The Ferus Gallery : a place to begin / by Kristine McKenna.

Main entry:

McKenna, Kristine.

Title & Author:

The Ferus Gallery : a place to begin / by Kristine McKenna.

Publication:

Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2009.

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm

Notes:
Artists include: John Altoon, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Wallace Berman, Irving Blum, Jay DeFeo, Llyn Foulkes, Sonia Gechtoff, Walter Hopps, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Frank Lobdell, John Mason, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha, Hassel Smith, Andy Warhol.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-315) and index.

Summary:

"In 1950s California, and especially in Los Angeles, there existed few venues for contemporary art. To a whole generation of California artists, this presented a freedom, since the absence of a context for their work meant that they could coin their own, and in uncommonly interesting ways. The careers of Ed Ruscha, Wallace Berman and Ed Kienholz all begin with this absence: Ruscha turned to books as a means of dissemination, Berman pioneered mail art through his magazine Semina and in March 1957, Ed Kienholz, in collaboration with curator Walter Hopps, co-founded one of California's greatest historical galleries, Ferus. Within months of opening, Ferus, which is Latin for "wild," gained notoriety when the Hollywood vice squad raided Berman's first--and, in his lifetime, last--solo exhibition, following a complaint about "lewd material." ... After Kienholz and Hopps parted wayss... the reins were handed to Irving Blum, who got Ferus out of the red and ran the gallery until its closure in 1966. A Place to Begin is an illustrated oral history of this heroic enterprise. With 62 new interviews with Ferus artists and more than 300 photographs (most previously unpublished), it retrieves a lost chapter of twentieth-century American art. Edited by Kristine McKenna, noted expert and co-editor of the critically acclaimed Semina Culture."-- Publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

9783865216106
3865216102

Subject:

Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.) History.
Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Ferus Gallery Los Angeles, Calif.
Art, Modern 20th century.
Art California Los Angeles.
Art, American California Los Angeles 20th century.
Artists California Los Angeles.
Art 20e siècle.
Art Californie Los Angeles.
Art américain Californie Los Angeles 20e siècle.
Artistes Californie Los Angeles.
Art
Art, American
Art, Modern
Artists
Künstler
California Los Angeles

Form/genre:

Fiction
History
Romans.
Quelle.
Biographie.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 327553
Call No.: 327553
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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