Jack Rutberg

LatinoLA "A Review of Hannelore Baron's Artwork Collages and Assemblages" by Jimmy Centeno

"Physically delicate yet sturdy, the drawings, collages, and assemblages Hannelore Baron left behind when she died in New York in 1987 radiate a sense of emotional fragility and struggle. But rather than acting as mere repositories for phobias and obsessions Baron's boxes and notations insist that the human spirit. . . ."

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Crave "Alchemic assemblages of poetry, trauma, and survival" by Nicole Borgenicht

"Twenty-five beautiful and sentimental works compose "Collage & Assemblage," an exhibit of Hannelore Baron (1926 – 1987) at the esteemed Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles. The artist's assemblages, also held in renowned museums such as MOMA, the Guggenheim, LACMA and the National Gallery of Art in D.C., are packed with. . . ."

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Art Ltd. "Hannelore Baron: Collage & Assemblage" by Peter Frank

"Physically delicate yet sturdy, the drawings, collages, and assemblages Hannelore Baron left behind when she died in New York in 1987 radiate a sense of emotional fragility and struggle. But rather than acting as mere repositories for phobias and obsessions Baron's boxes and notations insist that the human spirit. . . ."

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SAVE THE DATE - INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Joel-Peter Witkin & Jerome Witkin
Major Museum Exhibition Opens 2016

We are delighted to share the exciting news from Mexico City's newest museum.

Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos, will present a major exhibition of works by Joel-Peter Witkin & Jerome Witkin entitled Witkin & Witkin, opening February 20, 2016, extending through May 15, 2016. Witkin & Witkin is a greatly expanded and completely re-envisioned exhibition of our 2014 presentation "Twin Visions: Joel-Peter Witkin & Jerome Witkin" at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts.

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HANNELORE BARON: Collage & Assemblage
November 14 - January 30, 2016

OPENING RECEPTION
6:00-9:00 PM

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

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Music & Conversations
November 7, 2015

A Musical Performance
Jie Ma and The Lyris Quartet

7:00 p.m. - Wine Reception
8:00 p.m. - Performance

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The Huffington Post
Ruth Weisberg: Imaginary Space for Memories

by Lita Barrie

"Memories take center stage in Ruth Weisberg's dreamlike images, recalling Gaston Bachelard's philosophic premise in The Poetics of Space that "something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images." Weisberg opens the curtains to the theatrical space of her imagination..."

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The Huffington Post
A Portrait of Jack Rutberg: Los Angeles Gallerist, Collector, Art World Maverick

"Though he does not say so, Rutberg seems to want to make up for museums' deficiencies...Rutberg is clearly doing something right....[Jack Rutberg says] Everything we do, in some respects, is opportunistic...And hopefully they're opportunities that are meaningful."

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Exciting News! Hollywood Chinese Theater Screens Witkin Twin Visions Short Documentary

This half hour documentary follows the greatly anticipated exhibition that united two celebrated artists - estranged identical twin brothers - Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin for the first time in 50 years......

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The Huffington Post
Reflections on "Reflections Through Time": Meta-narratives in the Art of Ruth Weisberg

By Annabel Osberg

"I'm painting memory--the art becomes a vessel for my meanings," the Los Angeles Times quoted Ruth Weisberg in 2007. "Once you go down this path of being an artist, it's very difficult to comprehend people who don't have a place to put their meanings in life." Perhaps she offers her own art as a surrogate receptacle..."

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RUTH WEISBERG: Reflections Through Time
June 13 - August 29, 2015

OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST
Saturday June 13, 6:00-9:00pm

Special Related Event:
A Conversation With Ruth Weisberg & Jack Rutberg
Saturday, July 11 - 8:00pm {RSVP REQUIRED}

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Fine Art Connoisseur
The Reflections of Ruth Weisberg

By Jeffrey Carlson

Mystical and imaginative, but conceptually rooted in the heart of human experience, Ruth Weisberg's art has an air of importance to which museums and galleries continue to respond...

