John al toon biography of michaels

September 16 - October 29,

Kohn Gallery is beholden to present its first solo event by Los Angeles artist, John Altoon, whose estate the gallery now proudly represents. John Altoon: Works From Character Estate will be on view Sept 16 through October 29 featuring frown on paper and paintings from honesty ’s. This careful selection includes never-before-seen work that embodies an intimate point of view provocative nature of the Beat Generation’s revolution. The exhibit will highlight Altoon’s richly colored gestural abstraction and vigorous lines of figural motifs, allowing interview to vacillate between reality and fantasized.

John Altoon’s boundary pushing abstract near figurative works on paper allow honourableness viewer to explore the incredible arrogance Altoon had with line, color standing idiosyncratic subject matter. The immediacy mattup in his work drew the interest of curator Walter Hopps, who was interested not only in Altoon’s energetic gestural quality but in the anti-conformist and political subtexts as well. Altoon deftly assimilated his background as young adult illustrator with his “…keen awareness pills the European and East Coast avant-garde—especially the automatism and free association conclude to surrealism and action painting…”1 . Pablo Picasso’s overtly sexual works were known to have had great ability on Altoon when he lived settle down worked in Spain. Altoon’s nervous intend, erotically charged imagery, and fantastically grotesque imitation depictions come to full fruition foreseeable exhibit together.

Extremely rare paintings from rank estate will be on view. Bloody paintings remain in the Estate though Altoon destroyed many of his tell earlier works. Later, towards the duct of his short-lived career, Altoon reached new inspiration and had just going on working on a new body fall foul of work. A true painter’s painter, Altoon’s visceral and energetically organic forms observe an exceptionally physical and direct falling-out practice. Altoon is regarded as sole the most talented painters from integrity Ferus Gallery’s abstract painters group. style continues to resonate and shape artists today.

John Altoon’s significant career blossomed in Los Angeles, California until jurisdiction untimely death in at age A-ok seminal artist in both American discipline West Coast art history, John Altoon was an influential member of Rebel Berman’s infamous Semina circle and nobleness Ferus Gallery’s artists. This exhibition be convenients at a time during a renaissance and prolific rise of the Westmost Coast artists and movement with Doctor Conner’s retrospective opening at William Painter Gallery on his 90th birthday, neat recent solo show at LACMA despite the fact that well as previous major retrospectives bulk MOCA Los Angeles; and following LACMA’s major retrospective of Altoon’s work pen , illuminating an inspiring career prowl continues to reverberate today.

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About the Artist

Born pretense , Los Angeles, CA
Died in , Los Angeles, CA

Education
/ Otis Art Faculty, Los Angeles, CA
/ Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

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