L.A. Louver

“In Campbell’s work dreams come to life. There is loss and celebration, desire and hope. Many of these subjects are Campbell’s own children and their friends, so she can be simultaneously objective and subjective in their depictions. She extrapolates from her own life to create paintings that communicate more universally about what it means to be young in an everchanging world.” 💧

Read Jody Zellen’s full review of ‘Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans’ by finding this post in our linkin.bio . 🔗

These are the final days to see ‘Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans’ at L.A. Louver, closing 20 July 2024. The gallery is open today until 6pm and tomorrow from 10am-2pm.

Learn more about this exhibition at lalouver.com.

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Rebecca Campbell, “Hollywood is a sign,” 2023, oil on canvas, 60 x 120 in.

L.A. Louver is pleased to present expanded multimedia content to accompany our current exhibition ‘Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans.’ 🎨

Discover the inspiration and processes behind this body of work through an essay by the artist and four focused sections illuminated by video descriptions, studio images, and more.

Access this special web feature at lalouver.com via our linkin.bio . 🔗

See ‘Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans’ at L.A. Louver through 20 July 2024.

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1. & 4. Images from Rebecca Campbell’s studio, Los Angeles, CA. / 3. & 7. Photography from Rebecca Campbell studio event by Allan Stoops.

“Young Americans all, flowing from inside to out, real to super real, subreal to too real...”

‘Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans’ is on view at L.A. Louver through 20 July 2024.

Included in this body of work is Campbell’s transcendent diptych “Wolf Moon” (2024). Like the subject of adolescence, this painting explores an interstitial space between what is known and unknown, reality and magic.

Learn more about ‘Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans’ on our website at http://lalouver.com. Find this post in our linkin.bio to explore available works from this exhibition on Artsy.


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Rebecca Campbell, “Wolf Moon,” 2024, oil on canvas, left canvas: 48 x 36 in., right canvas: 48 x 60 in., overall: 48 x 102 in.

Opening tonight, Wednesday, 29 May at L.A. Louver - 'Richard Nonas.'⁠ 🪵⁠
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"It’s the clarity that unnerves me.⁠
The elegance,⁠
The single mindedness of it.⁠
The unmitigated simplicity.⁠
I’m much happier with the idea of confusion.⁠
Much more comfortable with ambiguity.⁠
Much more content with unpredicted change.⁠
They are what interest me.⁠
Interest me because through them I touch the world."⁠
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- Richard Nonas, excerpt from [THUMP THUMP], Artforum, April 1980⁠
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Learn more about the Postminimalist paintings and sculptures in 'Richard Nonas,' on view 29 May - 20 July 2024, by finding this post in our linkin.bio. 🔗⁠
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Join us for the opening reception tonight from 6-8pm at our Venice Beach gallery, 45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA. ⁠
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Richard Nonas, "Untitled," 1975/2017, wood, 18 x 19 x 5 in.

1985 exhibition announcements from the L.A. Louver archive, part 1 📣⁠
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Pictured here are scans of the hardcopy announcements sent out by L.A. Louver January - May 1985: ⁠
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Howard Hodgkin: Works on Paper⁠
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Don Suggs: Paintings from 1982-1984⁠
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Frank Stella: Illustrations After El Lissitsky's Had Gadya, Twelve Multi-media Works on Paper, 1982-84⁠
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Tony Berlant: Recent Work⁠
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Jim Dine: A Survey of Graphic Work, 1969-1984⁠
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Rick Stich: Landscape Reflection⁠
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Richard Shaffer: Italian Landscapes ⁠
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Explore our rich gallery history, extending back to 1976, on our website at lalouver.com by finding this post in our linkin.bio. ⁠
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“Young Americans all, flowing from inside to out, real to super real, subreal to too real. And robots are driving the cars, but the kids are still playing music and catching sun. These pictures are of the space between us collapsing, the space between all things collapsing.” – Rebecca Campbell

Opening 29 May 2024 at L.A. Louver - 'Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans.'

Including paintings created in 2023 and 2024, this presention explores the potent symbols of teenagehood and adolescence to convey universal feelings of contemporary uncertainty and possibility.

Access an exhibition preview for 'Rebecca Campbell: Young Americans' by finding this post in our linkin.bio L.A. Louver.

Gajin Fujita’s 2006, 72 x 96 inch painting “Slow & Easy” is on view at the Blanton Museum in Austin, TX as a highlight from the museum’s permenant collection. 🔥

On Sunday, 28 April at 2pm, Gajin Fujita & Susan Napier will be in conversation at the museum for “Blanton Live: Conversations for Now | How Edo-Era Art Inspires Anime, Manga, & Contemporary Art.”