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An Evening of Music & Art
June 6, 2015

Music & Conversations
"Intimate Letters"

RSVP Required | $20 Tickets
Buy Tickets Here
Click Here for Event Details

Honoring Mother's Day
Art for Your Consideration

View all 28 works of art for your consideration

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The Sunday Times
Modern Master

By John P. O'Sullivan

Initially almost unknown in his native land, the daring painter owes his rise to a Hollywood actor and a Los Angeles show...

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Global Times
Raw Exposure

By Sun Shuangjie

Photographer strives for hope in disturbing...

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Irish Examiner
Patrick Graham: Primal Scream

By Mark Ewart

Patrick Graham’s new exhibition in Cork shows how his muted palette comes from a silent but visceral process of creation, writes Mark Ewart...

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Congratulations Ruth Weisberg
Recipient of the 2015 SGC International Printmaker Emeritus Award

Award Ceremony & Keynote Address
March 19, 2015 - Knoxville Convention Center

In Conjunction,
the University of Tennessee Presents:
Ruth Weisberg: Time and Again
An Exhibition of Prints & Drawings

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The Huffington Post
Queen Victoria's Secret: Lifting the Fig Leaf

By Bruce Richards, Edited by Zhenya Gershman

When looking at great works of art the best recipe is to combine a willingness for deep knowledge and careful observation, being open to a sense of humor, artistic interpretation, and examination with fresh eyes...

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COLLECTIBLE
Contemporary & Modern Works
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, & Sculpture
March 14 - June 6, 2015

OPENING RECEPTION
4:00-7:00 PM

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

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Music & Conversations
March 7, 2015

A Musical Performance

Music for Percussion and Strings
with M.B. Gordy and the Lyris Quartet

7:00 p.m. - Wine Reception
8:00 p.m. - Performance

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art ltd.
Critic's Pick: Top 10 Museum/Gallery
Shows of 2014

Los Angeles
By Molly Enholm

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts:
"Jerome and Joel-Peter Witkin 'Twin Visions'
Two roads diverged and briefly reunite:
subliminal and sublime, haunted and haunting."

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L.A. Art Show 2015
Thank You for Making Our Participation in the
L.A. Art Show A Success!

The Gallery Received Considerable International Press Notice from The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Los Angeles Magazine, and many more...

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art ltd.
"Bruce Richards: Future/Past"
at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

by James Scarborough

If “Bruce Richards: Future/Past” is any judge, then this longtime LA artist and UC Irvine grad, who moved to New York in 2002, would have been a great history teacher...

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L.A. Art Show 2015 - Highlights
January 14 - 18, 2015
Los Angeles Convention Center
South Hall J & K
Booth 506/605

Joel-Peter Witkin & Jerome Witkin:
A reprise of the gallery’s recent exhibition
“Twin Visions: Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin,”
will present the identical twin brothers on facing walls. Bringing...

Bruce Richards:
A special installation of works by the L.A. artist, Bruce Richards - now living in New York - will be presented in...

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L.A. Art Show 2015
January 14 - 18, 2015

Los Angeles Convention Center
South Hall J & K
Booth 506/605

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Music & Conversations
November 15, 2014

A Musical Performance. The Lyris Quartet and Clarinetist Eric Jacobs.

7:00 p.m. - Wine Reception
8:00 p.m. - Performance

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Bruce Richards: Future/Past
Exhibition Walk-Through
November 8, 2014

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Wine Reception
7:30 p.m. - Walk-Through

Join Bruce Richards for a guided walk-through
of FUTURE/PAST, a major exhibition of his paintings and sculpture.

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We Proudly Host
An Evening with Two Celebrated Poets
Thursday, October 30th at 7:00 p.m.

PETER COLE
MacArthur Genius Award Recipient

ALICIA OSTRIKER
William Carlos Williams Award Winner

Presented by
The USC Initiative for Israeli Arts and Humanities
and Director, Ruth Weisberg

RSVP to mzarrow@usc.edu

artnet news
Market Snapshot: Francisco Zúñiga

by Chloe Wyma

Costa Rica-born Mexican modernist Francisco Zuniga, best known for his monumental sculptures of indigenous Central American women, still attracts a vigorous market...

