Ed Bereal (born 1937) is an American artist best known for his work in
assemblage and for his participation in exhibitions and performances that addressed political issues and racial stereotypes from the 1960s onward. In 1961, his work was included in the controversial exhibition ''
War Babies
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'' at the
Huysman Gallery in
Los Angeles
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, along with work by
Larry Bell,
Joe Goode, and
Ron Miyashiro.
In the 1960s he and other artists like Vija Celmins, Craig Kauffman, and Robert Irwin taught at the new campus of the
University of California, Irvine
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in the Fine Arts department.
In 2022,
Marian Goodman Gallery
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featured historical work from the 1961 exhibition in their Paris bookstore, Librairie Marian Goodman, in the exhibition ''War Babies and the Studs.''
Bereal was a founding member of the 1960s radical street theater group
Bodacious Buggerrilla. In 2012, the group was featured in the
Getty Center
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's Performance and Public Art Festival as part of "
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980".
This event was part of a series entitled "Talks about Acts," organized by Malik and Alexandro Segade.
Education
*1959-62
Chouinard Art Institute
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*1962-68 private studies with
John Chamberlain
*Private studies with
John Altoon and
Peter Voulkos
Recent exhibitions
*2022 Librairie Marian Goodman, Paris
*2004
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR
*2006
Centre Georges Pompidou
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, Paris
*2006 Roberts & Tilton, New York
*2009
Moderna Museet
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History
The museum opened in Stockh ...
, Stockholm
*2016 Harmony Murphy Gallery, LA
*2019 The Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA
Notes
1937 births
Living people
American artists
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