Anime author and professor of Japanese studies Susan Napier and internationally recognized contemporary artist Gajin Fujita will discuss the fascinating ways historic Japanese art surfaces in contemporary culture and has captured peoples’ imaginations across the globe.

Learn more and purchase tickets for this event at the Blanton Museum of Art by finding this post in our linkin.bio. Explore the art of Gajin Fujita on our website at lalouver.com.

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Gajin Fujita , “Slow & Easy,” 2006, gold & silver leaf, acrylic, paint marker, spray paint and Mean Streak on 6 wood panels , 72 x 96 in. Collection the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin.

Upcoming event ⚡️- On Tuesday, 9 April L.A. Louver will host a conversation between curator Diana Nawi, art historian Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Ph.D., and director of the Luis Bermudez Estate Karyn Craven, which will examine and celebrate the life and work of Luis Bermudez (1953-2021).⁠
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This event will take place in the context of L.A. Louver’s presentation of 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre la Vida' (27 March – 11 May 2024), a survey exhibition of sculptures dating from the 1980s through the mid 2010s and which includes Bermudez’s immersive, room-sized magnum opus "Sobre la Vida" (1993-1994).⁠
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The conversation will center on themes in Bermudez’s artwork as expressed through the specialized materiality, provoked phenomenology, implied philosophy, and visual motifs drawn from the artist’s Mesoamerican ancestry.⁠
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Tuesday, 9 April 2024⁠
6 - 8 p.m. | Discussion begins at 7 p.m. ⁠
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L.A. Louver gallery ⁠
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Please note that capacity is limited and RSVP is required. RSVP by finding this post in our linkin.bio, email at [email protected], or calling 310.822.4955. ⁠
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Visit our website at lalouver.com to learn more about 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre la Vida' at L.A. Louver. ⁠
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Luis Bermudez, "Lightning, L-1," 1987, castable refractory, 36 x 11 x 4 in.

Tonight 🐍 Join us for the opening of 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre La Vida' at L.A. Louver, 6-8pm, Venice, CA. ⁠
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This survey exhibition of work made between 1986 and 2014 demonstrates the artist’s lifelong preoccupation with the interconnected nature of place, identity, and materiality, and the relationship between the physical and the spiritual. ⁠
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Included in this exhibition and pictured here, "Vulnerable Offering" (2004) embodies the themes of tension and contrast seen throughout Bermudez's oeuvre. A gentle, unglazed porcelain bowl balances atop a winding reptilian⁠
body in a sculptural form redolent of Pre-Columbian iconography and objects of religious ritual. ⁠
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Opening reception: ⁠
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6-8pm⁠
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45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA⁠
Free & open to the public⁠
Valet parking available across the street from the gallery⁠
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Learn more about 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre La Vida,' on view through 11 May 2024, by finding this post in our linkin.bio.⁠
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Luis Bermudez, "Vulnerable Offering," 2004, ceramic and unglazed porcelain, 30 1/2 x 9 x 9 in.

Opening tomorrow, 3/27, at L.A. Louver - 'Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper.' ♠️

Including artworks from the 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s, this exhibition presents a rare selection of Diebenkorn's works paper, many of which have never been on public view. In addition to these works, an intimate presentation of archival material courtesy of The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation () is displayed.

The spade and club are significant motifs which captivated Diebenkorn’s attention and appear in full force in the mixed media works from the 1980s. Demonstrated in this exhibition, prior works from the 1950s anticipate this fascination through bulbous curves and other sensuous forms. It was primarily, however, from 1980 to 1982 that the artist devoted himself to these symbols, first encountered as a child, as if to process a lingering subconscious fixation.

Learn more about this exhibition on our website by finding this post in our linkin.bio.

Join us for the opening reception of ‘Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper’ and 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre La Vida' on Wednesday, 27 March, 6-8 p.m. at 45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA.

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Richard Diebenkorn, "Untitled (CR 4496)," 1981, gouache and crayon on paper, paper: 13 x 12 5/8 in., framed: 21 1/8 x 20 3/8 in.

