Birth of Los Angeles Art, Assisted by Hip Midwives
di Manohla Dargis The New York Times
“The Cool School,” a breezy, lively documentary about a thin slice of the Los Angeles fine art scene in the 1950s, is easy on the eyes, and the ears too. The focal point of this historical gloss is the Ferus Gallery, which opened in 1957 and soon became a cultural hub with shows dedicated to local talent like Ed Ruscha, Robert Irwin, Ed Moses, Wallace Berman and Ed Kienholz and a then-unknown out-of-towner with a fondness for Campbell’s Soup named Andy Warhol.
Near the northern end of the centrally located boulevard called La Cienega (“the swamp” in Spanish), not far from the Sunset Strip, Ferus was founded by Mr. [...]
di Manohla Dargis, articolo completo (3600 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 28 Marzo 2008
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