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On The Edge: Los Angeles Art from The Joan And Jack Quinn Family Collection
Joan and Jack Quinn represent a crucial moment in art history, as Los Angeles came to symbolize an innovative and prolific brand of creative freedom. On the Edge: Los Angeles Art from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection, explores the experimental approaches to minimalism and new materials from the 1960s to 2000s, the diversification of practices and makers, and the vital role the Quinns played in both documenting and contributing to the story of Los Angeles art. Revealed is a period of artmaking that is pivotal to understanding current practices and the west coast mentality, and collectively exudes a unique spirit of anti-conformity and the “California Cool” ethos.
This exhibition brings together an outstanding collection of artworks that define the history of contemporary art in Los Angeles as it came to symbolize an innovative and prolific brand of creative freedom found nowhere else in the world.The exhibition highlights the family’s collection, primarily amassed from the 1960s to 2000s. Works in the exhibition will explore what have become today’s mainstream themes in art movements and highlight how the Quinn family has formed friendships, supported and promoted major artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Larry Bell, Lynda Benglis, Vija Celmins, Billy Al Bengston, Kenneth Price, Frank Gehry, David Hockney, Carol Caroompas, Ed Moses, Astrid Preston, Ed Ruscha and many more.
The exhibition is divided into three sections: artworks made for or that depict the Quinn family that share the personal relationship between artists and family; exceptional examples of artwork acquired by the Quinn family; and a third section of portraits of Joan. Andy Warhol first encouraged Joan Quinn to have her portrait created, a tradition she has continued which forms a large portion of the collection.
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Joan and Jack Quinn represent a crucial moment in art history, as Los Angeles came to symbolize an innovative and prolific brand of creative freedom. On the Edge: Los Angeles Art from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection, explores the experimental approaches to minimalism and new materials from the 1960s to 2000s, the diversification of practices and makers, and the vital role the Quinns played in both documenting and contributing to the story of Los Angeles art. Revealed is a period of artmaking that is pivotal to understanding current practices and the west coast mentality, and collectively exudes a unique spirit of anti-conformity and the “California Cool” ethos.
This exhibition brings together an outstanding collection of artworks that define the history of contemporary art in Los Angeles as it came to symbolize an innovative and prolific brand of creative freedom found nowhere else in the world.The exhibition highlights the family’s collection, primarily amassed from the 1960s to 2000s. Works in the exhibition will explore what have become today’s mainstream themes in art movements and highlight how the Quinn family has formed friendships, supported and promoted major artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Larry Bell, Lynda Benglis, Vija Celmins, Billy Al Bengston, Kenneth Price, Frank Gehry, David Hockney, Carol Caroompas, Ed Moses, Astrid Preston, Ed Ruscha and many more.
The exhibition is divided into three sections: artworks made for or that depict the Quinn family that share the personal relationship between artists and family; exceptional examples of artwork acquired by the Quinn family; and a third section of portraits of Joan. Andy Warhol first encouraged Joan Quinn to have her portrait created, a tradition she has continued which forms a large portion of the collection.
Artists on show
- Alexis Smith
- Alice Springs
- Allen Ruppersberg
- Andy Moses
- Andy Warhol
- Ann Thornycroft
- Astrid Preston
- Beatrice Wood
- Billy Al Bengston
- Bradford J. Salamon
- Bruce Conner
- Bruce Richards
- Carlos Almaraz
- Carole Caroompas
- Charles Arnoldi
- Charles Garabedian
- Claire Falkenstein
- Daniel LaRue Johnson
- David Amico
- David Hockney
- Dennis Dutzi
- Derek Boshier
- Don Bachardy
- Dora De Larios
- E. F. Kitchen
- Ed Moses
- Ed Ruscha
- Edward Kienholz
- Elsa Flores
- Firooz Zahedi
- Frank Gehry
- George Herms
- George Hurrell
- Greg Colson
- Gregory Wiley Edwards
- Helmut Newton
- Ian Falconer
- James Hayward
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Jim McHugh
- Joe Fay
- Joe Goode
- Joey Terrill
- John Altoon
- John McCracken
- John Valadez
- Jose "Prime" Reza
- Jud Fine
- Kenneth Price
- Laddie John Dill
- Larry Bell
- Lita Albuquerque
- Lynda Benglis
- Marie Lalanne
- Matthew Rolston
- Mel Ramos
- Ned Evans
- Norton Wisdom
- Peter Alexander
- Phyllis Green
- Prime K2S
- Rena Small
- Richard Bernstein
- Robert Dowd
- Robert Graham
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Ron Cooper
- Shepard Fairey
- Sophia Gasparian
- Steven Arnold
- Sylvia Shap
- Tom Wudl
- Tony Berlant
- Vija Celmins
- Wayne Shimabukuro
- Woods Davy
- Xavier Fumat
- Yolanda Gonzalez
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