Opening this Wednesday, 3/27, 6-8 p.m. at our Venice Beach gallery - 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre La Vida.' ꩜⁠
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Included in this exhibition, "Moksha, M-10" is a mossy-textured work from 1986 consisting of two engaged forms crowned by a stepped vortex; the interior of which demonstrates the ingenuity of the artist's bespoke castable refractory. ⁠
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Weighty and architectural, this sculpture displays sophisticated engineering of material and form. Existing as an object of positive and negative space, "Moksha, M-10" evokes physical and metaphysical forces that evade language - a common thread throughout Luis Bermudez's oeuvre. ⁠
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Join us for the opening reception of 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre La Vida' and our concurrent exhibition 'Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper' at 45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA. ⁠
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This event is free & open to the public. Complimentary parking is available across the street from the gallery. For more information find this post in our linkin.bio or call 310.822.4955.⁠
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Luis Bermudez, "Moksha, M-10," 1986, castable refractory, 32 x 13 x 9 in.

Opening Wednesday, 27 March 2024 at L.A. Louver - 'Luis Bermudez: Sobre La Vida.' ⁠
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Included in this exhibition, Bermudez's "Jumper" demonstrates the reliquary quality of the artist's sculptures, as objects of spiritual contemplation that encourage a performance of circumambulation.⁠
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This artwork illustrates a motif appearing in various bodies of Bermudez's work: a delicate vessel formed from a modified sake bottle standing as a metaphor for the human figure. ⁠
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In "Jumper" we are presented with a figure on an exquisitely textured precipice, challenged and questioning.⁠
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'Luis Bermudez: Sobre La Vida' will be on view 27 March - 11 May 2024. Visit our website or find this post in our linkin.bio to learn more about this exhibition, opening 27 March, 6-8 pm at L.A. Louver. ⁠
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Luis Bermudez," Jumper," 1995-1997, castable refractory, earthenware, 27 x 24 x 8 in.

Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles 2024 💚 ⁠
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"There oughta be a law against sunny Southern California." ⁠
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Thank you to all our friends, new and old, who came by and experienced the wonder of the Terry-verse! We are delighted to have shared this special presentation, spanning six decades of the artist's work, in anticipation of the Allen's forthcoming biography by Brendan Greaves, "Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen," available 19 March 2024. ⁠
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For a deeper dive into the world of Terry Allen (including music, archival photographs, and artwork information) find this post in our linkin.bio to explore the expansive web feature created for our 2019 solo exhibition with the artist. ⁠
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Photography by Matt Emonson.

You can still catch Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band live in Los Angeles - TONIGHT - in The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever for "MUSIC BEYOND THE GRAVE!" 💀 🌟⁠
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An unforgettable night of Southern Gothic revelry and music, Terry Allen and his Panhandle Mystery Band are joined by Jo Harvey Allen who augments the songs with spoken word vignettes and original poetry. ⁠
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Seated performance, doors: 7pm, performance: 8pm 🪦⁠
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Find this post in our linkin.bio to score the last remaining tickets for this performance. ⁠
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Beyond a prolific career spanning six decades as a visual artist, Terry Allen has recorded 14 albums, including the Western canonical albums “Juarez” (1975) and “Lubbock (On Everything)” (1979). On February 28 and 29, the all-star band will perform Allen’s iconic songs and rarities from his far-ranging catalogue, as well as debut new classics. The Panhandle Mystery Band lineup will feature Jo Harvey Allen, Charlie Sexton, Shannon McNally, Bukka Allen, Bale Allen, Richard Bowden, Glenn Fukunaga, Davis McLarty, and special guests.⁠
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This performance coincides with our solo presentation of artworks by Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles 2024. Find us at the fair in Stand C12 to see drawings, sculpture, and more spanning six decades of the artist's prolific oeuvre. ⁠
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1. Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band at Hollywood Forever, 2024. / 2. Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band with Jo Harvey Allen at Hollywood Forever, 2024. / 3. Terry Allen at Hollywood Forever, 2024.

The definitive, authorized biography of Terry Allen by Brendan Greaves, "Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen," will be released on 19 March 2024. 📖⁠
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To celebrate this accomplishment and an incredible tribute the artist, two special events with Terry Allen and Brendan Greaves will take place during Frieze Week LA 2024:⁠
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Friday, 1 March, 7 p.m. ⁠
"Truckload of Art" Discussion with Brendan Greaves & Nina Johnson at Stories Books & Café⁠
1716 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA⁠
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Saturday, 2 March, 2 p.m. ⁠
"Truckload of Art" Reading with Brendan Greaves & Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles, Stand C12⁠, Santa Monica Airport. ⁠
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Preorder "Truckload of Art" and learn more about L.A. Louver's solo presentation of works by Terry Allen at Frieze LA 2024 by finding this post in our linkin.bio.

