TOWERING MOMENTS by Jonathan Bickart
January 31, 2012
ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY presents TOWERING MOMENTS, the premiere exhibition of Los Angeles artist Jonathan Bickart. Opening reception this Saturday at B7 Gallery from 7-10pm.
Interview with Jonathan Bickart by Echo in the Sense available here:
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Best known for his large commissions, Bickart’s work can be seen from the famous 14-foot monument of Colonel Griffith J. Griffith on Riverside Drive at the entrance to Griffith Park, to the bronze bust in the center of the Tennis Center at the Rivera Country Club, and most recently the inspirational larger-than-life bust of G.W.Carver for LA Unified School District at Carver Middle School in South LA.
TOWERING MOMENTS captures a compelling moment in the artist/muse relationship, exhibiting the creation of surrealistic icons of gesture through human form. Inspired by images of Javier Marin, Egon Schiele, and Rodin. "I try to incorporate the artist/muse relationship symbolically with figurative surrealism through optical illusion, distortion, and an expressionist style." Through these sculptures, Bickart attempts to fuse our subconscious visuals with our aesthetic sensibilities. Bickart's work includes the use of many materials, such as polychromed terracotta, steel, concrete, hydrocal, brass, and well as found objects.
Bickart’s clients include: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Foster, Ted Kotcheff, Marcy Carsey, Kenny G, Peter Guber, Fred Ward, Inner City Games, Mandalay Bay Hotel, National Congressional Medal of Honor Monument, City of Los Angeles, Griffith Park Trust, and numerous private collectors.
JUST OCCUPY
Ted Soqui.Christopher Felver.Shepard Fairey
January 20, 2012
Our opening night of JUST OCCUPY was a great hit! Thank you to all who came to celebrate and reflect upon the Occupy movement.
Press by 89.3 KPCC:
http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2012/01/21/22208/just-occupy-santa-monica-gallery-brings-occupy-la-
Press coverage by LA Weekly:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/12/sarah_mason_time_protester_photos_occupy_la.php
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/12/occupy_la_show_ted_soqui_shepard_fairey_sarah_mason.php
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2012/01/occupy_ted_soqui_shepard_fairey.php
Arrested Motion:
http://arrestedmotion.com/2012/01/openings-just-occupy-robert-berman-gallery/
PAID TO PLAY Exhibition Poster
John Van Hamersveld
October 29, 2011
John Van Hamersveld
Atomic Banana, 1970 (Printed 2011)
Hand-pulled silkscreen; Edition of 80
Published by Robert Berman Gallery; Printed by John Miner
40 x 26 inches
Signed
$250
Email: info@robertbermangallery.com
Participating in Pacific Standard Time
September 9, 2011
About Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980
Pacific Standard Time is a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California, coming together for six months beginning in October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the Los Angeles art scene and how it became a major new force in the art world. Each institution will make its own contribution to this grand-scale story of artistic innovation and social change, told through a multitude of simultaneous exhibitions and programs. Exploring and celebrating the significance of the crucial post-World War II years through the tumultuous period of the 1960s and 70s, Pacific Standard Time encompasses developments from L.A. Pop to post-minimalism; from modernist architecture and design to multi-media installations; from the films of the African American L.A. Rebellion to the feminist activities of the Woman’s Building; from ceramics to Chicano performance art; and from Japanese American design to the pioneering work of artists’ collectives.
Initiated through $10 million in grants from the Getty Foundation, Pacific Standard Time involves cultural institutions of every size and character across Southern California, from Greater Los Angeles to San Diego and Santa Barbara to Palm Springs.
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