Flashback to last month’s Frieze Art Fair in LA — an Al Held work in a custom Bark maple frame with a white rub finish, at the @whitecube booth! #Repost @alheldfoundation ・・・ Catch Al in LA this weekend: White Cube presents a watercolor and an acrylic painting at Frieze. Held is shown along with Isamu Noguchi (seen here, center), Imi Knoebel, Sarah Morris, Gabriel Orozco, Ibrahim Mahama, Mona Hatoum, and others. Booth E1 at Santa Monica Airport through February 19. Find out more at whitecube.com Left: Al Held, E.T. 18, 1996, egg tempera on paper, 18 x 24 inches. Right: Al Held, East of Day, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches. Artwork © the Al Held Foundation / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo courtesy White Cube. @whitecube @friezeofficial #AlHeld #AlHeldFoundation #WhiteCube #FriezeLA #HardEdgeAbstraction #IsamuNoguchi (at Santa Monica Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJPX5jOoYx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A series from the Frieze Art Fair, Los Angeles. #frieze #friezela #friezeartfair (at The Barker Hanger - Santa Monica) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2jAx1pHL4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

😍 A few of my favorite things #FriezeLA #AfternoonInspiration date day w @bradensummers ARTISTS: #HildaPalafox #RogerHerman 🐝 unknown #LuciaLaguna #SelfieArt Unknown #Cameron #AndreasEriksson Unknown #GregBreda #PhilipTaaffe (at Santa Monica Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoyEXwUPCKz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Transcendental Painting Group 

Frieze Los Angeles 2023 is here, and one of the highlights is the exhibition ‘Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938-1945’ at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The Transcendental Painting Group achieved their modernity through potently charged shapes, patterns, and archetypes that they believed dwelled in the “collective unconscious.” The artists looked to a wide variety of literary, religious, and philosophical forces, including Zen Buddhism, Theosophy, Agni Yoga, Carl Jung, and Friedrich Nietzsche. 

Convinced that an art capable of being intuitively understood would have equal validity to representational painting in an era of uncertainty, political divide, and fear, they attempted to promote abstraction that pursued enlightenment and spiritual illumination. According to their manifesto they strove “to carry painting beyond the appearance of the physical world, through new concepts of space, color, light and design, to imaginative realms that are idealistic and spiritual.”

The group, which came to include Agnes Pelton, Lawren Harris, Florence Miller Pierce, Horace Pierce, William Lumpkins and Dane Rudhyar, among others, followed the guidance of Raymond Jonson and Emil Bisttram, who were in turn heavily influenced by the colour theories of Wassily Kandinsky.

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1. Stuart Walker, Composition 55 (Convergence), 1938, Jean Pigozzi Collection

2. Agnes Pelton, Winter, 1933, Crocker Art Museum

3. Emil Bisttram, Oversoul, 1941, Private Collection

#repost @_santamonicaartmuseum_ We're excited to be showcasing Vortic Curated (@vortic.art) VR exhibitions at SMAM and hosting them as part of our panel discussions on Friday, Feb. 17th during Frieze Week. ⁠ We’re thrilled to announce that Vortic has once again partnered with @friezeofficial to create an immersive virtual viewing experience, this time transporting you to Frieze LA @friezeofficial ⁠ Vortic Curated is a new project which encourages a symbiotic collaboration between curators, artists and Vortic’s digital platform to create an exceptional program of exhibitions and artist projects that push the boundaries of a virtual reality viewing experience. ⁠ ⁠ VR exhibitions at SMAM include: “baby hair and afros” (meditations on hair) curated by Alayo Akinkugbe, “What Lies Beneath” curated by Direlia Lazo, “Fever Dream’’ curated by Daria Borisova, and “Tim Stoner: Toil Stories” curated by Louis Blanc-Francard. ⁠ ⁠ For more info about how to visit the museum and see these exhibitions, link in bio. ⁠ ⁠ #vortic #vorticcurated #santamonicaartmuseum #vrart #virtualreality #newmedia #friezeofficial #FriezeLA (at Santa Monica, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CohcWmBqHW5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Frieze Los Angeles is back and bigger than ever. This year’s emphasis is on galleries from around the world. #FriezeLA will include major world-leading galleries, alongside some of the US’s most exciting emerging spaces⁠.@FriezeOfficial

Really missing be outside. Live art events and interacting with people. A lot of my artwork consists of public interaction. Even though I do most of my creation in private. I still love the energy of people moving around . There’s a vibe there that I feed off of. What are somethings you’re all doing maintain your own creative vibe ? Stay creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #laart #laartist #friezela #losangeles #losangeles_city #losángeles #losangelesartist #losangelesartscene #losangelesartassociation #losangelesarts #losangelesartgallery #losangelesartgalleries #artistsofinstagram #artlife #quartinecreative #quaritine2020 #quarantineartclub #quarantineart2020 #quarantineart #quarantineartist (at Equinox Downtown LA) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-wDhLqgztd/?igshid=116zsndi1w96j

