Particles and Waves, Southern California Abstraction and Science, 1945-1990 examines how concepts and technologies from the realms of advanced scientific research impacted the development of abstract (or non-figurative) styles of artwork in postwar Southern California. Enter⟶
John Baeder’s Stardust on view at MOCA’s Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968
We are pleased to note the inauguration of the MOCA exhibition Ordinary People Photorealism and Work of Art since 1968, including the magnificent oil painting Stardust by John Baeder.
John Baeder, Stardust, oil on canvas, 1976, collection of Yale University Art Gallery.
The Palm Springs Art Museum mounted a solo exhibit of June Wayne’s early lithographs Songs and Sonets, a series inspired by the poems of John Donne. Enter⟶
Gerd Ludwig — Beuys Land
Having shared the Chornobyl photographs of German photographer Gerd Ludwig, we are honored to present a selection of Ludwig’s images of Joseph Beuys, and his seminal installation in Kleve, Germany, the alleged birthplace of Beuys. Our presentation is concurrent with Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature at the Broad Museum, Los Angeles.
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On September 7th June Wayne’s The Art of Everything opened at the Fullerton Museum Center, OC, California, the most comprehensive exhibition of her art and science themed work.
The exhibit is organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions in association with the June Wayne Estate and MB Abram and continues through January 5, 2025. Enter⟶
Gerd Ludwig in Chornobyl
& the Exclusion Zone
In 1993 photographer Gerd Ludwig visited the Chornobyl nuclear power plant which had exploded on April 26, 1986, the scene of the greatest environmental accident in human history. He returned to the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, with its abandoned town of Pripyat, and further documented the fallout effects in Ukraine and Belarus in 2005, 2011, 2013, and again in 2023. Despite risks to himself, Ludwig ventured deeper into the highly radioactive reactor #4 than any other Western photographer. Enter⟶
John Baeder: Looking Back (1972 – 2018)
A wide range of these works by master photorealist John Baeder were recently on exhibit at our collaborator ACA Galleries in New York.
A review of the show by art and design legend Steven Heller described it as a “must-see”. Daniel Felsenthal of Artforum applauded Baeder’s interest “in the humbler, dustier textures of everyday life”.
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HUGH MANGUM: American Visionary 1877-1922
MB Abram is honored to present, in collaboration with ACA Galleries in New York, the Where We Find Ourselves limited edition of the photographs of Hugh Mangum (1877-1922). Mangum worked throughout North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, in the Jim Crow South between 1897 and 1922. He defied key social and artistic traditions of his place and time.
In collaboration with ACA Galleries in New York.
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James T. Goodwin
We are excited to present "Improvisations: Icons & Artifacts”, the work of multi-media artist, designer, poet, and raconteur James T. Goodwin, the most complete exhibition to date.
Continuing his two dimensional "Symbols of Transformation” series, “Improvisations” adds a third dimension, and brings together scattered objects, separated by time, culture, value, and condition, within a precisely defined space, whose dimensions are compelled by the inner nature and mysterious connections of the objects themselves.
“Enclosed within their self-created luminous spaces, the song they sing together is totally new.”—James T. Goodwin.
In the summer of 2001, former Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti was driving downtown and passed the rising construction site of Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. Garcetti was fascinated by the intricate metal design, and the acrobatic balancing of iron workers. Obtaining permission to photograph and gaining the trust of the workers at their dangerous task was a considerable challenge, but Garcetti was determined to capture the gargantuan effort to build the superstructure before it was forever hidden by an envelope of polished steel. Enter⟶
ALEX HARRIS: In The Far North
Award winning photographer Alex Harris spent time as a guest in the remote villages of the Inuit People in the Kobuk River Region, and the Yupik of the Southern Bering Sea Coast, living in these communities between 1973 and 1978. He witnessed a traditional culture which would soon rapidly change. Harris’ photographs are in the permanent collections of the Getty Center, the Museum of Modern Art and many others. Enter⟶
Water Is Key: A Conversation With
Gil Garcetti
We were delighted and honored to sit down with Gil Garcetti at MB Abram Studios, Los Angeles and discuss his work and photographs taken in West Africa. We found Garcetti’s story riveting, and his telling engaging, caring, and hopeful.
Between 2001 and 2002, in a project commissioned by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Garcetti documented the dignity, and the desperate, life changing need for safe water on the African continent. He visited the peoples of Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Niger, listening to their stories, celebrating their cultures, and joining with them in efforts to bring clean water to their communities. We invite you to view our recent video conversation with Gil Garcetti about his work in Africa. Watch⟶
We also invite you to view select edition photographs from Garcetti’s Water Is Key. Enter⟶
A Conversation with Michael and Greg Hamson—Part III
In 2021 we had the pleasure of having an in-depth video conversation at the Palos Verdes Gallery of Oceanic Art dealer Michael Hamson, with Michael and his brother Greg. We discussed their more than fifty extended trips to some of the most remote areas of Papua New Guinea, and their pioneering methods of field collecting.
On January 23, 2022 Greg passed away after a brave year long battle with cancer. We are grateful that we had the opportunity to record some of Greg’s insights and experiences, and share his wit and humanity.
The present recording is the third and concluding portion of our conversation with Michael and Greg. Watch⟶
