Jacob Samuel
We did manage to go by one Museum while we were in L.A. and that was the Hammer Museum where I have seen fantastic exhibits before by among others Lee Bontecou after she went out of "hiding".
This time I did not know what to expect, and the promotion picture for the "Outside the Box" exhibit I must be honest and say it did not tickle my senses...
But, Jacob Samuel knows his craft and it definitely tickled my senses once we got there. I went nearly into a mood of gratifying tears.
From 1988 Jacob Samuel has published special editions of Artist Portfolios. The prints are etched, drypointed and aquatinted. Each project was done together with the Artist, he would either invite them to his studio in Santa Monica or travel to collaborate with the artist in their own environment.
The first book that probably instigated his whole printing affair was the meeting with an etching of a Marvin Harden when he was about 11 years old. He did his own edition of Marvin Harden in 1991.
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Natural Selections
Marvin Harden
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In the exhibit there was 43 portfolios of work by Artists like:
Marina Abramovic, John Baldessari, Rebecca Horn, Anish Kapoor, Guillermo Kuitca, Meredith Monk, Ed Moses, Gabriel Orozco, Ed Ruscha, Juliao Sarmento, Andrea Zittel.
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Rebecca Horn
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The John Baldessari portfolio is exhibited with a fantastic Black "Box" so the illustrations would cross each other. Hard to describe but I will try to show you here by two pictures as examples:
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Some Narrow Views:
(either tall or wide)
John Baldessari 2004
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Some Narrow Views:
Some Narrow Views:
(either tall or wide)
John Baldessari 2004
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The Portfolio with Anish Kapor´s work surprised me with it´s vibrant colors:
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Blackness from Her Womb
Anish Kapoor 2001
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Blackness from Her Womb
Anish Kapoor 2001
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The last one I would like to show is this spectacular edition of white on white prints with Josiah McElheny´s work:
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White Modernism
Josiah McElheny 2008
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White Modernism
Josiah McElheny 2008
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The Portfolios are by editions only, and all of these editions shown at the Hammer Museum has been acquisited by UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibit is on until August the 29th if you live in L.A. if you don´t live in L.A. and you are tickled like me check out Jacob Samuel´s Web Site for more.
Have a great weekend
With Love Kristin
Love the white on white prints!
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Very interesting. Did I tell you about this book I just read called Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey (yes, he who highly overexaggerated his addiction memoir and was exposed by Oprah)? Well, this book was okay, but the most interesting part was that it had a bunch of LA history incorporated in it, and one whole section was on the LA art scene. Apparently it is a lot more free out there because it's cheaper than NY, with less pressure on the artists, therefore they are more free to create outside the box, as it were. Interesting.
ReplyDeletelove the hammer museum!!
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