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ArtScene
Bruce Richards: Future/Past

by Daniella Walsh

The invitation to Bruce Richards, "Future/Past" consists of a cut-out of Richards’ diptych paintings “Before" and "After.” Placed in shaped frames,
the stylized rendition of a woman’s lower torso was inspired by a performance by Marina Abramović...

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BRUCE RICHARDS: FUTURE/PAST
Paintings & Sculpture
September 20 - November 29, 2014

OPENING RECEPTION
for the Artist
6:00-9:00 p.m.

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

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Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles
Announces its Representation of the Works of Joel-Peter Witkin

The news follows the gallery's recent major exhibition entitled "Twin Visions: Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin." That critically celebrated exhibition, which ended August 30, paired the two identical twin brothers, estranged for more than 50 years. With record breaking crowds, the exhibition was cited as this year's most talked-about exhibition in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Times
Brothers Jerome and Joel-Peter Witkin and their 'Twin Visions'

by Jessica Gelt

If you didn't know the artists were identical twins, you might not suspect it.
Painter Jerome Witkin and surrealist photographer Joel-Peter Witkin have spent the better part of their 74 years apart. Sure, there was the occasional family gathering, and the men would read about each other in papers and periodicals, but a closeness was...

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Special Closing Event
Twin Visions: Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin

Friday, August 29 from 7:30-10:00 p.m.
Reception & Preview Launch of the New Publication From The Laboratory Arts Collective

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LA Weekly
Recommended Event: Twin Visions

by Shana Nys Dambrot

The most talked-about L.A. gallery show this year, "Twin Visions: Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin," pairs two formerly estranged identical twins, each of whom is arguably the most accomplished living artist in his genre, and neither of whom had been particularly interested in...

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Special Book Signing Event:
Jerome & Joel-Peter Witkin

August 9 at 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Introductory Words at 7:30 p.m.

Book Signing & Celebration
of the New Book
“Twin Visions: Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin”

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Huffington Post
The Art of Empathy: Joel-Peter Witkin and Jerome Witkin

by Lita Barrie

The first joint exhibition of two of America’s most respected living artists, Joel-Peter Witkin and Jerome Witkin at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts raises intriguing questions about the similarities between these remarkable twins...

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Cultural Weekly
The Witkin Brothers Human & Grotesque

by Peter Frank

Those of us who have followed the oeuvres of Joel-Peter and Jerome Witkin for the last well-nigh-unto-forty years have been waiting...

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An Evening of Music

For Tickets & Information please visit
Music & Conversations

Program:
Wine Reception 7:00 p.m.
Performance 8:00 p.m.

Zoltán Kodaly
Duo for violin and cello

Jane Brockman
Vocalise for violin and cello

Sacred Music of the Middle East

Tickets $20 available at
Music & Conversations

Los Angeles Times
Brothers Witkin offer gristly, compelling feast at Jack Rutberg

by Leah Ollman

Psychoanalysts, take note! A feast awaits you in the show, "Twin Visions: Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin," at Jack Rutberg...

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art ltd.
Jerome & Joel-Peter Witkin "Twin Visions"

by Simone Kussatz
May/June 2014

The current two-person exhibition of Jerome and Joel-Peter Witkin at Jack Rutberg Fine Art is more than a presentation of two distinctive artists, who are both considered to be masters in their fields—it is an historic event. Having been estranged from...

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Huffington Post
Separated and United by Art

by Edward Goldman

The life and art of two well known artists –– Jerome Witkin and Joel-Peter Witkin, two brothers, who also happen to be identical twins (b. 1939) –– is perfect fodder for an over-the-top Hollywood movie. You name it, it's all there: Beauty and the Beast; Life and Death; Hope and Despair; History and Religion...

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Meet Joel-Peter Witkin:
April 26 Gallery Walk-Through

Join Joel-Peter Witkin in his guided walk-through of TWIN VISIONS, a major exhibition of his photographs shown for the first time with paintings and drawings by his identical twin brother, Jerome Witkin. Meet Joel-Peter Witkin in this rare opportunity to engage him in conversation regarding his works.

