.lalouver.com/html/hockney_bio_60s.html













Sunday, March 23, 2014

Japanese Brush Paintings and Screens

My friends and I were privileged to be guided through the exhibit of 18th C. Japanese brush paintings and screens by our erudite colleague, who is a former curator with LACMA.  http://www.lacma.org/

 Suzuki Kiitsu, EGRET AND WILLOW,  two-panel screen; ink and color on silk 

 Nagasawa Rosetsu, BULL AND ELEPHANT,  pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold wash on paper 

 Attributed to Kitagawa Kikumaro (Tsukimaro), TWO BEAUTIES, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper (a detail)  

 Katsu Jagyoku, CROWS AND PLUM TREE , RABBITS AND PINE TREES IN SNOW, 1774, painted panel screens; ink and white pigment on paper 

Ito Jakucho, CRANES, pair of six panels; ink on paper 


Monday, March 17, 2014

Landscape Paintings at Palm Springs Art Museum

Fritz Scholder, UNTITLED (landscape with adobe), n.d., acrylic on canvas 

William Wendt, CREEPING SHADOWS, n.d., oil on canvas 

Thomas Moran, GRAND CANYON (mist in the canyon), 1915, oil on canvas 


Saturday, March 15, 2014

Alexander Calder at LACMA



The exquisite sculptures at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art were made even more so by the exhibition design of Frank Gehry.  

http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/calder-and-abstraction-avant-garde-iconic

Friday, March 14, 2014

Glass Art at Palm Springs Art Museum


 Karen LaMonte, PIANISTS DRESS IMPRESSION, 2005, cast glass 

Dante LaMonte, GREEN WITH WHITE DOT MOSAICS, 2007, blown glass