Past, Present, and Future
The latest issue of “The Magazine Antiques” includes a 16-page spread profiling contemporary artists who find unique connections between their art and items on view in the Huntington Art Gallery.
Final Frame
In its final week, “Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame” continues to make headlines. Check out what people are saying in Art Ltd. Magazine, Art Week LA, Huffington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. And make plans to see the show before it closes June 27.
Getting the Bugs Out
NPR’s Joe Palca will be giving a lecture at The Huntington Thursday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. to introduce his book, “Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us.” With humor and plenty of hard data, he’ll talk about why fingernails on a chalk board make us cringe and why that guy on the cell phone drives us crazy.
The Eyes of John Frame
John Frame’s exhibition at The Huntington is a tour de force, the culmination of six years of working in isolation to create a cast of characters composed primarily of wood and found objects. The haunting, soulful tone that underscores the exhibition is set in large part by the characters’ eyes.
The World of John Frame
For the better part of five years, Frame has been assembling a body of work that features, at its core, an eclectic cast of fully articulated characters. The figures are a combination of meticulously carved wood and found materials.
Bukowski on the Inside
Huntington curator Sue Hodson says there is a tenderness under the hard shell that is exquisite and painful. “When you think about how he touched people’s lives, it’s incredibly powerful. He offered comfort, gave people hope and something to hang on to,” she said.