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NPR | KCBX Radio Program
Ears on Art
(Part II of II)

NPR Ears on Art speaks with Jerome Witkin, Joel-Peter Witkin & Jack Rutberg Celebrating the Major Exhibition: Twin Visions

By Crissa Hewitt And Steven Deluque

Lenscratch
Twin Visions: Joel-Peter Witkin and
Jerome Witkin

by Aline Smithson

Identical twins hold a psychic connection–stories of twins separated at birth leading mirrored lives are not uncommon. This is a story about twins, both artists, that led separate lives for 50 years, estranged and not communicating, but each creating work at a master level with threads of similarities running through their work. There is an amazing exhibition in Los Angeles, Twin Visions, at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, that, for the first time in five decades...

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Out of Town News
Jerome Witkin: Paintings & Drawings
@ The Cole Art Center
Stephen F. Austin State University
April 12 - June 14, 2014

The Stephen F. Austin State University will present a significant exhibition "Jerome Witkin: Paintings and Drawings" by the American artist recognized as one of the most formidable figurative painters working today. Jerome Witkin has been called “a virtuoso painter” whose work is in dialogue with the old masters, social realism, history and even...

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NPR | KCBX Radio Program
Ears on Art
(Part I of II)

NPR Ears on Art speaks with Jerome Witkin, Joel-Peter Witkin & Jack Rutberg Celebrating the Major Exhibition: Twin Visions

By Crissa Hewitt And Steven Deluque

Fabrik Magazine
The Primordial Aspects of Life and Death

by Phil Tarley

"Identical twins Joel-Peter Witkin and his brother Jerome have lived their entire lives artistically and physically estranged."

Read the revealing interview and commentary now.

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Artscene | Visual Art Souce
Continuing and Recommended

by Diane Calder

Prepare to be shocked and awed by the subject matter and contrasting artistic brilliance displayed by Jerome and Joel–Peter Witkin in “Twin Visions,” a unique joint exhibition of a generous selection of the celebrated siblings’ paintings, drawings and photographs. From humble beginnings in Queens, scarred by...

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Artweek.LA
Twins Speak:
Joel-Peter Witkin and Jerome Witkin

by Lita Barrie

Exclusive interview with twin brothers, narrative figurative painter Jerome Witkin and celebrated/controversial art photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, at their first joint exhibition...

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Music & Converstations

A musical performance. The Lyris Quartet and Grammy Winner, Mr. Billy Childs, introducing his piece "Awakening."

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Los Angeles Magazine
Framed: The Witkin Brothers,
Not Separated at Birth, Reunited at 74

by Lyle Zimskind

Painter Jerome Witkin and photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, twin brothers born in Brooklyn in 1939, have both forged successful careers, emerging with their own styles and in different genres. Jerome’s epic figurative paintings, many of which address...

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Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin
In Conversation

Sharing the podium for the first time in this historic event moderated by Jack Rutberg.
This event was filmed - more info to follow.

Images from this event can be found on our Facebook page.

Twin Visions:
Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin

Uniting for the first time the two internationally celebrated artists – identical twins – in this much anticipated exhibition. Jerome Witkin and Joel-Peter Witkin are acknowledged as two of the greatest contemporary artists in their respective genres...

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LA Art Show 2014
Booth #712-813

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts participating in the LA Art Show - available works included can be found here.

Artscene
Jordi Alcaraz

by Shirle Gottlieb

In 2010, Jordi Alcaraz had his first solo exhibit in this country, at which time it was hailed as "one of the ten best shows in California." Three years later he's back. If this is your first encounter with Alcaraz' work, chances are you'll be "captivated...

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AN EVENING OF ART & DINING

You are invited by
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
& Amalfi Ristorante

MUSIC & CONVERSATIONS
The California String Quartet
& Vocalist Moira Smiley

@ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
7:00PM | RSVP

ARTWEEK.LA REVIEW
Jordi Alcaraz
by Shana Nys Dambrot

In her review, writer Shana Nys Dambrot finds that "what the works share across the many iterations and variations on the artist’s stylistic language is a diligent return to the topic of sight, to the activity of seeing — and this not purely as an optical engagement, but also as a cerebral one."

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A Special Evening of Poetry - Amir Or
7:30 PM | RSVP
@ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Born in Tel Aviv, Amir Or has published seven books of poetry and has been translated in more than twenty languages. He has been honored with the Prime Minister’s Award, the Bernstein Award and the Holon Award; and for his translations of poetry from ancient Greek, Amir Or received an honorary award from the Israeli Ministry of Culture.

