LAMA & YHBHS

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">“Well, I’ll confess something.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> I like happy art.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">And you’ll notice most of the art is happy.</span></span>” -<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Richard Dorso </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6091442441_52ae8a1d62_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6091442441_52ae8a1d62_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 467px;" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br />image: Richard Dorso's Los Angeles home.<br /><br />Photography © Grant Mudford.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >YHBHS & LAMA!</span> </span></span>For the next month, I'll be sharing lots of images, related interviews, & events regarding an interior space I have created for LAMA's next auction. The <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">YHBHS exhibition space will be open to the public</span> </span>beginning September 19, until the day of the auction, October 9, 2011. The space is getting close to being installed, painted, wallpapered with <a href="http://kremelife.com/">KREME papers</a>, furniture selected, & all soon to be photographed! Please check it out in person if you are in Los Angeles.<br /><br /><br /><br />When Peter Loughrey, Director of LAMA, first showed me the photographs of Richard Dorso's L.A. home, I was immediately transported by his collection & the story his residence told about the forms and colors of<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 60s California art</span></span>. I'm creating a temporary open space inspired by the geometrical, hard-edged works from Dorso's collection by Baldessari, McCracken, Ruscha, Arnoldi, and many other early California artists. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Lots more to share in the next weeks</span>. - <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">David John</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br />"<span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://lamodern.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Los Angeles Modern Auctions</span></a></span> (LAMA) and <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">You Have Been Here Sometime</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span>(YHBHS) will partner together to produce a special interior showcase for LAMA’s Pacific Standard Time exhibit Collecting in Los Angeles 1945 – 1980. This 3 week exhibit explores the collecting practices of Richard Dorso, a native Californian, who at age 101 left behind a unique art collection spanning much of the 20th century. The exhibit will conclude with an auction of the entire collection on October 9, 2011."<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Auction: </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">October 9, 2011; 12pm</span> Noon (PST) Pacific Standard Time Exhibition<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Preview:</span></span> September 19 – October 8, 2011. Open daily 10am – 6pm Auction, Exhibit.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Preview Location: </span></span>16145 Hart St. Van Nuys, CA 91406<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://lamodern.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Visit </a><a href="http://lamodern.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LAMA</span></span> </a><a href="http://lamodern.com/" style="font-style: italic;">here.</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">Keep informed on events on the</span> <a href="http://lamodern.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">LAMA Blog</span></span></a>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-------------------</span><br /><br />

LAMA & YHBHS

“Well, I’ll confess something. I like happy art. And you’ll notice most of the art is happy. ” - Richard Dorso image: Richard Dorso...

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