September 10th – October 15th, 2011
Reception: September 10th, 2011 4-6PM
Don Bachardy was born in Los Angeles in 1934 and has been painting portraits of film stars, literary figures, government officials and the art world since the early 1950s. His work has resulted in almost a dozen books, including Stars In My Eyes, 70 x 1 and Christopher Isherwood: Last Drawings. In 2005 The Huntington Library presented a solo exhibition of Bachardyʼs work, six years after their acquisition of his partner Christopher Isherwoodʼs archives. His works are included in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution. Bachardyʼs upcoming exhibition at Craig Krull Gallery will feature portraits made over the last 40 years of artists from Southern California, including Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Robert Irwin, Ed Moses, and Ed Ruscha. Bachardy will also be included in corresponding Pacific Standard Time exhibitions, including “Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center” organized by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and “Cruising the Archive: Four Decades of Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles” at ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
>During the 1960s and 70s photographer Malcolm Lubliner documented his experiences and friendships in the Los Angeles art scene with images of Larry Bell, Wallace Berman, Sam Francis and others in their studios and at gallery openings. These photographs were featured in Craig Krull Galleryʼs 1996 exhibition (and corresponding catalog) “Photographing the L.A. Art Scene 1955-1975.” Lublinerʼs photographs have been collected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.. The exhibition “Pacific Party Time” consists of candid photographs of artists such as John Baldessari, Robert Irwin and John Altoon attending the soirees of Betty Asher, Louise Bernstein, Stanley and Elyse Grinstein, and Ken Tyler. It was at these gatherings that LA artists were first introduced to important artists from around the world. As gallerist Patricia Faure said, “We suddenly became hosts to artists from New York and Europe... all connecting with our LA artists.” Lublinerʼs work is being used in promotional catalogues and advertisements for Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980.
>During the 1960s and 70s photographer Malcolm Lubliner documented his experiences and friendships in the Los Angeles art scene with images of Larry Bell, Wallace Berman, Sam Francis and others in their studios and at gallery openings. These photographs were featured in Craig Krull Galleryʼs 1996 exhibition (and corresponding catalog) “Photographing the L.A. Art Scene 1955-1975.” Lublinerʼs photographs have been collected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.. The exhibition “Pacific Party Time” consists of candid photographs of artists such as John Baldessari, Robert Irwin and John Altoon attending the soirees of Betty Asher, Louise Bernstein, Stanley and Elyse Grinstein, and Ken Tyler. It was at these gatherings that LA artists were first introduced to important artists from around the world. As gallerist Patricia Faure said, “We suddenly became hosts to artists from New York and Europe... all connecting with our LA artists.” Lublinerʼs work is being used in promotional catalogues and advertisements for Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980.