JORDI ALCARAZ:
ALTERED STATES
October 12 - December 21, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION
for the artist

6:00 - 9:00pm

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

LECTURE by JEROME WITKIN
Organized by the College of William and Mary's
Art & Art History Distinguished Lecture Series

Monday October 7, 2013 - 6:00PM

Andrews Hall Room 101
The College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

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ARTNEWS REVIEW
Francisco Zúñiga
by Sharon Mizota

This impressive exhibition was a centennial tribute to the Costa Rican-born Mexican artist Francisco Zúñiga (1912-98). Featuring 30 sculptures, drawings, and paintings spanning five decades, it emphasized Zúñiga's fascination with both the sensual aspects of the female form and its architectonic, elemental qualities...

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OPENING RECEPTION @ Hebrew Union College
The Seventh Day: Revisiting Shabbat

Ruth Weisberg featured in group exhibition at Hebrew Union College in New York.
Opening Program: October 3, 6:15 pm

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OPENING RECEPTION @ Paul Mahder Gallery
Hans Burkhardt: Expressionism in the 1960s -
Paintings and Drawings

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 12, 6-9PM
Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco

The exhibition, curated by Peter Selz, former chief curator of New York MOMA, includes paintings and drawings spanning the entire decade of the 1960s, a critical period in the evolution of American art.

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CLAIRE FALKENSTEIN & RUTH WEISBERG in
LA WOMAN: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Forest Lawn Art Museum
1712 S. Glendale Avenue
Glendale, CA 91205

Claire Falkenstein & Ruth Weisberg are significantly featured in this historic view of LA women artists. The exhibition opens on September 7, 2013 and is on view until January 5, 2014.

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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE REVIEW of
PATRICK GRAHAM
by Kenneth Baker

Patrick Graham: Redemption: Waiting in the Silence
at Paul Mahder Gallery

Last year's unsystematic survey of Patrick Graham's art at Meridian Gallery introduced a painter of ruthless creative independence and uncommon flair. Those who missed it, and visitors wishing they could have seen more of Graham's work, get a second chance thanks to the Paul Mahder Gallery...

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THE WEEK
"A select exhibition in a private gallery"
JULY 19, 2013
VOLUME 13 ISSUE 626

Francisco Zuniga had a way with women. The son of a religious sculptor, the late Costa Rican-born artist (1912-98) was not yet 30 when he began producing heroic female figures that melded ancient and modernist influences...

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INSTALLATION MAGAZINE
INTERVIEW WITH JACK RUTBERG
by A. Moret

The breadth and depth of the artist roster at JACK RUTBERG Fine Arts challenges the collections of many museums. Installation and Jack Rutberg have a lot in common - we’re both based in Los Angeles and we are both committed to an international focus of artists working across all disciplines. We asked the gallerist and dealer to...

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ARTSCENE REVIEW
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA: A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE
by Roberta Carasso

While this “Centennial Tribute to Francisco Zúñiga” includes his sculptures, paintings and works on paper, the hand of the sculptor pervades each work of art. His classical methods, monumental figures, strength of their form, solidity of light and space, purity of expression, and the brilliant craftsmanship each conveys, radiates consistently...

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FINE ART CONNOISSEUR
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE EXHIBITION
by Jeffrey Carlson

Francisco Zúñiga (b. Costa Rica, 1912; d. 1998) rendered female subjects with an adeptness that has placed him among Mexico's most internationally collected artists. His works draw on both pre-Columbian and classical sources, picturing women with great significance...

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FRANCISCO ZUNIGA: A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE
PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE & WORKS ON PAPER
June 1 - July 31, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION
5:00 - 8:00pm

Join our guests, in attendance at the opening:
Sylvia Ugalde, Consul General of Costa Rica
Alejandro Pelayo Rangel, Cultural Attache of Mexico
and Ariel Zuniga, Son and Biographer of the Artist

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

ART LTD REVIEW
LETTERS: PARTS I & II
by Peter Frank

A good thematic group show doesn’t tell you what you don’t know so much as it tells you that you’ve been seeing something out there without paying sufficient attention. Such a show clears away the noise that prevents you from making connections between seemingly disparate artworks, and shows you that themes have sub-themes and sub-themes have possibilities galore...

