Tag Archives: Henry Taylor

HENRY TAYLOR FOR CALARTS

Henry Taylor’s forthcoming edition for 50 + 50—A CREATIVE CENTURY FROM CHOUINARD TO CALARTS is—in the words of the artist—a “cover” of John Baldessari.

See Henry Taylor, Untitled, 2020 for purchasing information.

From top: Henry Taylor, Untitled (detail), 2020, image © Henry Taylor, courtesy of the artist, printed by El Nopal Press, published by Lisa Ivorian-Jones for #CalArts#50plus50 @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles; image close-up courtesy and © Henry Taylor and CalArts; Henry Taylor with his 50+50 artist edition, Untitled, photograph by Fredrik Nilsen, image © Henry Taylor, courtesy of the artist.

HENRY TAYLOR IN TOKYO AND LOS ANGELES

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An exhibition of new paintings by Henry Taylor will be up in Tokyo through mid-May. In Los Angeles, Taylor will be honored at the ICA LA benefit brunch, with a tribute by Mark Bradford.

“For Taylor, portraiture is much more than an artistic convention of a realistic painter; the variety that he produces within the genre reshapes what might be considered a conventional language into a flexible vehicle for a much larger goal, which is to produce a multivalent but also highly specific view of contemporary life as seen through the eyes of an African American artist at the beginning of the twenty-first century.” – Laura Hoptman*

 

HENRY TAYLOR, through May 19.

BLUM & POE, 1-14-34 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo.

blumandpoe.com/henry-taylor

ICA LA BENEFIT BRUNCH, Saturday, May 12, at noon.

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES, 1717 East 7th Street, downtown Los Angeles.

theicala.org/brunch

Top: Henry TaylorIsland: Antiparos, Greece, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 36 x 7/8 inches.

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GRANT LEVY-LUCERO

Henry Taylor gave Grant Levy-Lucero his first show—at Taylor’s 3rd. Street studio/gallery in Los Angeles. For his current Night Gallery exhibition, Levy-Lucero has since shifted from textile works to pottery.

“Much of the imagery that I use for the pots come from hand-painted signs hidden all over the city. That started about six years ago with this photography project. Initially, photographing signs was just a way to explore the city, map certain areas, and create landmarks…

“I find inspiration in the color palette, the imagery, the unique culture, and the canon of L.A.” — Grant Levy-Lucero*

 

GRANT LEVY-LUCERO—CENTRAL, through January 13.

NIGHT GALLERY, 2276 East 16th Street Los Angeles.

nightgallery.ca/grant-levy-lucero

artofchoice.club/interview-grant-levy-lucero

Grant Levy-Lucero in his studio.

Grant Levy-Lucero, Tony’s Hardware Discount, Pinol, 2017.

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HENRY TAYLOR AT THE HAMMER

Connie Butler—the chief curator at the Hammer, and the organizer of the current exhibition SELECTIONS FROM THE HAMMER CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION—will give a lunchtime art talk on one of the show’s featured artists, Henry Taylor.

CONNIE BUTLER—LUNCHTIME ART TALK ON HENRY TAYLOR, Wednesday, September 27, at 12:30 pm.

SELECTIONS FROM THE HAMMER CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION, through January 7, 2018.

HAMMER MUSEUM, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood, Los Angeles.

hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/09/lunchtime-art-talk-on-henry-taylor/

hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2017/selections-from-the-hammer-contemporary-collection/

Henry Taylor, Watch your back, 2013. Acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy Henry Taylor and the Hammer.

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