Cirrus Gallery and Cirrus Editions Limited Publishing and Printing is an art gallery, print workshop and publishing venue in
Los Angeles, California
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. Cirrus Gallery, which houses Cirrus Editions, was founded by
Jean Milant
Jean Milant (1943 – December 30, 2024) was an American master printmaker known for establishing Cirrus Editions in Los Angeles. He received his training at the Tamarind Institute.
Life and career
Milant was born in 1943. His work is in the Amo ...
and opened in 1970
in
Hollywood
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, before moving to its location on Alameda Street in
Downtown Los Angeles
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1979. In 2015, the gallery moved to its current location, 2011 Santa Fe Ave. Notable artists whose works were shown and printed with Cirrus Editions include
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,
John Baldessari
John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 2, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California.
Initially a paint ...
,
Vija Celmins
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,
Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history ...
,
Judy Fiskin
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,
Craig Kauffman
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,
Allan McCollum
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,
Ed Moses,
Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico.
Life and work
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,
Ed Ruscha
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,
Betye Saar
Betye Irene Saar (born July 30, 1926) is an American artist known for her work in the medium of Assemblage (art), assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, w ...
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Gloria Kisch,
Alexis Smith
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, and
Mary Weatherford
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.
Archives
In 1986 the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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(LACMA) acquired the entire archive of artworks produced by Cirrus Editions, including etchings, lithographs, mixed media prints,
screenprints
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, and woodcuts along with corresponding plates and woodblocks.
The archive represented every single print that was editioned through Cirrus Editions.
In 1995, LACMA presented 130 artworks from the archive in the exhibition titled "Made in L.A.: The Prints of Cirrus Editions" curated by Bruce Davis.
References
External links
Celebrating the 51st Anniversary of Cirrus Editions—LA Print: Edition 10video from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publishing companies established in 1970
Companies based in Los Angeles
Art museums and galleries established in 1970
1970 establishments in California
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