Author Archives: Cheryl Perkey
Legendary Fashion and Fine Art Photographer Passes
Lillian Bassman, Barbara Mullen (Blowing Kiss VARIANT), Harper's Bazaar, ca 1950, 40x40 in., gelatin silver print
Feel free to contact Perkey Fine Art Advisor to learn more about the life and art of Lillian Bassman.
Art Fair Opens with Fire and Ice
Disappearing Environments by Judy Chicago and Materials & Applications at ALAC 2012
Preview night of Art Los Angeles Contemporary was enlivened by an installation created with 25 tons of dry ice and glowing flares. Presented by Judy Chicago and Materials & Applications, the piece is a reinvention of Disappearing Environments, a 1968 work by Judy Chicago, Lloyd Hamrol, and Eric Orr.
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the international contemporary art fair of the West Coast, brings together 70 blue chip and emerging galleries from around the world with a focus on Los Angeles galleries. Visit ALAC January 19-22, 2012 at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California.
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Visit Art Fairs in Los Angeles
With five art fairs coming to L.A., it’s fun and easy to view lots of wonderful art this month! You can enjoy diverse artworks from around the world at the art fairs. Its all part of the line up of art events for Los Angeles Arts Month 2012.
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For Lovers of Classic Photographs
Robert Doisneau, La Baiser (The Kiss), Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1950, silver print, 7-1/8 x 7-1/8 in.
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Build Your Art Collection with Works by Hot Emerging Artists
Art by Palmer Earl, Ryan McCann & Olga Lah among the works now at Gallery 825
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Give An Art Gift To Enjoy the Whole Year!
A forest of city street lights at LACMA, by Los Angeles-based artist Chris Burden, titled Urban Lights
You can sign up online, or call LACMA at 323-857-6151 or visit a LACMA ticket office during regular museum hours. Order by 12/9/11 if you would like your gift memberships to arrive by Christmas. Special offer valid through 12/31/11.
I hope you will enjoy your visits to LACMA, where you can see these engaging exhibitions (and more) currently on view:
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KARL BENJAMIN, Untitled, 1962, oil on canvas
KARL STANLEY BENJAMIN (American, born 1925)
Untitled, 1962
Oil on Canvas
44 1/4 x 50 inches
Three New Art Fairs Open in L.A.
In addition to Pacific Standard Time, the unprecedented collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene, three art fairs launch this weekend in Los Angeles:
Art Platform – Los Angeles – Over 90 exhibitors gather at the LA Mart downtown, presenting an expansive assemblage of contemporary art, ranging from exciting works by emerging artists to international blue-chip art.
Pulse Los Angeles – The Pulse art fair takes place on the Event Deck at LA Live, focusing on interesting and relatively affordable contemporary art.
Fountain LA – Set in the loft district by the L.A. River, the Fountain LA art fair showcases edgy galleries and independent artists.
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Art Pick – Collaboration Labs: Southern California Artists and the Artist Space Movement
Barbara T. Smith, Field Piece (detail) - Nude sit in, performance / installation, 1971, (courtesy of the artist and The Box Gallery, L.A.)
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VIK MUNIZ
VIK MUNIZ
Marlon Brando (Pictures of Chocolate), 1999
Cibachrome, edition of 3
60 x 48 inches
