In cooperation with Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Franklin Parrasch Gallery and Nyehaus, New York are pleased to present Ferus Gallery Greatest Hits Volume I installed in the original and historic Ferus Gallery space at 723 N La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles.
Nyehaus and Franklin Parrasch will mount a collaborative homage to Ferus Gallery (1957 to 1965) and its pivotal role in the unveiling and development of major American artists of its time. The outpour of radical artwork presented by Ferus Gallery in its seven-year history under the opposing styles of its impresarios Irving Blum and Walter Hopps was particularly impressive. During those years, the gallery’s agenda and scope enabled it to reconcile polarities in artistic styles and the artists’ torrential personalities. Andy Warhol had his first gallery show at Ferus in 1962 exhibiting his 32 Campbell Soup cans on a shelf constructed from a molding, the way one might see actual soup cans displayed in a market. The list of artists exhibiting at Ferus included Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, Larry Bell, Ed Moses, Billy Al Bengston, Ken Price, Ed Kienholz (a founder with Hopps who sold his share to Blum for $500), Ellsworth Kelly, Josef Albers, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella and on and on. The influence this generation of artists had on subsequent generations is immeasurable.
On view will be rare vintage works by John Altoon, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, Jay DeFeo, Llyn Foulkes, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol.
Special thanks to Tom Beeton for generously providing the gallery space. Open to the general public Wednesday January 27 from noon – 6:00 and by appointment through Saturday, January 30, 2010. For more information please contact Tim Nye at: 917 969 4370 – or write to info@nyehaus.com
Nyehaus and Franklin Parrasch will mount a collaborative homage to Ferus Gallery (1957 to 1965) and its pivotal role in the unveiling and development of major American artists of its time. The outpour of radical artwork presented by Ferus Gallery in its seven-year history under the opposing styles of its impresarios Irving Blum and Walter Hopps was particularly impressive. During those years, the gallery’s agenda and scope enabled it to reconcile polarities in artistic styles and the artists’ torrential personalities. Andy Warhol had his first gallery show at Ferus in 1962 exhibiting his 32 Campbell Soup cans on a shelf constructed from a molding, the way one might see actual soup cans displayed in a market. The list of artists exhibiting at Ferus included Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, Larry Bell, Ed Moses, Billy Al Bengston, Ken Price, Ed Kienholz (a founder with Hopps who sold his share to Blum for $500), Ellsworth Kelly, Josef Albers, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella and on and on. The influence this generation of artists had on subsequent generations is immeasurable.
On view will be rare vintage works by John Altoon, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, Jay DeFeo, Llyn Foulkes, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol.
Special thanks to Tom Beeton for generously providing the gallery space. Open to the general public Wednesday January 27 from noon – 6:00 and by appointment through Saturday, January 30, 2010. For more information please contact Tim Nye at: 917 969 4370 – or write to info@nyehaus.com
