Don Suggs: Face Off
Virtual gallery walkthrough at L.A. Louver
UCLA Arts is pleased to present a virtual walk-through of the Don Suggs exhibition, Face-Off. Led by L.A. Louver Director Elizabeth East, the walk-through explores previously unseen works created by Suggs (B.A. ’69, M.A. '71, M.F.A. ’72) between 2017-2019. In addition to his own practice spanning five decades, Suggs, who passed away in 2019, was a dedicated mentor, working with hundreds of young artists as a UCLA Professor of Painting and Drawing for over thirty years.
In this series, Suggs superimposed delineated figurative forms over colorful geometric abstractions. The underlying shapes appear to influence the characteristics and positioning of the graphic characters, which are staged in various stages of confrontation and emotion. While appearing lighthearted upon initial encounter, their subjects, at times, touch on the political but moreover, speak to the human condition. In several works, faces are fractured with line renderings of anthropomorphized trees and animal forms, while others include disembodied human hands and masks; all are marked with the same sharp-witted irreverent intellect and intense interrogation that is a hallmark of Suggs’ long career as an artist.
Visit the comprehensive exhibition guide, with artwork descriptions, videos and essays here.
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Don Suggs
Horizon, 2017
oil, acrylic and ink on Celtec panel
panel: 29 x 31 x 1/8 in. (73.7 x 78.7 x .3 cm)
framed: 30 9/16 x 33 in. (77.6 x 83.8 cm)
© Don Suggs. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
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