california crazy

Man Ray

"Juliet and the Non-Eucilidian Object"

ca. 1945

(I don't remember seeing Juliet looking so young.)

Peter Voulkos working on a crazy

big-ass sculpture.

Los Angeles

1959

Paul Souldner, Peter Voulkos, John Mason

Paul Soldner's MFA Exhibition

Los Angeles

1956

(I'll take the 3 pots on the far right please.)

John Mason with

"Vertical Sculpture, Spear Forms"

Los Angeles

1957

John Mason

"Orange Cross"

1963

Ed Ruscha

Poster for the exhibition

"New Painting of Common Objects"

Pasadena Art Museum

1962

(Is there anything my man crush doesn't do well?)

Vija Celmins in her studio.

Venice Beach

1966

Robert Graham at home.

Los Angeles

1967

Robert Graham peering into one of his sculptures.

Los Angeles

1967

(Pervert)

Richard Pettibone (?)

Poster for his exhibition at Ferus Gallery

Los Angeles

1965

Peter Alexander

"Small Cloud Box"

1966

The Waitresses

Vignette from "Ready to Order?"

Los Angeles

1978

(Not to be confused with the Akron, Ohio band 

that knew what boys liked....)

Kim Jones

"Wilshire Boulevard Walk"

Los Angeles

1976

Ken Price

"BG Red"

1963

John Baldessari

"Wrong"

1966-68

(Yet, oh so amazingly right.)

Chris Burden

"Shoot"

1971

(C.B. is fuckin' nutz.)

Sam Francis

"Snow Painting"

1967

(This is better than ANY S.F. painting.)

Judy Chicago, Lloyd Hamrol, Eric Orr

"Dry Ice Environment #2"

1968

(How long be for ro/lu makes one of these?)

Experiments in Art and Technology

Poster for the conference

"Experiments in Art and Technology: In Process"

1970

Thomas Mee

"Fog demonstration in Thomas Mee's backyard"

Pasadena

ca. 1969

(That is real condensation, not smoke.)

Experiments in Art and Technology

"Mirror Dome"

Interior

1969

Faith Wilding

"Crocheted Environment"

1972

Bas Jan Ader

"All My Clothes"

1970

Alexis Smith
"Anteroom"
1975
(Love this.)

All images from the most excellent
exhibition catalog
"Pacific Standard Time:
Los Angeles Art 1945-1980"
Buy your copy
here.

robert loughlin's mini-documentary video

Robert Loughlin

1945-2011

View 

Robin Dorian's 

beautiful short on Robert

HERE.

(If you don't have a Vimeo account
you will have to use
a password.
The password is,
very appropriately:
superpicker ).

The password has been changed,
please contact
Robin Dorian at
robin(at)findeatdrink(dot)com
for the new password.
You should see it,
sooo good....

robert loughlin's memorial

I went to my friend 

Robert Loughlin's 

memorial today

in the Meat Packing District.

Robert would have loved the location for many reasons.

It's hard not to make inappropriate jokes 

when talking about Robert,

because he said whatever he thought, 

whenever he thought it,

regardless of who, whom, 

or "what"

might hear it.

Anyway,

it was sad yet inspiring afternoon.

I saw a lot of amzing old friends,

some I had not seen in years.

My only regret was that it 

wasn't held in a bigger spot,

I heard that some people couldn't get in,

and that is sad to me....

Anyway,

here are some pics of the gathering....

Alan Moss spoke.

He was looking sharp.

Alan was a big influence on Robert,

as was Robert on him.

Thomas O'Brien of

Aero

spoke. He and his crew organized the

whole event.

They did and outstanding job.

Big thanks to the SoHo House too.

Gary's speech was touching,

and very Gary.

He told some amazing stories,

many that I had never heard before.

Thanks Gary,

you were great, and I can't imagine how

hard this has been for you....

These pictures greeted you when you got off the elevator.

I don't know who did this,

I am assuming Thomas's team,

but if I can give specific credit please 

let me know.

I loved seeing the amazing blow-ups

of the vintage photos

of Robert.

Robert....

We were fond of the same style of hat....

Damn Robert,

are you sure you weren't the model for the 

"Brute"?

Über sexy!

I love this shot....

This has to be a

super early painting.

These pics were in the main room.

The white vase is an unfinished piece Robert

was doing as a commission for 

Alan Moss.

It will now be the urn for his ashes....

Robin Dorian,

a dear friend, made an 

AMAZING

5 minute mini-documentary

for the occasion.

Robin, 

seriously,

you need to expand that magic into a longer format.

Sundance here you come!

Such a sad yet inspiring afternoon....

New York City lost something vital when we lost Robert....

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I hesitantly include this,

but as friends and I

went to commiserate

over a few beers,

I looked out the window,

and the hair stood up on the back of my neck.

I thought for more than just a second 

that it was Robert

just outside the bar....

In my mind it was,

if just for those few seconds,

really Robert there,

laughing, smoking and drinking a beer.

(a Heineken)

I really, really, really wish it had been.....

RIP Robert....

more 

here

here

here

here

and

here

mason williams' "sunflower"

Mason Williams

"Sunflower"

1967

From the exhibition catalog

"Pacific Standard Time:

Los Angeles Art

1945-1980"

More

here & here

Photos by Tony Esparza