Discover a fresh and radical view of Los Angeles art in the 1960s
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Advance of the Rear Guard
Ceeje Gallery: Out of the Mainstream in 1960s California
Los Angeles art of the past is a treasure trove, awaiting full excavation. Hiding in plain sight have been offbeat and lyrical works by an ethnically diverse group of artists who exhibited in a 1960s gallery with an alternative take on the mainstream: Ceeje Gallery, the dream project of gay couple, Cecil Hedrick and Jerry Jerome.
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Scratch the surface of Los Angeles art in the 1960s and what you’ll discover is much more than Ed Ruscha and Robert Irwin. A range of lesser-known artists reflected the social and cultural changes of that volatile decade. Some of the most out of the ordinary showed at Ceeje, a gallery that focused on painters who shared an expressionist style of mythic figuration and oblique narrative. Known for its inclusiveness, Ceeje included artists from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, all united in making challenging art oblivious of the commercial market.
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The Ceeje artists, tossing a sly wink and a serious nod, merged their own art historical interests, slanted toward the Modern Expressionism that Van Gogh had birthed, plus the unadulterated mass culture that two weeks later would explode down the street at Ferus
LA TIMES
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Ed. Michael Duncan
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180 pages, 205 colour illustrations
25.4 x 29 cm, hardcover
HIRMER PREMIUM
Uncoated paper cover, content print with spot colour
25.4 x 29 cm, hardcover
HIRMER PREMIUM
Uncoated paper cover, content print with spot colour
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4263-1
Events
Pasadena, CA
| Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, ArtCenter College of Design
Keywords
painting, 1960, 20th century
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