Lawren Harris, Lake
and Mountains, 1928
Normally when the temperature dips below 50° people start to
hibernate in Los Angeles, and Sunday morning it was below 40° breaking records
(a temperature of 36° was recorded at USC).
It seemed the right type of day to go see some awesome and icy Canadian
art. Taking a break from holidaying it
was time for a visit to one of my L.A. favorites — the Hammer Museum. After checking in to say hello to Dr. Pozzi, it was time to see the special exhibits.
A few years back I discovered Canada’s Group of Seven
landscape painters and added a wonderful book to my personal library. I’ve been itching to see more of the work in
person. On a chilly LA day it was time
to get better acquainted with Lawren
Harris. It’s the first major exhibit
of his work in the United States. As a
fan of both Rockwell Kent and Georgia O’Keeffe, Harris’s arctic landscapes and
scenes of the shore of Lake Superior were naturally appealing to me. The show at the Hammer is up until January
24, 2016. If you don’t have a chance to
get to L.A., I strongly recommend checking out the museum’s website
which has done an excellent job previewing the show. I wish more museums were this thorough.
The day remained chilly and at lunch in Santa Monica. Many people could be seen dressed in scarves,
hats and gloves. It was finally a day
where those Uggs might make sense, might….
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