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THE CLOSING RECEPTION FOR
LETTERS FROM LOS ANGELES PART II

Honoring
L.A.'s First Poet Laureate
And Her Newly-Published Anthology
A Wild Surmise

Reception 4:00-7:00pm
Words by Brendan Constantine at 5:00pm

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

AN EVENING CONVERSATION
PANEL DISCUSSION
Thursday April 11, 2013 @ 8:00pm
Doors open @ 7:00pm

with
Lita Albuquerque
Alexandra Grant
Mark Greenfield
Scott Grieger
Jack Rutberg

Join us for a provocative dialogue on the artists' work in the context of Letters From Los Angeles, Part II: Identity & Self-Identity Through Text in Art.

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

LETTERS FROM LOS ANGELES PART II
IDENTITY & SELF-IDENTITY THROUGH
TEXT IN ART
March 9 - April 30, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION
5:00- 8:00pm

More than seventy works by forty artists are included in this exhibition whose concept is being cited as a curatorial break-through.

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

FABRIK PREVIEW
LETTERS FROM LOS ANGELES PART II
by Megan Koester

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts is proud to present an expansive group exhibition entitled Letters from Los Angeles: Part II – Identity & Self Identity Through Text in Art, which includes more than 70 works by 40 contemporary L.A. based artists who incorporate elements of words and letters in their work...

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MUSIC & CONVERSATIONS
The Lyris Quartet
Wine at 7:30pm
Music at 8:00pm

@ JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS
357 N. LA BREA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

Tickets Required
For More Info & To Purchase Tickets Click Here

PALM SPRINGS FINE ART FAIR
Palm Springs Convention Center
277 N Avenida Caballeros
Palm Springs CA 92262

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Booth # 500

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LOS ANGELES ART SHOW
Los Angeles Convention Center
South Hall J and K, 1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Booth # E706/811
Gallery Participation as well as Featured Letters From Los Angeles Exhibition.

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FEATURED ON KCET'S ARTBOUND
LETTERS FROM LOS ANGELES
by Shana Nys Dambrot

The startlingly original exhibition " Letters from Los Angeles" closed at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts on January 19th, but in case you missed it, or even if you saw it, there's an expanded version installed as a special exhibition all week and weekend at the 2013 LA Art Show downtown at the Convention Center...

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ARTSCENE/VAS PREVIEW
LETTERS FROM LOS ANGELES
by Margarita Nieto

Letters, the ABC’s of the alphabet are the unifying element in this exhibition of paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by a large group of approximately forty contemporary artists who have either worked in or are from Los Angeles. The subjects of "Letters from Los Angeles: Text in Southern California Art" appear here as shapes, as typography or, as a text signifying or interpreting the work of art or as a statement...

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BREAKING BOUNDARIES:
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ART OF
PATRICK GRAHAM

@ Xavier Hall Theatre, Saint Louis University
Sunday, November 11, 2012
1:30 - 3:00pm

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PODCAST FROM LIVE ON AIR DISCUSSION
St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU
The Art Of Patrick Graham At MOCRA

Host Steve Potter talks with guests about an exhibit and discussion on the work of Patrick Graham at Saint Louis University's Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA).

Potter’s guests include Jack Rutberg, Director of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Father Terry Dempsey, Director of the the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art at Saint Louis University, and Eamonn Wall, the Smurfit-Stone Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English, University of Missouri - St. Louis.

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OPENING RECEPTION @ MOCRA in St. Louis, MO
Patrick Graham: Thirty Years:
The Silence Becomes the Painting

2:00 - 4:00 p.m. @ Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA), St. Louis, MO
Curated by art historian & curator Peter Selz

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FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA
Events Around the World

Two international museum exhibitions celebrate the centennial of artist Francisco Zúñiga

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JEROME WITKIN & RUTH WEISBERG
Events Around the Country

Artists Jerome Witkin and Ruth Weisberg are featured at Cypress College exhibition, "The Figure in Contemporary Art"

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OPENING RECEPTION
Out of the Racks: Not-Recent Acquisitions

5:00 - 8:00 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
A Once in 30 Year Sale. If you can't make this sale, the next one will be in 2042! More than 120 works...

