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Purveyor of Post Pop Culture The La Luz Jesus Gallery is a showcase for post-pop California art
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a Luz de Jesus Gallery was established in 1986 as the brainchild of entrepreneur and art collector Billy Shire, considered largely responsible for fostering a new school of California art and prompting JUXTAPOZ Magazine to dub him “the Peggy Guggenheim of
Lowbrow.” Showcasing mainly figurative, narrative paintings and unusual sculpture, the exhibitions are post-pop with content ranging from folk to outsider to religious to sexually deviant. The gallery’s objective is to bring underground art and counter-culture to the masses. Past shows have been groundbreaking,
launching unknown artists who have since become famous, such as Manuel Ocampo, Joe Coleman, and Robert Williams. A new exhibit opens on the first Friday of each month, with an opening reception that DETAILS Magazine calls “the biggest and best party in Los Angeles.”
La Luz De Jesus Gallery
Who’s the Boss?/Cel vinyl acrylic on panel/16” x 20” /$1,300.00/Rob Reger’s
Oleander/Oil on wood panel/3.5” x 5.5”/Christine Wu
4633 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90027-5413 (323) 666-7667
Van Saro/Love 2 Hate /Oil on panel/14 x 18”
Frijol Boy Soul Taker Acrylic on plexi, and pastel on wood board 24" x 18"
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Photography by Dustin Middleford Angeles ▟ Winter 2012
Styled by Amber Kelly