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It's the Rebels in Paradise That Set the Sun of Pacific Standard Time

Gordy Grundy | Posted 06.17.2012 | Books
Read More: Fine Art, Peter Voulkos, Gordy Grundy, Contemporary Art, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Larry Bell, Los Angeles, Rebels in Paradise, Tulsa Kinney, Ed Ruscha, Artillery Magazine, Slidepollajax, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston, John Altoon, Ed Moses, Books News
Gordy Grundy

From Larry Bell's striped pants to Ed Kienholz's devilishly combed eyebrows, they created a scene. Knowing these artists as contemporaries, the author serves up a delicious living past.

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The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012)

Bill Bush | Posted 03.04.2012 | Arts
Read More: Moshé Elimelech, John McLaughlin, Stanton MacDonald Wright, Roger Kuntz, Billy Al Bengston, Robert Irwin, Kenny Harris, Elger Esser, Kevin Cooley, Arts News
Bill Bush

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What is Worth Saving? This Artweek.LA (November 14-20, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 01.14.2012 | Arts
Read More: Greg Miller, Hans Burkhardt, John McKracken, Danial Nord, Lisa Bartleson, Casper Brindle, Kenny Price, Roland Reiss, Larry Bell, Ruth Pastine, Michel Tabori, Craig Kaufman, Ching Ching Cheng, Alex Couwenberg, Ann Stock, Maddy LeMel, Billy Al Bengston, Suzan Woodruff, Nicolas Provost, Eric Johnson, Some Guy, Lauren CiCioccio, Fred Eversley, Andy Moses, Nicola Vruwink, Arts News
Bill Bush

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Rebels in Paradise by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Jane Chafin | Posted 10.02.2011 | Arts
Read More: Frederick Weisman, Irving Blum, Marcel Duchamp, John Altoon, Ed Moses, Ferus Gallery, Frank Gehry, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Andy Warhol, Pasadena Art Museum, Walter Hopps, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston, Frank Sinatra, Ken Price, Arts News
Jane Chafin

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp's recently released Rebels in Paradise: the Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s introduces all the major players of the 60s Los Angeles art scene in straight-forward prose.

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Hassel Smith: The Painter of Persistent Challenges (1915-2007)

John Seed | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Painting, Richard Diebenkorn, Sullivan Goss, Billy Al Bengston, David Park, John Altoon, Ed Moses, Abstract Expressionism, Clyfford Still, Elmer Bischoff, Peter Selz, Hassel Smith, Tyler Green, Arts News
John Seed

Smith's work had a powerful impact on the young Ferus artists, particularly John Altoon. And now, "Hassel Smith: Upending Orthodoxy," is showing at Sullivan Goss in Santa Barbara.

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Plan ForYourArt June 11-13

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Matthew Barney, Ed Ruscha, LA Opera, Congress, The Cremaster Cycle, Nuart Theatre, The Ring, Mel Chin, Brazil, Arto Lindsay, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Operation Paydirt, Fundred Dollar Bill Project, De Lama Lamina, Billy Al Bengston, Carnival, Clare Foundation, Moca, Joe Goode, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Matthew Barney's five-part film epic The Cremaster Cycle traces the creative process (in non-chronological order), with each film standing as a complete realized work in itself.

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