Looking @ LA
Los Angeles occupies a distinctive position in the American cultural imagination. Unsurprisingly, the city’s dramatic hills, canyons and beaches are a prime location for the projection (and production) of America’s fantasies. The city’s richly varied landscape coupled with its film, art and music industry are just a few reasons why so many eyes around the world are fixed on what Angelenos will do next. Still, there are less obvious reasons that Los Angeles is such an engaging city. LA holds a particular fascination for anyone interested in thinking deeply about contemporary culture. Its identity has been more fiercely debated and critically dissected than any other American city, spawning countless books, films and artworks dealing with the city’s legacy. The following profiles don’t cover outstanding civic achievements, rather they honor both well-known and lesser-known figures in Los Angeles’ cultural fabric that engage thoroughly with the city and, most importantly, have played a pivotal role in shaping perceptions of the Southland from without and within.
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Despite the systems we have devised to measure time, and thus give it the appearance of order and regularity, time remains relative to the circumstances in which we experience its passage. For more than three decades Doni Silver Simons has made marking time into a repetitive image-making ritual resulting in a prolific body of paintings [...]
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What were some of your earliest influences?
At an early age, I met an artist who was a pointillist. I was really impressed and amazed by the detail and the dedication to the work.
From 15 to 25 years it was really a process of learning. As a child and teenager I would often draw in the [...]
Fabrik in dialogue with Ruth Weisberg, artist, historian, pedagogue, and Dean of USC’s Gayle Garner Roski School of Fine Arts at the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, February 15, 2009, during the run of her Norton Simon exhibitions “Guido Cagnacci and the Resonant Image” and “Ruth Weisberg: Selected Works” at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles.
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Linda Brunker - Gallery 13
Gallery 13 specializes in contemporary sculpture, drawing, prints, and unique paintings by acclaimed Irish artists. It was opened in 2007 by Irish sculptor Linda Brunker, known for her innovative style challenging traditional concepts of bronze figurative sculpture. The space is also host to a permanent showcase of Brunker’s unique [...]