Art Talk: The Art of Larry Bell
November 7, 2024 | 6 – 7:30 PM
Presented in Katz 2. Limited capacity.
TICKETS: Free for Members | Included with General Admission for the general public*
*Ticket price includes General Admission
Join us for an engaging dialogue celebrating the six-decade career of renowned experimental artist Larry Bell. This in-depth conversation with Rachel Zebro, associate curator of collections, will reveal Bell’s illuminating practice working with glass, sculptures, and mixed-media collages. Visitors will be able to witness the artist’s work on view in Larry Bell: Improvisations.
Larry Bell: Improvisations celebrates the artistic achievements of one of the most influential and renowned artists who emerged from the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s. An experimental artist from the start, Larry Bell (b. 1949, Chicago) has dedicated his career to exploring themes of light and surface by transforming industrial materials into physical realities. Emerging from the Light and Space movement alongside Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston, and James Turrell, Bell's lifelong investigations into optical sensations have resulted in a large body of work that includes glass sculpture, drawings, collages, and furniture design. Each piece is skillfully executed with a machine-like precision that continues to captivate us with its illusory capabilities.
Art Talks are made possible by the generosity of the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs.
Art Talk: The Art of Larry Bell is made possible through in-kind support provided by FoundRE Hotel Phoenix.
Larry Bell: Improvisations is organized by Phoenix Art Museum and curated by Rachel Sadvary Zebro, associate curator of collections at Phoenix Art Museum. It is made possible through the generosity of Lee and Mike Cohn and Meredith and Charles von Arentschildt.
All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.