These are the final days to see 'JOJO ABOT: A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING' at L.A. Louver, closing 3 March 2024. ⁠
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Highlighted here are a selection of tapestries from this exhibition that incorporate diverse materials with intention, metaphors of experiences from the artist's life. ⁠
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L.A. Louver is open 10am - 6pm through Saturday, and 10am-2pm on Sunday, 3 March 2024 for the last day of the exhibition. ⁠
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Learn more about this exhibition by finding this post in our linkin.bio or at lalouver.com. ⁠
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We are delighted to present this powerful exhibition during Frieze Week LA. A 10 minute drive from Santa Monica Airport, L.A. Louver is a commercial art gallery located at 45 N Venice Blvd in Venice Beach, CA. Admission is free and open to the public, parking is available in the garage across the street from the gallery. ⁠
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1. JOJO ABOT, "Yayra (Blessings)," 2023, textile, acrylic, clay, 61 x 42 in. / 2. JOJO ABOT, "Union of Sun and Moon," 2015, bogolan, yarn, acrylic, shells, 62 x 44 in. / 3. JOJO ABOT, "Dekawɔwɔ (Unity)," 2023, textile, acrylic, clay, 62 x 42 in./ 4. JOJO ABOT, "Fafa (Peace, Calm)," 2023, textile, clay, 61 x 41 in. / 5. JOJO ABOT, "Dzidzor (Joy, Happiness)," 2023, textile, acrylic, clay, 63 x 42 in.

🚨 These are the final days to snag the last remaining tickets to see the iconic Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever 🚨

Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band will be in concert for two special performances:

Wednesday, 28 February
Thursday, 28 February

Both concerts will be seated.
Doors: 7pm | Performance: 8pm

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Beyond a prolific career spanning six decades as a visual artist, Terry Allen has recorded 14 albums, including the Western canonical albums “Juarez” (1975) and “Lubbock (On Everything)” (1979). On February 28 and 29, the all-star band will perform Allen’s iconic songs and rarities from his far-ranging catalogue, as well as debut new classics. The Panhandle Mystery Band lineup will feature Jo Harvey Allen, Charlie Sexton, Shannon McNally, Bukka Allen, Bale Allen, Richard Bowden, Glenn Fukunaga, Davis McLarty, and special guests.

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Find this post in our linkin.bio to purchase tickets. Learn more about the multi-hyphenate Terry Allen and our presentation of works by the artist at Frieze LA 2024 on our website at lalouver.com.

Featuring two L.A. Louver Frieze events - Terry Allen at Hollywood Forever (2/28 & 2/29) & JOJO ABOT's immersive spatial opera at L.A. Louver gallery (3/1) ❤️

10 Offbeat Art Events During LA’s Art Fair Week Performances, listening parties, exhibitions, and art bars provide a much-needed break from the market-driven frenzy.

FRIEZE WEEK LA PERFORMANCE - JOJO ABOT's immersive spatial opera: A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING 🚨⁠
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Friday, 1 March 2024⁠
Doors: 6 p.m.⁠
Performance: 7 p.m. ⁠
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This event is free & open to the public. RSVP is required via our linkin.bio or by email [email protected] / phone 310.822.4955.⁠
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L.A. Louver gallery⁠
45 N Venice Blvd⁠
Venice, CA 90291⁠
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Valet parking provided across the street from the gallery.⁠
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A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING is an immersive spatial opera performed by JOJO ABOT accompanied by intricately woven layers of voices, dancers, and mesmerizing visuals. This performance is the enactment of a new kind of ritual, one that leads to a trance-like realm in which the senses awaken, and portals open to the divine. ⁠
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This performance coincides with Frieze Week Los Angeles 2024.⁠
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Learn more about our current exhibition 'JOJO ABOT: A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING' on our website at lalouver.com.

Opening tomorrow at L.A. Louver - 'JOJO ABOT: A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING' 💥⁠
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Join us for the opening reception at 45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA from 6-8pm. A ceremonial performance will take place at 7pm to set the intention for this exhibition, on view 17 January - 3 March 2024. ⁠
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Learn more by finding this post in our linkin.bio or by visiting lalouver.com/JOJOABOT.⁠
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JOJO ABOT, "Codes of earth and sky (deka)," 2022, textile, shells, 42.5 x 31 in.

