L.A. Louver celebrates 50th years
L.A. Louver, Venice, California
15 February - 14 June 2025
at 55 North Venice Boulevard, 1975-1976
Photo Courtesy L.A. Louver, Venice, California
pictured at at 55 North Venice Boulevard, 1991
Photo Courtesy L.A. Louver, Venice, California
Photo Courtesy L.A. Louver, Venice, California
L.A. Louver celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition surveying the gallery’s history, from its formation in 1975 to now. One of the longest-established contemporary art galleries on the West Coast, L.A. Louver has presented more than 660 exhibitions over the course of what has been the most significant period of creative growth in Southern Californian history. L.A. Louver commemorates this achievement with a presentation in all spaces of the gallery, which remains on the same block as its original 1970s location.
L.A. Louver was founded with a singular mission: to contextualize Los Angeles and global artists in a distinguished exhibition program. L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years honors this initial ambition and the pivotal role the gallery has played in establishing L.A. as a global art center. Comprised of work by over 50 artists, the exhibition includes those from the early days of the gallery (Max Cole, George Herms, Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Don Suggs), international figures (David Hockney, Sui Jianguo, Per Kirkeby, Leon Kossoff), stalwarts of the city’s creative landscape (Tony Berlant, John McCracken, Ed Moses, Ken Price), and those living and working in Los Angeles today (Rebecca Campbell, Gajin Fujita, Heather Gwen Martin, Alison Saar).
The exhibition is a portrait of L.A. Louver, enriched and informed by history as much as the landscape of today. Though harkening back to key moments from the past, the presentation offers points of nonlinear connection that elucidate the complex truth of an identity shaped by time, place, and people. Furthermore, it is a tribute to the forces and memories that have shaped the gallery – the Bohemian art haven that was 1970s Venice Beach; the artists, staff, and community that have kept the program vibrant and dynamic; the bespoke building designed by Frederick Fisher & Partners that has held hundreds of exhibitions and events; and the artworks that have traveled the world.
54 ARTISTS: Terry Allen, Georg Baselitz, Tony Berlant, Wallace Berman, Tony Bevan, Domenico Bianchi, William Brice, Deborah Butterfield, John Cage, Rebecca Campbell, Nick Cave, Dale Chihuly, Max Cole, Richard Deacon, Edgard de Souza, Mark di Suvero, Richard Diebenkorn, Marcel Duchamp, Jimmie Durham, Toshikatsu Endo, Gajin Fujita, Charles Garabedian, Joe Goode, Frederick Hammersley, George Herms, David Hockney, Edward Kienholz, Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Per Kirkeby, Leon Kossoff, Ben Jackel, Lili Lakich, Richard Long, Nathan Mabry, Heather Gwen Martin, Jason Martin, Enrique Martínez Celaya, Thom Mayne, John McCracken, Michael C. McMillen, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin, Alison Saar, Eduardo Sarabia, Peter Shelton, Kate Steinitz, Don Suggs, teamLab, Sui Jianguo, Juan Uslé, Matt Wedel, William Wiley, Tom Wudl
L.A. LOUVER
45 North Venice Boulevard, Venice CA 90291