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Events Around the Country

Latest gallery newsletter with national coverage on artists Hans Burkhardt, Claire Falkenstein, and Patrick Graham

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KCRW Radio Features Our Current Claire Falkenstein Exhibition

Listen to Hunter Drohojowska-Philp & Lisa Napoli
Read the Review Below

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OPENING RECEPTION
The Art of Summer:
Contemporary & Modern Works

4:00 - 7:00 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Shown in tandem with
Claire Falkenstein: An Expansive Universe

Both exhibitions extend through September 1, 2012

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CLOSING RECEPTION
Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Please join Ruth Weisberg for an afternoon of refreshments & art

The exhibition extends through June 30, 2012

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MUSEUM EVENT in Washington D.C.
Patrick Graham Reception & Talk

4:00 p.m. @ American University Museum,
Washington D.C.

In celebration of
Patrick Graham: Thirty Years - The Silence Becomes the Painting
A Reception & Conversation with:
Kenneth Baker, Art Critic San Francisco Chronicle
Jack Rutberg, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Peter Selz, Art Historian & Curator

The exhibition extends through August 12, 2012

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OPENING RECEPTION in Washington D.C.
Patrick Graham: Thirty Years: The Silence Becomes the Painting

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ American University Museum, Washington D.C.
Curated by art historian & curator Peter Selz

The exhibition extends through August 12, 2012

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ART LTD REVIEW
RUTH WEISBERG: NOW & THEN & CLAIRE FALKENSTEIN: AN EXPANSIVE UNIVERSE
by Peter Frank

Born near the beginning of the last century, Claire Falkenstein had established herself as a dynamic avant gardist by time she moved to Los Angeles in 1963. Two generations younger, Ruth Weisberg came to LA only six years later, more or less at the beginning of her career, already developing the classically based figuration she has practiced ever since...

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ARTNEWS REVIEW
Falkenstein at Rutberg Gallery
by Sharon Mizota

Although she counted luminaries such as Clyfford Still and Jean Dubuffet among her associates, Claire Flakenstein (1908-97) has received little recognition. This show went a long way toward rectifying her omission from the art-historical pantheon, presenting 33 paintings and sculptures made between 1939 and 1981...

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CONTEMPORARY ART CONVERSATION #12
Four Critics Discuss Current L.A. Exhibitions

6:30 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Includes critics Shana Nys Dambrot and Peter Frank, artist/critic John O’Brien, and art historian/curator Betty Ann Brown
LIMITED SEATING: please RSVP at jrutberg@jackrutbergfinearts.com
(include "Contemporary Art Conversation" in your subject)

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MEET THE ARTIST

2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Meet Ruth Weisberg
for a guided walk-through of her exhibition
Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then

RSVP at jrutberg@jackrutbergfinearts.com
Indicating your preference: 2:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m.

BOOK SIGNING
6:30 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Join us in celebrating the publication of
CLAIRE FALKENSTEIN

Essays by Susan M. Anderson, Michael Duncan, Maren Henderson, and Grant Mudford
Preface by Philip Linhares

LOS ANGELES TIMES REVIEW
Claire Falkenstein at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts by David Pagel

At Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, “Claire Falkenstein:
An Expansive Universe” is a treasure trove of idiosyncratic gems by an artist who was once well known in the U.S. and Europe but is not currently thought of as an integral part of Los Angeles art history. That may change. In any case, don’t miss this opportunity to see 33 works Falkenstein (1908-1997) made from 1939 to 1981...

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OPENING RECEPTION: TWO SOLO EXHIBITONS
Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then
Claire Falkenstein: An Expansive Universe

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
with artist Ruth Weisberg in attendance

Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then extends through
June 30, 2012

Claire Falkenstein: An Expansive Universe extends through September 1, 2012

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U.S. MUSEUM TOUR
Patrick Graham: Thirty Years - The Silence Becomes the Painting

February 4 - April 14, 2012 @ Meridian Gallery Arts Center
535 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Curated by art historian & curator Peter Selz

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PASADENA ART NEWS REVIEW
L.A. Raw offers a dark slice of art history in Pasadena
by Michelle J. Mills

The heyday of the Los Angeles art scene is often thought to be centered around the Ferus Gallery and its contingent of pop and abstract artists in the 1960s.

