ART/SNEAK PEEK : BIOGRAPHY OF A VERSATILE ARTIST.From fast-food outlets to postmodern multimedia installations, artist Russell Forester has shown remarkable versatility. He started out as an architect, designing Jack in the Box restaurants and other colorful emblems of corporate culture. Gradually, he turned full-time to painting and sculpture, grabbing Southern California's attention with a series of abstract ink drawings etched in shimmering shim·mer intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers 1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash. 2. colors. In the late 1970s and early '80s, as his reputation grew beyond the La Jolla-San Diego area, Forester experimented with free-standing wooden columns and prisms, trimmed in light-emitting diodes. One critic, writing in 1983, described these constructions as ``architectonic ar·chi·tec·ton·ic also ar·chi·tec·ton·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to architecture or design. 2. Having qualities, such as design and structure, that are characteristic of architecture: stalagmites,'' a term that suggested the artist's ability to fuse architecture with sculpture, and the natural with the artificial. In counterpoint to the technological frenzy that surrounds us, Forester's works offer humor, a healthy skepticism and a penetrating sensitivity toward our troubled times. Those qualities are evident in the waggishly wag·gish adj. Characteristic of or resembling a wag; jocular or witty. wag  gish·ly adv. titled exhibition, ``Russell Forester: An Authorized Autobiography,'' running through May 24 at Track 16 Gallery at Bergamot Station Bergamot Station is a facility housing many art galleries in Santa Monica, California, USA. HistoryThe name "Bergamot Station" dates back to 1875 when it was a stop for the Pacific Electric rail system which served the Los Angeles area from 1875 to 1953. in Santa Monica. Typical of Track 16's pluck, this overdue survey cuts a wide swath through Forester's enormous output. The show is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. The gallery is located at 2525 Michigan Ave. in Building C. For information, call (310) 264-4678. Head of the class: Bashing the Whitney Biennial is a favorite spectator sport in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of art world. But no one's grousing at California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. these days. Four of the school's graduates are included in the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. museum's tribute to the cultural Zeitgeist: Tony Oursler, Lari Pittman, Kara Walker and Sue Williams. Also included is Edward Ruscha, who graduated from Chouinard Art Institute The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 in Los Angeles, California by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879-1969). Born in Montevideo, Minnesota, Chouinard studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and in Munich, Germany. before it merged with the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music in 1961 to form CalArts. The Biennial is on view through June 1. Man of the times: For reasons that still baffle him, Julian Schnabel epitomized everything that many people disliked about the '80s art world. You know: that it was shallow, pretentious and overpriced o·ver·price tr.v. o·ver·priced, o·ver·pric·ing, o·ver·pric·es To put too high a price or value on. overpriced Adjective costing more than it is thought to be worth Adj. . The mass media was all too happy to make Schnabel its bogeyman. The painter's talent for self-promotion helped feed its antipathy. The '80s are long gone, but Schnabel is still very much around. A new exhibition of his ``Selected Paintings'' at L.A.'s Pace Wildenstein Gallery offers a chance to size Schnabel up for yourself. The show is running through April 19. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. The gallery is located at 9540 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. For information, call (310) 205-5522. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) ``Untitled (The Crow)'' (1993), is part of ``Russell Forester: Unauthorized Biography'' at Track 16 Gallery. (2) ``Attitude Is Really What It's All About'' (1974), an acrylic on linen work from the flexible Forester. |
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