Irving Blum, Collector and co-founder of the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
Jeffrey Deitch, Director, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles
Moderator | Peter Plagens, Artist and Writer, New YorkDate | Thursday, June 18, 2010
◇ A Conversation with Irving Blum: 'Sleeping Girl' - YouTube
Watch as Tobias Meyer, Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art at Sotheby's, discusses 'Sleeping Girl', Roy Lichtenstein's 1960s masterpiece with legendary dealer Irving Blum.
◇ The Cool School: Story of The Ferus Art Gallery - YouTube
THE COOL SCHOOL is an abject lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports, Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show), Jasper Johns, and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp's first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos, passions, money, and art. This is how LA came of age.
◇ The Cool School: LA Look - YouTube
http://youtu.be/d37L32TID4Y
◇ Ferus Gallery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ferus Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating from 1957-1966. In 1957 it was located at 736-A North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. In 1958, it was relocated across the street to 723 North La Cienega Boulevard where it remained until its closing in 1966.
