ART BEAT\Hockney at home.Byline: Lori Moody David Hockney, the British artist who has called Los Angeles home for three decades, is famous for his paintings, but it is his drawings and sketchbooks that are the subject of the Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. The original museum opened in 1913. Among its important patrons was William Randolph Hearst, whose enormous collection brought the museum major status among the country's art houses. of Art's latest exhibit. Some 150 drawings and sketchbooks dating from 1954 to 1995 will be on view through April 28. Self-portraits, portraits of family and the famous, including Andy Warhol, are among the works that are featured. In addition to the drawings, a BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. 850CSi painted by Hockney also will be on display. Hockney's creation is the 14th BMW Art Car, a project that started in 1975 and has included such other well-known names as Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. BMW is sponsoring the Hockney retrospective at LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association . For information, call (213) 857-6000. Bright idea The Museum of Neon Art The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) is a small museum in Los Angeles, California devoted to art built using neon lighting. This includes preservation of old neon signs as well as display of original fine art. According to its flyer, the museum was founded in 1981. is aglow again. The museum will celebrate the reopening of a permanent exhibit space from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday in Grand Hope Park, 501 W. Olympic Blvd. Music and refreshments will be available. Visitors can preview "Electric Muse," an exhibit of 60 works by 25 artists that runs through May 26. The museum, founded in 1981 by artist Lili Lakich, originally was located near Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Attendance dropped after the 1992 riots, so the museum closed in February 1993 and reopened a smaller satellite gallery and gift shop in Universal CityWalk three months later. The museum received a $415,000 grant from the Community Redevelopment Agency to help pay for the new space. The satellite at CityWalk closed last year, although neon signs still are on display on the facades of buildings there. "We were very eager to come back downtown," said executive director Mary Carter. "We always felt that downtown is where all the different cultures of Los Angeles meet and our audience likes downtown. Regular hours at the museum's new home are scheduled from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and from 11 to 8 p.m. Thursday. For information, call(213) 489-9918. Etc. A retrospective of the works of Los Angeles-based artist Karen Carson opens Saturday at Otis Gallery of the Otis College of Art and Design The school's programs, accredited by WASC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include four-year degrees in the typical art school fare: illustration, fine arts, graphic design, architecture, landscape design, interior design, and fashion design as well as newer fields . The exhibition, which runs through April 13, is being held in conjunction with concurrent exhibitions at the Santa Monica Museum of Art The Santa Monica Museum of Art is a museum located in Santa Monica, California. External links
Beginning in the middle of the 1970s, artists started living in downtown Los Angeles in large, low-cost loft spaces, and LACE was located in (Feb. 29-March 30). For further information, call (213) 251-0555. |
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