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Gallery News, June 2006:

2006 is turning out to be a very exciting year for many of our artists:
George Herms with Tobey Moss, Paris
George Herms and Tobey Moss in front of "The Librarian", Centre Pompidou, Paris
 It has been a very busy year for GEORGE HERMS!  Following his successful showings last year here, and at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and the Norton Simon Museum, George's work is currently on view at the Centre Pompidou, Paris in the landmark exhibition, Los Angeles 1955-1985: The Birth of an Art Capital.  This exhibition, a survey of the art and artists of Los Angeles is the first of its kind to be seen in Europe.  This expansive show also includes works by Betye Saar, John McLaughlin, John Altoon, Sam Francis and Edward Kienholz, whose works can be found in our gallery.

In conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles exhibition, Robert Rauschenberg Combines, George will be conducting a hands-on family workshop on June 4.

This summer, he will be a visiting fellow at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.

He has been performing his theater pieces, including Happy Birthday Milieu at the Norton Simon Museum and Wondergroove, which was performed as a part of the annual Beat Conference in Davis, CA this past November.

In addition, he has participated in a number of poetry readings around California, including a reading with David Meltzer in San Francisco, and a reading in Los Angeles with Meltzer and Diane di Prima.

On top of all this, George is currently working on a new opera titled The Artist's Life.

Betye Saar's work, which is also included in the Pompidou exhibition, is on view at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in Family Legacies: The Art of Betye, Alison and Lezley Saar.  The exhibition, which originated at the Ackland Museum of Art in North Carolina, will be on view through August 27.
 BETYE SAAR, The Couple
BETYE SAAR, The Couple


CLINTON ADAMS, Bottle and Parts of a Door
CLINTON ADAMS,
Bottle and Parts of a Door
CLINTON ADAMS, best known for his lithography and his association with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, currently has an exhibition of his paintings on view at the University of New Mexico Art Gallery.  The show, Clinton Adams: Oil, Tempera & Acrylic, is on view through August 13.


On view at the UCLA Hammer Museum is The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America.  The exhibition comes from a collection formed by Katherine S. Dreier and Marcel Duchamp that was built as a conduit for advancing the cause of modern art in the United States.  In 1941, the collection was donated to Yale University and much of the work on view has not been seen since that time.  It is a rare opportunity!  The exhibition includes work by WERNER DREWES, OSKAR FISCHINGER and BELA KADAR whose works can be found in our gallery.
 WERNER DREWES, In the Studio
WERNER DREWES,
In the Studio


YNEZ JOHNSTON, Guardians of the Gate
YNEZ JOHNSTON, Guardians of the Gate
 Ynez Johnston, famed for her etchings, woodcuts, paintings and bronzes; has been very active lately creating whimsical, colorful ceramic figures.  Also in the works is a book...in bronze!


Our next exhibition:
SHIFTING DIMENSIONS - SCULPTORS ON PAPER
June 29 - September 7, 2006

Opening reception: Thursday, June 29th   6 to 8 pm


What do Peter Shire, Ynez Johnston and Henry Moore have in common?  Answer: the ability to create  three-dimensional stone, wood, plaster, ceramic or bronze sculptures, and translate that concept into the illusion of space, volume and mass on a two-dimensional sheet of paper.
And they are not alone.  Our exhibition includes works by Betye Saar, Lynn Chadwick and Sorel Etrog, as well as by Rico Lebrun, Herbert Bayer, Laddie John Dill and Jack Zajac....and the list goes on. 

In Jacques Lipschitz’s lithograph we recall the monumental bronze Peace on Earth at the Los Angeles Music Center Plaza; Arnaldo Pomodoro’s lithograph Untitled (Grid Pattern) transitions clearly to his intricate mechanistic bronzes; Henry Moore’s lithograph Thirteen Standing Figures predicts the organic figuration of his massive sculptures.

Using newsprint and coffee filters, George Herms’ Collage/Watercolor relate directly to his assemblages.  Peter Krasnow’s lithograph Mikveh connects us to his wood Demountables.  Ruth Asawa’s Tamarind Desert Flower lithographs bring her hanging handwoven wire sculptures to mind.  Their powers bridge the media.


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