THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 50 FEBRUA RY 12, 2020
FRIEZE 2019: MARK BLOWER. PERRY: DAVID LIVINGSTON/GETTY IMAGES.SPACE: JOE RAY/COURTESY OF TINA PERRY.UNTITLED, 2010: JAMAL CYRUS/COURTESY OF TINA PERRY. HAUSER: © NICOLAS PARTY/JEFF MCCLANE/COURTESY OF HAUSER WIRTHSUSPENSION: HANK WILLIS THOMAS/COURTESY OF KAYNE GRIFFINCORCORAN. LACMA: © LUCHITA HURTADO/HAUSER & WIRTH/JEFF MCCLANE/COURTESY OF LACMA. ALAC: © COADY BROWN/COURTESY OF ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY. HALSEY: COURTESY OF DAVID KORDANSKY GALLERY, LOS ANGELES/JEFF MCLANE. FELIX: JUDY CHICAGO/COURTESY OF FELIX.ArtStyle
The Art That Inspires
OWN’s PresidentT
ina Perry, who was named president of
OWN in 2019, started collecting artwork
with her husband, entrepreneur Ric Whitney,
seven years ago. Early acquisitions include
works by Genevieve Gaignard “that tell an
amazing story of a biracial artist’s life perspec-
tive,” says Perry, as well as street and graffiti
pieces by Australia-born artists DABSMYLA.
They serve as foundations for
a collection — from a diverse
array of artists — that Perry
describes as “reflecting contem-
porary commentaries on social
justice issues.”
Perry, who sits on a number
of arts organization boards (The Mistake
Room, CalArts), spoke about some of the
pieces in her collection and a recently opened
art show she recommends. —D.P.COLLECTOR SPOTLIGHT↓ RECENT ACQUISITION Says Perry of Jamal
Cyrus’ 2010 untitled work: “The piece really spoke
to me because it conjures images of televised
press conferences with microphones forced into
the face of the person being interviewed.”↑ RECOMMENDED SHOW Hank Willis Thomas’
“An All-Colored Cast” at Kayne Griffin Corcoran
(through March 7, 1201 S. La Brea Ave.) includes a
replica of The Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee car.← PRIDE
OF PLACE
ARTWORKS
“There are a
few prominent
artworks in our
living room,
which we truly
enjoy living
with daily,” says
Perry. They
include Umar
Rashid’s large-
scale painting
Frohawk Two
Feathers and Joe
Ray’s In Space,
1980 (left).
“It’s a beautiful
painting that we
simply love from
a Los Angeles-
based artist
who has long
been active and
influential.”Competing Fairs and Top Shows
HAUSER & WIRTH
One of the most anticipated openings of
2020 is the first Los Angeles exhibition
of Switzerland-born art-market darling
Nicolas Party, whom mega-gallery
Hauser & Wirth signed last year. A former
street artist whose work is now selling
in the high six figures at auction, Party is
known for his pastels (such as his 2019
work Portrait With Mushrooms, above)
influenced by everything from surrealism
to Dutch Old Masters, as well as the
immersive environments he creates
around his shows. Opening Feb. 13,
901 E. 3rd St.
FELIX
At the Hollywood Roosevelt, the fair
has 60 galleries (up 30 percent from
2019), plus Judy Chicago works (such
as Pink Atmosphere, above) selected by
Transparent’s Jill Soloway. Tickets $20,
Feb. 13-16, 7000 Hollywood Blvd.ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY
Featuring 50 exhibitors (including 1969
Gallery, showing work by Coady Brown,
above), the ALAC fair has moved from the
Barker Hangar to the Hollywood Athletic
Club, closer to the Frieze action. Tickets
$25-$65, Feb. 13-16. 6525 Sunset Blvd.LACMA
The museum is presenting (in its BCAM
building) the first career survey of the
99-year-old L.A.-based, Venezuela-born
artist Luchita Hurtado, much of whose
work was not seen for decades. Opening
Feb. 16, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. — D.P.Felix and ALAC bow in Hollywood at the same time as Frieze, while LACMA,
Hauser & Wirth and David Kordansky stage must-visit showsask questions — don’t be shy about speaking
with gallery staff about the work.” (Tickets
run $125 to $500.)
THE BACKLOT Curated by LACMA head of con-
temporary art Rita Gonzalez and Vincent Price
Art Museum director Pilar Tompkins Rivas,
16 performances, sculptures and installations
— collectively called Frieze Projects — will
populate Paramount’s streetscape with an
emphasis on Latino and black artists.
“The film industry is also dealing with
things beyond the hermetic world in which
they produce content, things like #MeToo and
#OscarsSoWhite,” says Gonzalez. “The push
for equity is something we wanted to refer to
in the selection of artists.”
Four artists reference Hollywood. Gabriella
Sanchez’s triptych of vinyl banners, Hommes,
Homes, Homes, appropriates images from the
1993 movie Mi Vida Loca. Episodes of Star Trek
inspired Channing Hansen’s installation. A bill-
board by Jibade-Khalil Huffman honors Grace
Jones as the villain May Day in the James Bond
film A View to a Kill. The work shows her hoist-
ing a white man over her head. “For me, it’s
specifically black female power and expanding
that to this poetic degree,” says Huffman. And
Vincent Ramos’ installation, Wolf Songs for the
Dead, scrutinizes the fair’s host, Paramount.
“There’s a definite lack of representation. To be
honest, the art world and Hollywood are one
and the same for that,” Ramos says of his work
that draws its title from the 1929 Paramount
film Wolf S ong, starring Gary Cooper and Lupe
Vélez, who’s featured in the piece with Mexican
actress Katy Jurado. Says Tompkins Rivas,
“We’re just hopeful people will enjoy it and it
will provoke conversations.”
Amid the Frieze Projects will be pop-up
restaurants from the likes of Sqirl, Craig’s
Vegan and Roberta’s. (Backlot tickets — not
including main floor access— for Feb. 15 or
16 are $25.)Perry
Frieze Los Angeles’ main show floor last year, inside a
62,000-square-foot tent.
DAVID KORDANSKY GALLERY
Art collector and CAA agent Thao
Nguyen recommends Lauren Halsey’s
show of sculptural painting installations,
inspired by the urban landscape of
South Central L.A. Through March 4,
5130 W. Edgewood Place.