Dear Friends, Collectors, Artists, Aficionados of Los Angeles art: Thursday March 15 marks the 30th anniversary of Jan Baum Gallery. Do you believe that? The old adage “Life is short but Art is long” applies ever thus. I always believed that art is an instrument of social change – and from the sparkling eyes of the kids and the elders after an art dialogue, I knew that art was safe and its...
Featured mediums and styles at this gallery include tribal, sculpture, painting, assemblage and ceramics. Most of its exhibitions focus on the new works of a single artist, often in a single medium. A recent exhibition of Takako Yamaguchi's paintings presented works that combine futurist and primitive styles to create a refreshingly original look. The gallery, however, also has a substantial...