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Upcoming Exhibitions
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July 19--August 23, 2008
Planes and Surfaces
James Hayward, Larry Bell, Scot Heywood, and Wouter Dam
September 13--October 18, 2008
Craig Kauffman
October 25--November 29, 2008
John Mason
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Artist News and Awards
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Planes & Surfaces
James Hayward, Larry Bell, Scot Heywood, and Wouter Dam
The Frank Lloyd Gallery is pleased to present a four-person exhibition focusing on geometric planes of color and the interaction of refined surface techniques. In the evolution of abstract painting and sculpture, the use of geometric form with a limited palette is widespread, ranging from the Russian Suprematist compositions to minimal paintings. In this new exhibit, three Los Angeles based artists and one Dutch artist address planes and surfaces in reductive abstract works.
Of the four artists, Larry Bell has the longest history with minimal abstract painting. His early shaped canvases, which preceded his glass cubes, addressed the issues of geometric form, containment, and surface. Those paintings led directly to the iconic glass cubes, which were included in the landmark exhibitions "The Responsive Eye" in 1965 at the Museum of Modern Art, and "Primary Structures" in 1966 at the Jewish Museum. Larry Bell, best known for his investigations of the complexities of highly refined surface treatments of glass, has created an extensive series of recent "Vapor Drawings". Using the coating process on sheets of paper, Bell fuses vaporized metallic particles into subtle gradations. The works are also infused with rich color relationships, and saturated with metallic iridescence.
The large-scale abstract paintings of James Hayward have been described by the critic Dave Hickey as "stepping into liquid." Hayward's monochromatic canvases display the fluid and malleable properties of oil paint, and present a rich, undulating yet unified field. Hayward's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. James Hayward was born in San Francisco in 1943. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at San Diego State, and then studied at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Washington, where he received his Master of Fine Arts in 1972.
Scot Heywood's paintings relate directly to the Minimal art of the late 20th century, as well as the origins of geometric abstraction in such artists as Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian. Heywood's exquisite attention to detail and presentation are evident in the careful placement of individual panels, as well as the refined diagonal layering of paint. Scot Heywood is self-taught, and frequently exhibits in Southern California.
Wouter Dam demonstrates a remarkable ability to combine sleek and undulating ceramic forms with soft and sensual color. He fuses planes and bulges, creating a compact small sculpture that has equal interest in interior and exterior form. The work seems to spring from several sources: classical vase form, reductive abstraction, and the natural world. The result is a marvelous and minimal blend of these things, a simple and elegant architecture. The artist was born in 1957 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Department of Ceramics. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the world, including Germany, Japan, France and his native Holland. His work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Musee des Arts Decoratif in Paris, and the Detroit Institute of Art.
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Museum Exhibitions
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Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman and Ed Moses were included in the exhibition Los Angeles 1955—1985, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. This major survey of the art of Los Angeles was curated by Catherine Grenier of the Pompidou, and provides an in-depth look at the development of various aspects of the Los Angeles scene, including Assemblage, Light and Space, Minimalism, and the so-called Finish Fetish movements. Larry Bell's work emerged in the mid-1960's, and is often included in major exhibitions of Minimal art. His work was shown in the first exhibit to focus on Minimal art, Primary Structures, at the Jewish Museum in 1966. Bell's work was also included in the seminal Museum of Modern Art exhibit, The Responsive Eye in 1965. According to all reports, the exhibit at the Pompidou is the most popular show ever presented at the Paris landmark museum. The show is open until July 17, 2006.
Translucence: Southern California Art from the 1960s and 1970s featured the work of Larry Bell in the context of the Light and Space movement. Four works by Larry Bell were presented in the show, which was on view at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. Bell's works included an early work, A Wisp of the Girl She Used to Be, from 1963. Also on view are three of Bell's signature glass cubes from the 1960s. Other artists in the show include Craig Kauffman, Peter Alexander, Robert Irwin, and DeWain Valentine, among others.
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Announcement
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Larry Bell's very successful show at Frank Lloyd Gallery received a glowing review in the February 15, 2008 issue of the LA Times. As critic David Pagel has written, "At the Frank Lloyd Gallery, 17 abstract images compress seemingly infinite expanses of space into razor-thin planes without being overcrowded or congested or suggestive of any sort of claustrophobic confinement. The effect is eye-opening and mind-blowing, a deliciously hedonistic spin on the old Modernist platitude that less is more." He goes on to note:
From a distance, Bell's rectangular works on jet black and bright red grounds resemble portals -- doors or windows that interrupt the time-space continuum we call everyday reality. Each opens onto a dazzling, often fabulously beautiful space where several sunrises and sunsets seem to be happening simultaneously, alongside a stunning variety of extreme weather conditions, including dust storms, downpours, fog banks and blinding blizzards. In close-up, the sharp lines and hard edges that are part and parcel of the way traditional collages are made -- by cutting, ripping and overlapping different sheets -- dissolve into one another. In Bell's hands, the fragments essential to collage fuse into single, unruptured planes of iridescent colors that shift and shimmer with every twitch of the eye.
To achieve this mesmerizing effect, Bell coats sheets of film, acetate and paper with vaporized metallic particles and then laminates the variously translucent and opaque layers. The heat and the pressure of the table-size device he uses cause the materials to melt and mix, changing their chemical makeup. Mongrel cocktails result, which make a mess of spatial recession and leave viewers standing before unexpectedly breathtaking settings. Think virtual architecture. Or futuristic Zen gardens. Or deconstructed rainbows, made palpable and permanent. Or two-dimensional riffs on John Chamberlain's crumpled car-part sculptures. No matter how Bell's newfangled collages are described, words only hint at the visual richness they deliver.
The Ceramics Research Center at Arizona State University is a national and international destination for the hands-on study and enjoyment of ceramics. Established in 2002, it houses and displays the ASU Art Museum's extensive ceramic collection of more than 3,000 objects. The international holdings demonstrate the full range of technique, aesthetic approaches and possibilities within the medium. To learn more, please visit the CRC website . The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College in Claremont, California is home to the Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics. The collection, which includes nearly 900 works by American, British, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese artists, is focused on West Coast ceramics and the work of those artists involved in the ceramic revolution of the 1950s. The collection is available for viewing online through the Williamson Gallery website.
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