Jordi Alcaraz, the celebrated contemporary Catalan artist from Spain, is the subject of a provocative exhibition at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, in Los Angeles, titled “Jordi Alcaraz – Defying Boundaries”. Jack Rutberg narrates the film, offering insights and reflections on this poignant and critically praised exhibition.

A compelling exhibition by the Spanish contemporary artist presented by Jack Rutberg in Los Angeles. This museum-scale exhibition of works that transcend painting, sculpture, and drawing as Alcaraz blends all media, employing assemblage-like manner and installation. Conceptually, Alcaraz extends notions of perspective beyond the realms of the physically-seen in unpredictable ways. His prior solo exhibition at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in 2010 was cited by critics as one of Southern California’s 10 best exhibitions of that year.

Filmed on the occasion of the 2015-16 Hannelore Baron exhibition at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts. Hannelore Baron was first introduced to Los Angeles and West Coast audiences by Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in 1984. This present exhibition marks the gallery’s fifth solo presentation of the artist’s works, which it last exhibited in 1989, concurrent with the memorial tribute exhibition presented by the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Filmed on the occasion of the exhibition, Hans Burkhardt in Mexico, featuring major paintings from 1950-1960. Jack Rutberg keys upon this important aspect of Burkhardt’s expansive body of work.

As a participating gallery in the Getty’s region-wide endeavor, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts presents Hans Burkhardt in Mexico. This exhibition features major works painted in Mexico by the Los Angeles artist, Hans Burkhardt, over a span of more than 10 years.

Hans Burkhardt’s (1904–1994) expansive career and influence in L.A. are the focus of a survey exhibition of paintings and drawings entitled Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream. The exhibition, is part of the Getty’s initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 — 1980. The Burkhardt exhibition is through December 24 at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles. Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980. This unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together more than sixty cultural institutions and selected private galleries from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Hans Burkhardt’s career was the most expansive in L.A.’s history, spanning more than six decades, influencing generations of artists.

Hans Burkhardt (December 20, 1904 — April 22, 1994) moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1937 and worked here until his death in 1994. During hs long career, he produced some of the greatest abstract expressionist paintings of his time. His work deals with contrasting themes like beauty and death or hope and despair.

Gallery owner Jack Rutberg is is an expert on Burkhardt’s life and his art. He gives us an overview amongst several Burkhardt paintings at his gallery in Los Angeles.

This rare view of Condo’s works in Los Angeles reveals an intimate – and for many – a surprising aspect of Condo’s work, displaying a more distilled aesthetic, rooted through great draftsmanship and line. Condo is typically known for bold paintings so brash as to be referred to as Gonzo Artificial Realism. “Artificial Realism” is the term the artist uses to describe his works, which by turns are meditative, wry, irreverent and fantastical, reflecting Condo’s now-iconic surrealistic mash-up of old and modern masters.

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles presents the exhibition, “Claire Falkenstein: An Expansive Universe” to celebrate the first major publication detailing the artist’s entire career: “Claire Falkenstein,” with essays by art historians Susan M. Anderson and Maren Henderson, art writer and curator Michael Duncan, and an introduction by Philip Linhares, President of the Falkenstein Foundation and former Chief Curator of Art at the Oakland Museum of California.

Filmed on the occasion of the major Patrick Graham exhibition presented at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles, this touring museum survey exhibition offers a rare view of one of Ireland’s most influential contemporary artists. While deeply rooted in the Irish experience and recognized by his country as a “living national treasure” (member of Aosdana), Patrick Graham’s works transcend cultural and national boundaries in extraordinary ways. His exhibitions in Los Angeles, the rest of the country and beyond, have had a formidable impact upon so many artists, collectors, and critics.

Meridian is pleased to partner with Crossroads to explore and celebrate this exhibit through a series of events at the gallery. Kenneth Baker, art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, is our first guest in this series. Mr. Baker will lead an exploratory presentation about Patrick Graham’s art work, placing the artist both in a cultural and artistic context. A native of the Boston area, Mr. Baker has served as art critic for the Boston Phoenix and has contributed to numerous publications, including Artforum, Art in America and the New York Times Book Review. Mr. Baker has also authored Minimalism: Art of Circumstance (Abbeville Press, 1989/1997).