There was a dark side; the art often was obsessed with political and social issues.

Curator Michael Duncan assembled works that illustrate the light and the dark in "L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy" at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The exhibit opens Sunday and is part of the Getty Foundation's ongoing initiative "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980"...

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OPENING RECEPTION
"Civic Virtue: The Impact of of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery"

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ L.A. Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027

Featuring Hans Burkhardt's first monumental anti-war painting

Exhibition extends through February 12, 2012

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THE DE LOFFRE POST REVIEW
Hans Burkhardt's Magnificent Journey by Rene de Loffre

In the mid-1940’s at LACMA’s original Exposition Park site, Hans Burkhardt’s painting, “One Way Road,” was removed from an exhibition because he used too much red paint and, well, it was deemed to be communistic. Not strange for an era when abstract artists were sometimes suspected of being enemy agents cleverly encrypting secret military site locations into their art...

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ARTISTSNETWORK REVIEW
Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream by Cherie Haas

Hans Burkhardt’s (1904-1994) expansive career and influence in Los Angeles are the focus of an exhibition of paintings and drawings entitled “Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream.” The exhibition, part of the Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, runs through December 24, 2011 at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts...

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ARTILLERY MAGAZINE REVIEWS

PST On the Down Low
by Peter Frank
Jack Rutberg mounted an especially thorough, if necessarily abbreviated, survey of Hans Burkhardt, proving all over again that LA had nurtured (almost despite itself) one of America’s most vital abstract expressionist painters, someone who took the seed of the movement and cultivated it a rather different way in very different soil...

Retrospective: Hans Burkhardt
by Mary Woronov
Hans Burkhardt has enjoyed great acclaim in Europe and New York, but here in LA he is relatively unmentioned, which is odd because he lived and taught in Los Angeles. A powerful Abstract artist, he was not satisfied with just the problems of color and paint. Like Goya, he was driven to express what he felt was unjust, whether society agreed with him or not. Certainly the painting Reagan–Blood Money (1945) was not something that was going to ingratiate him with LA’s ruling class. Nor did the blacklisting of the McCarthy era intimidate him into toning down his angry red-and-black paintings about war. These are things people want to forget but Burkhardt would not let them, because it is not good to forget. Looking at his painting, Bikini (Hydro­gen Bomb) (1954), you want to stop the blast. If only we had put a leash on the military indus­trial complex back then in­stead of look­ing the other way, perhaps we wouldn’t still be at war...

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BUREAU OF ARTS AND CULTURE REVIEW
"Hans Burkhardt Steals the Show..."
at The Natural History Museum on LACMA's
Early History
by Josh A. Triliegi

Hans Burkhardt steals the show with his painting “Black Cloud Over Vineyard” oil painting. Employing pink, orange, black, yellow & gold telling several stories in a semi-abstract tableau. Burkhardt packs so much passion, storytelling, movement and relative subject matter into this work that one sees animals, figures and landscapes as well as a general schematic mindscape. Returning to his work more than once in a single sitting is entertaining and rewarding, it shifts shape before your very eyes...

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OPENING RECEPTION
Claire Falkenstein: Intimate Relations
Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Claire Falkenstein: Intimate Relations extends through December 24, 2011
Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream extends through January 31, 2012

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ARTSCENE REVIEW
Burkhardt Exhibition Commands Attention
by A. Moret

Beneath the ferocity of Hans Burkhardt’s exacting brushwork and application of oil paint there is an undeniable remnant of hope that appears consistently throughout the works in “Within and Beyond the Mainstream.” Burkhardt’s bold moves on the canvas are akin to the call of the Sirens, luring the viewer into the field of vision so that the artist can impregnate them with an uneasiness that begets action. A painter of modern life, Burkhardt boldly reacted to the indecencies and injustices of war. While he was censored he was never silenced...

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