Esoteric Survey

LACMA  has a small but mighty Four Abstract Classicists exhibition up.  All the paintings are part of their permanent collection. This John McLaughlin might be my favorite painting ever. Karl Benjamin,  John McLaughlin and  Frederick Hammersley Frederick Hammersley,  Lorser Feitelson and  Frederick Hammersley x 2 John McLaughlin,  Lorser Feitelson and Karl Benjamin A super sweet Frederick Hammersley Four Abstract Classicists catalog (1959) John McLaughlin (1898-1976) Karl Benjamin (1925-2012) Lorser Feitelson  ( 1898-1978 ) Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Big deal modern gallery--Miro, Nuguchi...  Erich Dieckmann chair (Germany, 1930s) This is proof that I look at non-California pieces that were made before the 1940s.  Donald Judd  Judd, with barf.  I guess some people react differently to art.   Peter Voulkos ...

Isamu Noguchi, Coronos , Bronze OMG! John Mclaughlin with Claes Oldenburg pool balls in the foreground   Donald Judd "I haven't sufficient interest in objects or anything I can see around me to do what Oldenburg does." — Donald Judd   Donald Judd   Donald Judd Lorser Feitelson  This is from 1936. Amazing. John Mason Edward Kienholz “We didn’t talk the art out. We talked about where we were going to get six dollars so we could buy gas  for a car  to go to the Valley and get drunk… I don’t know that I’ve ever talked to Bob Irwin about art in my life.” —Ed Kienholz Richard Diebenkorn That electrical outlet pisses me off. Yayoi Kusama Way before the LV handbags John Chamberlain "Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction." — John Chamberlain Willem de Kooning vs.  Franz Kline   That De Kooning once...