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Fabricator to the Stars: Jack Brogan to the Finish

Gordy Grundy | Posted 09.29.2012 | Arts
Read More: Slidepollajax, De Wain Valentine, Frances Colpitt, John McCracken, John Eden, Robert Irwin, Pacific Standard Time, Helen Pashgian, Los Angeles, Fine Art, Larry Bell, Jack Brogan, Arts News
Gordy Grundy

Jack Brogan is a fabricator. He creates art objects, with an expertise in a wide range of materials. His influence and his fingerprints are indelible to California art history.

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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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Melting Minimalism

Posted 03.26.2012 | Arts
Read More: Brazilian Artists, Douglas Wheeler, Sean Kelly Gallery, Switch Iran Do Espirito Santo, Iran Do Espirito Santo, Brazilian Art, Robert Irwin, Surrealism, Switch, Sean Kelly New York, New York Exhibitions, Slidepollajax, Minimalism, Arts News

Iran Do Espirito Santo is a Brazilian artist whose visual puzzles are easy to perceive but impossible to decipher. His new exhibition "Switch" feature...

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Doug Wheeler Distills Infinity

Gabrielle Selz | Posted 03.25.2012 | Arts
Read More: Southern California, Doug Wheeler, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Pop Art, Light, Infinity, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Space, Light & Space Art, Minimal Art, Pacific Standard Time, Utopia, Arts News
Gabrielle Selz

In Wheeler's art case it is purely the medium of light that we explore, touch, see, and sense. His simplified use of material heightens and distills the experience. Being inside his space is at once ethereal and dense.

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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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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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Review of Rebels in Paradise

Michael Roth | Posted 10.01.2011 | Books
Read More: Ed Kienholz, Andy Warhol, Judy Chicago, James Turrell, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Irwin, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Ed Moses, Wallace Berman, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Frank Gehry, Ferus Gallery, Rebels in Paradise, Books News
Michael Roth

Rebels In Paradise has some interesting things to say about the development of a distinctive Los Angeles gallery world, with its connections to the entertainment industry and the burgeoning museum culture.

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PLAN ForYourArt: February 3-9

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Julian Hoeber, MOCA Los Angeles, The League of Imaginary Scientists, Franklin Sirmans, Los Angeles Restaurants, Lacma, Andrea Bowers, Contemporary Art, Regen Projects, Alexandra Grant, Art, George Herms, John Bock, Books, Engagement Party, Redcat, Leslie Jones, Blum and Poe, Steve Wolfe, M and B Fine Art, ACE Gallery, Robert Irwin, Allison Agsten, Hammer Museum, Malick Sidibe, Helen Pashgian, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Each week, ForYourArt highlights select events to help you PLAN ForYourArt.

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LIGHT ART: Innovative Experiments Using Light In Art And Architecture

Patricia Brizzio | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Slidepollajax, Art, Light, Architecture, Light and Space, Perception, Doug Wheeler, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Moholy-Nagy, Flyfire, Responsive Installations, Light-Experiment, Light-Installations, United-Visual-Artists, Arts News
Patricia Brizzio

Robert Irwin's Way Out West exhibit, at The Pace Gallery, inspired this slideshow of some of the most important experiments with light in art, archite...

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Along for the Ride: Upstate New York

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Storm King, Robert Smithson, Jean-Georges, Mark Di Suvero, Calder, John Chamberlain, Beacon, The Arbor, High Falls, The Mark, Bed and Breakfast, Andy Warhol, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Trips From NYC, Richard Serra, Woodstock, Robert Irwin, Upstate New York, Slidepollajax, Dia, Weekend Travel, Donald Judd, Travel News
Andrea R. Vaucher

This year, I headed upstate New York to see the Dia:Beacon and Storm King. I hung out with old friends, ate amazing food and saw the big art shows that traditionally open during this season.

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Big Day at LACMA

Peter Clothier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Los Angeles Art Exhibits, Resnick Pavilion, Los Angeles Art, Art, Lacma, Renzo Piano, LA Culture, Robert Irwin, Arts News
Peter Clothier

"Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico" features masterworks from roughly 1400 to 400 BC, allowing us the opportunity to experience human history through the objects that people made and left behind.

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Materials Magician

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Lacma, DeWain Valentine, Robert Irwin, Getty, Peter Alexander, Minimalism, Larry Bell, Michael Govan, Craig Kauffman, Modenr Art, Hastings Plastic, Jack Brogan, The New York Times, Helen Pashgian, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

I remember reading about this "materials magician" on LACMA's blog a year ago in a post about Jack Brogan's custom paint job of Michael Govan's 1989 BMW 325is.

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The History of Art, Through the Lens of Los Angeles

Michael Govan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lacma, California, Latin America, Los Angeles-California, Doug Wheeler, Art History, James Turrell, Maria Nordman, Robert Irwin, Contrmporary Art, Palm Trees, Asian Art History, Los Angeles News
Michael Govan

Los Angeles has also given birth to a distinct moment in art history during the last 40 years. The modern world was invented -- or reinvented -- in LA. Everything gets reinvented in California.

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Croc Hunter's Son Unfazed by Snake Bite

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Robert Irwin, Steve Irwin, Bindi Irwin, Terri Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Like father, like son? The 4-year-old son of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin wasn't at all alarmed when he was recently bitten by a ba...

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