LAMA's
50th Auction!











Los Angeles Modern Auctions.

I just received the catalog today in the mail for LAMA's 50th Auction. I can't even begin to tell you the amount of art, design, and craft they have managed to collect for their upcoming 50th auction. Take a look at the online catalog here...

Peter Loughrey is the founder and director of LAMA, and has steadily been producing ambitious auctions since 1992. LAMA recently co-sponsored one of my favorite local exhibitions: Gaetano Pesce’s first solo West Coast exhibition, “Pieces from a Larger Puzzle” at the Italian Cultural Center. (Go here to read more about that event.)

The preview is right around the corner, so mark your calendars..

"The October 17, 2010 Modern Art & Design Auction will be LAMA’s 50th auction since opening 1992. This landmark auction will feature fresh, first-time offerings of important 20th century Fine Art, Design and Furniture.

Highlights will include a strong selection of Fine Art, such as original works by Pablo Picasso, Ed Ruscha, Bernard Buffet, Niki de Saint Phalle, and John McLaughlin, as well as rare fine prints and multiples by David Hockney, Claude Lalanne, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Also, a collection of five Gertrud and Otto Natzler ceramics will trade hands for the first time since original purchase in the 1950s, one of which is a very large exhibition piece with the desirable volcanic glaze. The auction also includes a rare table by Diego Giacometti and a large selection of Architectural Pottery."

two lots from the upcoming auction:
1. Pablo Picasso, Tete de Satyr (Head of a Satyr) 1960
Colored crayon on paper Signed lower right and dated lower left "10.4.60"
Sold with copies of sales receipts and original photocertificate and letter from Claude Ruiz-Picasso. This work has recently been examined by John Richardson who reconfirmed the authenticity.

2. Gertrud & Otto Natzler Glazed Bowl Studio circa 1958 Ceramic bowl with green and brown crater glaze with drop Signed "Natzler"




















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LACE tomm...

LACE Auction
two nites away!
see u there!

Marsha Ginsberg, Guest Room, 2004/2007

It's a busy week of auctions in Los Angeles.
LACE Auction thursday nite, and
headed to LAMA Auction Preview tomm.
Hope to see you at LACE thursday nite.

CURATORS
Andrew Berardini, Barbara Bestor, Andrea Bowers, Kristin Calabrese & Joshua Aster, Carolyn Castaño, Tim Christian, David Dick, Tomory Dodge, Robert Fontenot & Glenn R. Phillips, Brooke Hodge, Julian Hoeber, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Jeff Kopp, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Kim McCarty, Jamie Rosenthal, Joy Silverman, Monique van Genderen and LACE.

Marsha Ginsberg

Guest Room, 2004/2007
(part of LACE Auction)

Marsha Ginsberg works in the interdisciplinary overlap between design for theater and opera, installation art and photography. Her work for the stage has been presented throughout Europe and the U.S. at venues such as Spoleto Festival USA; Theater Basel, Switzerland; National Theater, Weimar; Athens Epidaurus Festival; Glimmerglass Opera; Theaterhaus Jena; Thalia Theater, Hamburg; National Theater Mannheim; and Foundry Theater, among others. She recently designed the environment for HABIT at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center. While living in Los Angeles, she established Studio Allied Prosthetics to produce art installations and photographic work.

William J O'Brien

Lace
auction
online
here...

Untitled, 2008
Colored pencil on paper, 17"x14"

BIOGRAPHY
William J. O'Brien's multi-disciplinary practice, which encompasses painting, sculpture, drawing and installation, grows out of a personal, intuitive process. His visual language originates formally out of the grid and encompasses a wide vernacular range, from the very 'messy' to the very 'clean.' O'Brien's work has appeared in solo exhibitions at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York; Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit and the Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, among other venues. His most recent group exhibitions include In Stitches, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York; Selected Works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and An Expanded Field of Possibilities, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. O'Brien received his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005 and his BA in Studio Art from Loyola University Chicago. He lives and works in Chicago.

Lace
auction
online
here...





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Matt Connors

LACE
auction
online...
here..

Untitled, 2009,
Oil and pencil on paper, 11"x14"

Matt Connors' paintings have been praised for their "appealing economy and spontaneity" and their subtle gestures that comment on the act of painting itself. Connors' recent exhibitions include solo shows at Cherry and Martin in Los Angeles (2010), CANADA in New York (2010 & 2008), Luttgenmeijer in Berlin (2008) and the Breeder in Athens (2007). His work has also recently appeared in group exhibitions at Praz-Delavallade in Paris (2010); Cirrus Gallery, Parker Jones Gallery and Karyn Lovegrove Gallery in Los Angeles; and Sikkema Jenkins in New York. Connors received his MFA from Yale University in 2006. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

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William J. O' Brien

geometric
for
LACE.

So psyched that William J. O'Brien donated work
for the upcoming LACE Auction!

