On January 29, 2010, Nyehaus and Franklin Parrasch Gallery re-opened the doors of the original, historic Ferus Gallery space at 723 N La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles with an exhibition entitled Ferus Gallery Greatest Hits Volume I. The exhibition was mounted as 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. Ferus Gallery Greatest Hits Volume II continues the dialogue of these legendary artists by bringing the exhibition to New York at The Armory Show 2010.
On view will be rare, vintage and recent works by:
John Altoon, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Llyn Foulkes, Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
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.
On view will be rare, vintage and recent works by:
John Altoon, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Llyn Foulkes, Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
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.