Filmed at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles on the occasion of the exhibition, “Rico Lebrun in Mexico”. Major paintings and drawings from the 1950s are discussed by Jack Rutberg, keying upon Lebrun’s important role as one of the significant forces in the art world in his lifetime.

“LIBERATOR”, an exhibition of George Nama’s etchings, gouaches and collages, draws its title from one of George A. Romero’s final works – a short story written specifically for his friend, artist George Nama. The centerpiece of the exhibition of more than 40 works by George Nama revolves around Romero’s poignant story inspired by the Golem – an ancient folkloric legend – and George Nama’s related works of art. Their collaboration has resulted in a newly published limited edition, “LIBERATOR”, which includes Nama’s hand-colored etchings and Romero’s evocative short story, published for the first time in a rare limited edition of 35 numbered portfolios, signed by both artists. The exhibition is also accompanied by a 38-page fully illustrated exhibition catalogue, with brief writings by George Nama and Christine Forrest Romero.

This film was produced on the occasion of the major exhibition, “Bruce Richards: Future/Past,” presented at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles. The exhibition, scheduled from September 20 through November 29, 2014 (extended through December 24, 2014), represents the most expansive presentation of the artist’s works to date, and includes select works that were included in his major survey exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery some thirty years earlier.

Bruce Richards, now residing in New York, has long been associated with the Los Angeles contemporary art scene. His works can be both referential and ironic by contrasting art of the past and present, such as his play between a famous Magritte torso and Marina Abramovic’s infamous performance where she carved a pentagram onto her belly. In another example he juxtaposes the prehistoric depiction of woman, The Venus of Willendorf, with a work by Jeff Koons. Bruce Richard’s visual sleight-of-hand further informs the viewer through his use of titles. Puns and provocative word play provide witty clues to the artist’s frame of reference, sharing a certain sly kinship with another of L.A.’s Cool School icons, Ed Ruscha, counted among his many collectors.

Celebrated Los Angeles contemporary artist Ruth Weisberg and Jack Rutberg guide the viewer through the exhibition “Ruth Weisberg: Reflections Through Time,” at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts. This exhibition reveals the artist’s reflections on personal history and of the convergence of art history and cultural experience.

“Reflections Through Time” reveals Weisberg’s decades-long interest in re-imagining the works of past masters such as Velazquez, Watteau, Blake, Titian, Veronese, Cagnacci, Corot, and Giacometti. In this exhibition, however, reflections of art history take on extraordinary, if not supernatural form in the painting titled, “Return” (2014) and its related drawings, as Weisberg recognized that the primary figure in a masterpiece painting in the Tel Aviv Museum, the self-portrait by Maurycy Gottlieb, entitled “Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur” (1878) is a virtual twin of Weisberg’s son, Alfred, better known as the celebrated contemporary musician, Daedelus, whose music serves as the background to this film.

This exhibition presents paintings and works on paper by one of Los Angeles’ most celebrated figurative artists. “Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then” presents works from more than three decades, and includes Weisberg’s most recent paintings and drawings, revealing a unique vision through which the viewer sees the convergence of art history, personal memory, and cultural experience.

An historic exhibition united two celebrated artists – identical twin brothers – Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin on March 1, 2014 at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles.

Jerome Witkin and Joel-Peter Witkin are acknowledged as two of the greatest contemporary artists in their respective genres. Jerome Witkin is a painter cited by critics and curators as the finest narrative contemporary artist. Joel-Peter Witkin is equally regarded as a master of his genre – a groundbreaking photographer famous for masterfully conjuring his uniquely surreal images. These identical twin brothers, artistically estranged, have enjoyed remarkable success during their respective careers spanning more than fifty years, have never exhibited together. Until now.

Filmed at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles on the occasion of the exhibition, “Francisco Zuniga: Sculpture & Drawings”. Major sculpture and drawings are discussed by Jack Rutberg, keying upon Zuniga’s important role as a major artist of the 20th century and Mexico’s preeminent sculptor.

A formidable exhibition of sculpture, paintings and works on paper by this major 20th century Latin American artist. Through his now iconic works, Zúñiga celebrates the female form as a heroic elemental force. This exhibition follows museum tributes at the Ernst Barlach Stiftung, Germany and Mexico’s Museo Nacional de Arte.