The online catalog will be live on May 6th.
Check it out! Should be a good one this year.


more to come.
image via Marianna Boesky, New York.


















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A RT F R I D A Y

working
on
upcoming
auction..

works on paper
by Matt Connors!

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Spent the afternoon,
organizing the work for the
upcoming LACE 2010 Auction.




All the work has arrived safely,
some still at framers, and some in boxes.
Deciding on wall space, and the organization
for the works included...

Ken Weathersby, go here.. wrapped in bubble paper.
Beautiful! Can't wait to see everything installed!



More info soon,
as the catalog will be online
in a couple weeks...
Thanks again to Ivan, Matt, William, Ian, and Ken!













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CURATORS
Andrew Berardini, Barbara Bestor, Andrea Bowers, Kristin Calabrese & Joshua Aster, Carolyn Castaño, Tim Christian, David John Dick (YHBHS) Tomory Dodge, Robert Fontenot & Glenn R. Phillips, Brooke Hodge, Julian Hoeber, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Jeff Kopp, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Kim McCarty, Jamie Rosenthal, Joy Silverman, and Monique van Genderen.




ARTISTS
Irina Alimanestianu, Carmen Argote, Kristin Calabrese & Joshua Aster, Darren Bader, Ball-Nogues Studio, Louise Bonnet, Heather Brown, Andrew Bush, Josh Callaghan, Terry Chatkupt, Susan Cianciolo, Matt Connors, Carlee Fernandez, Gary Garay, Kathryn Garcia, Jill Giegerich, Marsha Ginsberg, Sayre Gomez, April Greiman, Sherin Guirguis, Emlie Halpern, Naotaka Hiro, Hadley Holliday, Margaret Honda, Charles Irvin, Alice Cisternino Jackel, Adam Janes, Charles Karubian, Matt Keegan, Soo Kim, Karen Kimmel, Olga Koumoundouros, Annie Lapin, Joseph Lee, Spencer Lewis, CK Lyons, Euan MacDonald, Jay McCafferty,
Ian McDonald, Sandeep Mukherjee, D'Ette Nogle, William J. O'Brien, Michele O'Marah, Eamon Ore-giron, Claudia Padrucci, Heather Rasmussen, Sarada Rauch, Erwin Redl, Laura Riboli, Rebecca Ripple, Brett Cody Rogers, Lezley Saar, Shizu Saldamando, Sergio Sergio, Jeff Sheng, Lily Skolnick Simonson, Don Suggs, Erin Trefry, Jeffrey Vallance, Ingrid von Sydow, Ivan Terestchenko, Sage Vaughn, Mary Weatherford, Ken Weathersby , Bari Ziperstein (list in formation)








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IAN MCDONALD

Ian McDonald
work for upcoming
LACE 2010 Auction

Work for upcoming
LACE Auction:
May 20, 2010
by Ian McDonald
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Not only is Ian an amazing artist, but he also has one of my favorite blogs, THE ARM... go here... So psyched he agreed to donate work to this year's LACE auction! About the same time I found his blog, or maybe its reverse, I saw his work at South Willard... go here.., and see his work here.. ,

from TODAY AND OTHERS, 2009 .
go here.

Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald born 1975 Ian McDonald is an artist living and working in San Francisco. He has shown in both the United States and Europe, including Rena Bransten Gallery, aov Gallery, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and The New Wight Gallery at UCLA in Los Angeles. European venues include, Nieuwe Vide Gallery in Holland, Sophienholm Exhibition Hall in Copenhagen Denmark,and the Svendborg Kunstingbygning Museum in Svendborg Denmark.In 2007 he was awarded the "Premio Faenza" from the Museo Internazionale della Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy. He has completed residencies in Holland at the European Ceramic Workcenter, the Museum of International Ceramics in Denmark and the Museum of Fine Arts at the De Young Art Center in San Francisco. He is currently on the Faculty at The San Francisco Art Institute in the Ceramics and Sculpture Department. He is represented by Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco.



go to
Rena Bransten
Gallery here..








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From Habas to Los Angeles....

thank
you
Ivan!

to l.a. with care.

"the listener"

I awoke to an email from Ivan Tereschenko, (his blog here.)
He informed me that the photograph is in route to
Los Angeles, California, via Habas, France for
the upcoming 2010 LACE auction, May 20, here in Los Angles.

Ivan's photographs of interiors, and portraits
are exquisite, and always inspiring.
I'm so happy our paths have crossed.

Go to Ivan's website here.


BIO:

"Born in England and educated in France, Ivan Terestchenko studied history of Art at the Ecole du Louvre and was a painter until the age of 30 when he switched to photography and landed his first assignment with french Vogue . He contributes to many international publications.

Recently, Ivan photographed "The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé" published simultaneously in four international editions, in France, UK, Germany, and in the US."

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