Life Stage (The Blurred Line Between Art & Life) at Sushi Performance and Visual Art, July 26-28, 2002. This event was a three-day multidisciplinary exposition of visual and performing art by over a hundred individuals and artists exploring the boundaries of a Life Stage. Attendees of all disciplines were also invited to share their life and work through exhibition, performance, and demonstration. Our expectations of art, and artists, were (at least in the context of the event) open to interpretation and investigation. We were all actors on stage performing our story and creating new experiences in the context of a living theater. In many ways Life Stage was inspired by Fluxus, and various elements of Burning Man. #fallentreeexhibitions . . . . . . . #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #kunst #contemporarytheatre #friezelosangeles #friezela #friezeartfair #frieze #hifructosemag #artfair #artfairs #contemporaryfineart #contemporary_art #collectcontemporaryart #artsy #gallerywall #gallerylife #greatart #artdaily #artinvestor #collectorhome #lagunaart #laart #losangelesart #laartist #losangelesartist #sanfranciscoartist #gagosiangallery #gagosianbeverlyhills (at Sushi Performance and Visual Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QPstiFX6q/?igshid=k4i8tyupnmky

I am happy to confirm that I will be presenting a massive collection of 77 paintings on paper, mounted unframed in a salon style, at The Old Bank Vault gallery in Hackney on 21 March. After this grey winter lets welcome in the spring together with a bit of colour. Reception is open to everyone so please come along.

Rupert and Aimee sighting! Thanks @hidingupatreeorsomething for the heads up!

— GIRLICA. #painting #oil #linen #friezela #paramount #vielmettergallery @vielmetter #Iphones #chaos for the #MeToo #studio #photo #kimdingle #lastday #hollywood #B&W (at Frieze Art Fair) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_mSLBlBUZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l9vc1gmn4wcw

With or without dog? This is a Frieze Art Fair inspired image. After viewing the photographic ‘art work’ on display - I was inspired. 😜 #frieze #friezeartfair #friezeweek #friezela (at The Barker Hanger - Santa Monica) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2eKSBpNMq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tbt @friezeartfair #FriezeLA @desti.knee taking care of our business captured by 2 different photographers opening day 🔵💙 Lorraine Tripolo @peoplewholooklikeart in front of an artwork by @TerryWintersStudio @matthewmarksgallery and Destinee by #CarolynCole for @LAtimes in front of @DaveMuller33333 @blumandpoe * * #art #arts #artlife #contemporaryart #friezeartfair #hollywood #paramountstudios #kunst #konst #arte #artoftheday #photooftteday #artselfie #blackgirlmagic #melaninpoppin #womeninart #artcollector #artconsultant #artcurator #artadvisor #joakimvonditmar #destineeross #latimes (at Paramount Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BucTE9yFVjE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fe5xt5kfk8rt

#friezeartfair #friezela #art #sculpture #hollywood #paramountstudios (at Frieze Art Fair) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuIgAQznlEh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t2kdxg9y53qq

Out the waters 40x40 Acrylic and watercolor on panel Always creating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #laart #laartist #friezela #losangeles #losangeles_city #losángeles #losangelesartist #losangelesartscene #losangelesartassociation #losangelesarts #losangelesartgallery #losangelesartgalleries #artistsofinstagram #artlife #dtlaartist #artistoninstagram #artworks #artshow #artcollector #artforsale #artshub #artlover #artofinstagram #artphotography #Artstudio #artcollective #murals (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9StB_iAbuj/?igshid=1hg3k9t8rccil

Life Stage (The Blurred Line Between Art & Life) at Sushi Performance and Visual Art, July 26-28, 2002. This event was a three-day multidisciplinary exposition of visual and performing art by over a hundred individuals and artists exploring the boundaries of a Life Stage. Attendees of all disciplines were also invited to share their life and work through exhibition, performance, and demonstration. Our expectations of art, and artists, were (at least in the context of the event) open to interpretation and investigation. We were all actors on stage performing our story and creating new experiences in the context of a living theater. In many ways Life Stage was inspired by Fluxus, and various elements of Burning Man. #fallentreeexhibitions . . . . . . . #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #kunst #contemporarytheatre #friezelosangeles #friezela #friezeartfair #frieze #hifructosemag #artfair #artfairs #contemporaryfineart #contemporary_art #collectcontemporaryart #artsy #gallerywall #gallerylife #greatart #artdaily #artinvestor #collectorhome #lagunaart #laart #losangelesart #laartist #losangelesartist #sanfranciscoartist #gagosiangallery #gagosianbeverlyhills (at Sushi Performance and Visual Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QPnM9Fo4A/?igshid=mwyx1jl431yw