Art Los Angeles Contemporary

Ann Hirsch: Genies and Annies



ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017
<em>Gare</em>, 2017. Fabric marker, oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 108 x 49 3/4 inches
<em>Gare</em>, 2017. Fabric marker, oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 108 x 49 3/4 inches. Detail
<em>Candice</em>, 2017. Oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 97 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches
<em>Candice</em>, 2017. Oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 97 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches. Detail
<em>Sarai</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on panne velvet, 109 x 52 1/4 inches
<em>Sarai</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on panne velvet, 109 x 52 1/4 inches. Detail
<em>Lev</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on velvet, 100 x 50 1/4 inches
<em>Lev</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on velvet, 100 x 50 1/4 inches. Detail

ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017

ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017

ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017

ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017

ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017

Gare, 2017. Fabric marker, oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 108 x 49 3/4 inches

Gare, 2017. Fabric marker, oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 108 x 49 3/4 inches. Detail

Candice, 2017. Oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 97 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches

Candice, 2017. Oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 97 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches. Detail

Sarai, 2017. Fabric marker on panne velvet, 109 x 52 1/4 inches

Sarai, 2017. Fabric marker on panne velvet, 109 x 52 1/4 inches. Detail

Lev, 2017. Fabric marker on velvet, 100 x 50 1/4 inches

Lev, 2017. Fabric marker on velvet, 100 x 50 1/4 inches. Detail

ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017 thumbnail
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017 thumbnail
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017 thumbnail
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017 thumbnail
ALAC, Los Angeles. Installation view, January 2017 thumbnail
<em>Gare</em>, 2017. Fabric marker, oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 108 x 49 3/4 inches thumbnail
<em>Gare</em>, 2017. Fabric marker, oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 108 x 49 3/4 inches. Detail thumbnail
<em>Candice</em>, 2017. Oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 97 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches thumbnail
<em>Candice</em>, 2017. Oil pastel and acrylic on crushed velvet, 97 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches. Detail thumbnail
<em>Sarai</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on panne velvet, 109 x 52 1/4 inches thumbnail
<em>Sarai</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on panne velvet, 109 x 52 1/4 inches. Detail thumbnail
<em>Lev</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on velvet, 100 x 50 1/4 inches thumbnail
<em>Lev</em>, 2017. Fabric marker on velvet, 100 x 50 1/4 inches. Detail thumbnail

January 26 – 29, 2017
Booth D10

Thursday Opening VIP Reception 5 – 7pm; Public Reception 7 – 9pm
Friday – Saturday 11 – 7pm
Sunday 11- 6pm

Steve Turner is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation at the 2017 edition of Art Los Angeles Contemporary with a solo booth by Los Angeles-based Ann Hirsch. The artist will present Genies and Annies, a new series of nine-foot tall paintings on velvet that imagine the artist and her husband’s future children as adults. The figures originated as automatic drawings that Hirsch continued to alter by playing with color, form and expression. In so doing, she created her future offspring whose portraits are far from what one might have predicted.

Ann Hirsch earned a BFA from Washington University, St. Louis and an MFA from Syracuse University. She has had solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston; American Medium, Brooklyn; Smart Objects, Los Angeles and was awarded a Rhizome commission for Playground, her two-person play that debuted at the New Museum, New York. She will have a solo exhibition at Steve Turner, Los Angeles in March 2017.