Esoteric Survey

John Mason: Sculpture 1958 - 1964 Curated by Frank Lloyd at Kayne Griffin Corcoran Vase, 1958 The other side of the same vase Peter Voulkos, John Mason, and Paul Soldner at Otis Art Institute in 1956. Peter and John would share a studio space just a couple years later.  Image courtesy of Soldner Enterprises and Stephanie Soldner Sullivan via Getty.edu John Mason installation at the Ferus Gallery patio, 1957. This was the first of two Mason solo exhibitions held at the gallery. Mason at Ferus in 1959 Source:  The Ferus Gallery: A Place to Begin Mason at work in 1960 Source:  Photo: Robert Blacknum via   Kayne Griffin Corcoran 1960 1963 Orange Cross, 1963 1961 Or maybe 1960, according to the 1966  Abstract Expressionist Ceramics exhibition catalog White Cross, 1964 White Cross Late 1950s - early 1960s The exhibition ends August 26th

LAMA Preview for the October 11th auction This is the Dan Johnson Department Espenet Evans Clark shelf/room divider.  One of the coolest shelf designs.  Luther Conover With a rarely seen Conover stamp Eames Department  Evil Eames Department JB Blunk Department Fancy French Department Fancy Fancy Department Patio Furniture Department That's a lot of Lamb Hard-edge Department Ed Ruscha and Ken Price -  Ferus Department Ken Price Joe Goode and Roy McMakin-  LA Department Read LAMA's interview with Joe Goode, here . 

Nagle - The amazing iridescent glaze on this piece was not captured b y my awful cell phone picture. It 's pretty incredible. It's part of Grapevine, at the David Kordansky Gallery Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, Ron Nagle, Peter Shire Curated by Ricky Swallow Nagle, Mason, Shire and Frimkess were all there at the opening. This is not to be missed. Mason Frimkess Make sure to check out the back room for some big time old clay. Peter Voukos Billy Al Bengston Ken Price

Paris Photo Los Angeles  at Paramount Pictures Studio In addition to the sound stages, galleries set up in the New York backlot  at Paramount. There were galleries from around the globe showing but the one I spent the most time at was  the  Michael Kohn Gallery   from LA.  Photos by  Charles Brittin  at the  Michael Kohn Gallery . Brittin was in the mix at the Ferus Gallery.  The photos above are of Wallace Berman and his wife. Wallace Berman verifax collages  at the  Michael Kohn Gallery . Wallace Berman verifax collage  at the  Michael Kohn Gallery . This isn't a photo but the BMW M1 Art Car #4 by Andy Warhol was there too. I also took a trip over to JF Chen , you know because they have all the good rare stuff. These Tony Paul chairs are super cool...canvas, iron, string and wicker.   Dan Johnson chairs at  JF Chen Dan Johnson dining set Ph...