September 2019
Terry Allen at L.A. Louver
On view: June 26 - September 28, 2019. Terry Allen is not just a visual artist. He is also a storyteller, a musician, and a writer. As a musician, he’s had top hits, written songs for big movies, and collaborated with David Byrne. As an artist, his work blends his musicality with theatre, spoken word, drawing, installation, collage, and sculpture, together creating a rich narrative of American life that is a mixture of fact and fiction that bends toward the…
Find out more »October 2020
“45 at 45” at L.A. Louver
L.A. Louver, an art gallery located a stone’s throw away from Venice Beach, is celebrating its 45th anniversary. The art market has evolved since the gallery opened in the mid-1970s, but Louver has remained relevant for decades. To celebrate, the gallery is opening its first show since the pandemic, a raucous group exhibition which includes 45 artists. The exhibition features iconic names including Marcel Duchamp alongside established creatives such as Alice Neel, multimedia artist Nick Cave, and David Hockney. Refreshingly, the…
Find out more »March 2021
David Hockney at L.A. Louver
In 2019, artist David Hockney moved to Normandy, France, taking up residence in a 17th century cottage and retrofitting a barn on the property to become his painting studio. His new solo show at L.A. Louver includes a series of inkjet prints that explore Hockney’s property, relishing in the textural delights that range from thatched roofs to pebble walkways. Most of the works are devoid of humans and instead focus on well-manicured landscapes pocked by cars. Other works zoom in…
Find out more »March 2024
Luis Bermudez at LA Louver
LA Louver’s latest exhibition is a survey of work by beloved cultural figure Luis Bermudez (1953-2021) made between 1986 and 2014. The exhibition, entitled Sobre La Vida, or “About Life,” is a celebration of Bermudez’s influential career in Los Angeles as an artist, instructor, and curator. The sculptural works in the Sobre La Vida demonstrate the artist’s lifelong preoccupation with the interconnected nature of place, identity, and materiality as well as the relationship between the physical and spiritual. Bermudez found…
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