Today we grieve the loss of a great artist and an influential force in the trajectory of art history, Alexis Smith (1949-2024).⁠
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Smith’s work has been nationally recognized in galleries and institutionally for nearly five decades. In 1974, her first solo exhibition was held at the legendary Riko Mizuno Gallery⁠
in Los Angeles. In 1991, the Whitney Museum of American Art mounted a retrospective of Smith’s work, which traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A. in 1992.⁠
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Most recently, from 15 September 2022 - 29 January 2023 the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has presented a retrospective exhibition for the artist entitled “Alexis Smith: The American Way.” That this exhibition has taken place in Southern California, a place where Alexis Smith called home and made her greatest impact, is deeply meaningful.⁠
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This exhibition was made possible by Scott Grieger, Smith’s husband and fellow artist, who championed the artist’s oeuvre and has provided tireless support in Smith’s battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.⁠
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“Be yourself. The worst mistake you can make as a young artist is to try to please people. In my lifetime, there were a lot of artists that didn’t set the world on fire, and yet they matured into really important artists. The opposite is true, too. You just never know. It’s pretty darn hard to handicap art.” — Alexis Smith (‘Appropriation Artist Alexis Smith on Exposing Ironies in Pop Culture,’ Artspace, 2013)⁠
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Installation images of Alexis Smith: The American Way" at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2022. Photography by Peter Goulds.

A review of L.A. Louver exhibitions in 2023, our 48th year on Venice Boulevard 🤍 🌊⁠
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'Alison Saar: Uproot' ⁠
'Gajin Fujita: True Colors'⁠
'Kienholz: Exchange of Values'⁠
'Dion Johnson: Color Play'⁠
'The Flower Show' (including over 50 artists)⁠
'RED'⁠
'Matt Wedel: Pictures in the Garden' ⁠
'Terry Allen, Juarez: Now and Then'⁠
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Explore images, press, and other materials related to these exhibitions and our gallery history, extending back to 1976, by finding this post in our linkin.bio or by visiting our website at lalouver.com.

L.A. Louver is closed today, Saturday, 30 December 2023 for New Year's holiday. ⁠
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The gallery will be open next week, Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm, for the final week of 'Matt Wedel: Pictures in the Garden.'⁠
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Concurrently on view in the backrooms at L.A. Louver is teamLab's jubilant digital artwork "Sunflower Phoenix" (2017), pictured here. ⁠
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teamLab describes this work from their 'Fleeting Flowers Series': "Everything exists on a fragile continuity of life that knows no boundaries and has continued for a long, long time. The image of a phoenix appears in sunflowers that are born and blossom. In time the flowers scatter. At the moment each flower scatters that part of the phoenix scatters."⁠
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Learn more about this artwork by finding this post in our linkin.bio. For more information or to inquire about artworks on our page we invite you to email us at [email protected]. ⁠
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teamLab, "Fleeting Flowers Series - Sunflower Phoenix," 2017, single-channel digital work, 76 x 43 in., run time: 3 sequences; 5:20 min each randomized loop, edition of 10.

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Matt Wedel | Art Now LA Matt Wedel Mythology At Play by Victoria Looseleaf Colorado-born, Athens, Ohio-based Matt Wedel – whose paintings and sculptures have been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, and pushes the boundaries of clay, resulting in objects that recall familiar plant forms while also...

The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs has acquired Tony Berlant's extensive collection of ancient stone tools 🪨⁠
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Comprised of nearly 1,000 artifacts, this donation by Berlant reflects the Los Angeles artist's fascination with ancient stone tools as an art form.⁠
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The influence of handaxes and other stone objects is seen not only in the shapes, colors, and textures which appear in Berlant's artwork but also in his process of taking functional materials, such as tin and steel brads, and creating an object for aesthetic consumption.⁠
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Find this post in our linkin.bio to learn more about Tony Berlant's collection of stone tools and this significant acquisition by UCCS.⁠
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Tony Berlant's "Turn Around #55" (2005), pictured here, is on view now at L.A. Louver in 'The Flower Show.' Visit our website at lalouver.com/theflowershow to learn more.⁠
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Tony Berlant, "Turn Around #55," 2005, found and fabricated, printed tin collaged on plywood with steel brads, 13 x 12 in.

On January 17, 1976, L.A. Louver opened our first official exhibition: a selection of neon works by the feminist artist Lili Lakich 💙⁠
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Since that day, L.A. Louver has opened nearly 600 exhibitions! We invite you to explore this history through the images and documents memorialized on our website at lalouver.com.⁠
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Find this post in our linkin.bio to learn more about L.A. Louver Gallery and Los Angeles art history. ⁠
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