LA Gallery Hopping｜Art District Exhibition 🎨✨

✨ “Sometimes a straight line has to be crooked” ✨ Joint exhibition by James Jarvaise and Henry Taylor (Jarvaise was Taylor’s teacher) 👉 On view until October 5, 2025; high-quality works—hurry up if you want to catch it! 💡 I personally love James Jarvaise’s use of color and atmosphere (night train cabins, vast landscapes, the backs of solitary figures). Also, Henry Taylor’s tree sculpture “For-Us Forest,” with trunks topped in “Afro wigs,” is incredibly thought-provoking. 💡 The exhibition timeline spans from Jarvaise’s 1959 Hudson River School series shown at MoMA to Taylor’s recent portraits, landscapes, and installations. The title comes from Jarvaise’s teaching to Taylor: “Sometimes a straight line has to be crooked,” emphasizing freedom and wholeness in artistic expression. 📍 North A & B Galleries - Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles (The gallery space has expanded so much since my last visit—so great to see! 🏛️✨) 📌 Additional context: James Jarvaise was a California modernist painter and educator whose work spanned collage, abstraction, landscape, and portraiture, often focusing on the tension between shape and color. He mentored artists like Henry Taylor, Charles Arnoldi, and Robert Therrien. Henry Taylor is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist known for his portraits, community scenes, and depictions of historical figures. His work is socially engaged, with free-spirited color and raw brushwork. He has exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, Venice Biennale, MOCA LA, and the Whitney Museum. #ArtShinesPlan #AtTheExhibition #LAGalleries #ModernArt #ContemporaryArt #ArtDistrict #HauserWirth #ArtistSpotlight #MustSeeExhibition