Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on April 25, 2013

Posted Thursday, April 25 12:13 PM

By Laura Coleman

The Skirball Cultural Center launches the four-month-long exhibit Gary Baseman: The Door Is Always tonight with an open house party intended to evoke the whimsical life of Los Angeles-native contemporary artist Gary Baseman.

The exhibit, which runs through Aug. 18, underscores the influence of Basemans Jewish upbringing and American popular culture on his career.

We are thrilled to mount this first major exhibition on Gary Baseman, a true L.A. original, Skirball Museum Director Robert Kirschner said. At the Skirball, we have been especially inspired by Basemans lifelong exploration of his Jewish heritage and the profound effect this has had on his exuberant, boundary-defying art.

To kick off Basemans first major museum survey, which includes the presentation of contemporary illustrations, fabrications and paintings in a novel gallery setting that evokes the UCLA graduates childhood home, Basemen will create spontaneous new artwork while street artist Shepard Fairey helms the turntables.

For more information, visit http://www.skirball.org.

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