L.A. Louver Explained

L.A. Louver is an art gallery focusing on American and European contemporary art. The gallery is located in Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States.^[1]

Directors

The gallery directors are Peter Goulds, Kimberly Davis, and Elizabeth East. Lisa Jann is the Managing Director. The gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America.^[2]

Artists

Established in 1976, the gallery represents the following notable artists:

• Terry Allen
• Tony Berlant
• Tony Bevan
• Deborah Butterfield
• Rebecca Campbell
• Dale Chihuly
• Richard Deacon

• Mark di Suvero
• Gajin Fujita^[3]
• David Hockney (since 1978)^[4]
• Ben Jackel
• Leon Kossoff
• Guillermo Kuitca

• Jonathan Lasker
• Jason Martin
• Enrique Martínez Celaya
• Michael C. McMillen
• Gwynn Murrill
• Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin

• Alison Saar
• Sean Scully
• Joel Shapiro
• Peter Shelton
• Juan Uslé
• Tom Wudl

In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:

• William Brice
• Charles Garabedian
• Frederick Hammersley
• Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz
• Per Kirkeby

• R.B. Kitaj
• Ed Moses
• Ken Price
• Don Suggs
• Fred Williams

Design

The 8000square feet building that houses the gallery was designed by architect Frederick Fisher.^[5]

External links

• L.A. Louver Website
• Ed Kienholz at L.A. Louver in The Los Angeles Times
• Gaijin Fujita at L.A. Louver

Notes and References

1. Leah Ollman, "Art review: 'Kienholz Before LACMA' at L.A. Louver," The Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2012.
2. http://www.artdealers.org/cgi-bin/members.cgi?galleryId=louver Art Dealers Association of America Member Galleries
3. Eva Recinos (6 April 2023), In a new gallery show, artist Gajin Fujita turns inward to create love letters to L.A. Los Angeles Times.
4. Jori Finkel (4 October 2022), David Hockney’s latest floral iPad works to blossom at five different galleries, from Los Angeles to Paris The Art Newspaper.
5. http://www.arcspace.com/calif/build/lalouver.html arcspace catalogue