January 20 – April 2, 2024
The Love of the Marvelous and the Disbelief of the True
Cirrus Gallery & Cirrus Editions Ltd
In Person Viewing:
2011 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Online Viewing:
https://www.cirrusgallery.com/exhibitions/the-love-of-the-marvelous-and-the-disbelief-of-the-true
January 20th 5-7pm
From 1970 to the present, Cirrus Gallery and Cirrus Editions Ltd. has prided itself in publishing and exhibiting some of the greatest artists of the 21st century, giving many now established artists their start. At our first location on 708 N Manhattan Place, we published and exhibited works by Ed Ruscha, Ed Moses, Vija Celmins, Raul Guerrero, Ken Price, and Bruce Nauman, to name a few. The gallery showed works of diverse media, like large installations by Barbara T. Smith and performances by Guy De Cointet. In 1973, Cirrus was the first Los Angeles Gallery to attend Art Basel Switzerland, showcasing California art globally.
In 1980, Cirrus was one of the first galleries to move downtown. Here the gallery grew further. In 1986, The Real McCoys: A Southern California Collection exhibited over 200 artists including Michael Asher, Larry Bell, Chris Burden, James Turrell, Frank Gehry, and Betye Saar. It stands as an ambitious attempt to to historicize art in Los Angeles. At this location we published and exhibited works by Mark Bradford, Mary Weatherford, and John Baldesarri. We now reside at our current location at 2011 S Santa Fe Ave in the Arts District Downtown where we have been since 2015. Here we have worked with artists such as Judy Chicago, Lita Albuquerque, Derek Boshier, and Jonas Wood.
The full list of artists who have passed through Cirrus’s doors is too long to list. Our printshop houses an extensive archive of works by our artists from over the last 54 years. Even with this great history, we are most excited about the future, not only of printmaking, but of art in the 21st Century. This includes developments with artificial intelligence, non-fungable tokens, and non-traditional art viewing methods. The inaugural exhibition for our space on 2011 S Santa Fe Ave, This Is Not A Connection, looked closely at how artists approach new technologies. Since its inception, Cirrus has been interested in how artists are creating the future for everyone, not just the elite–adopting new modes of dissemination and interpretation.
2024 has many things in store for us. We have both a compelling year of programming for or pint publications and gallery exhibitions. Our new exhibition opening this Saturday January 20th, The Love of the Marvelous and the Disbelief of the True, is an intergenerational survey of artists working with flowers as subject matter. In our printshop, we are working on new publications from artists Eddie Martinez and Hilary Pecis. We ask that you follow us on Instagram @cirrusgallery, so we can share these projects and stay in touch with you!
