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Cartier-Bresson Photos On Display At LA Art Show

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In addition to the focus on China that I previously mentioned when discussing the 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, running January 19-23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the event will also feature special exhibit of works by master photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. The exhibit titled "Rarely/Unseen" is curated by Peter Fetterman, owner of Peter Fetterman Gallery. Fetterman, is a former colleague of Cartier-Bresson and his Santa Monica gallery has one of the largest inventories of Cartier-Bresson's photographs in the world. The exhibit at the art show will include more than 35 photographs that have never been seen before. A 2006 documentary based on Cartier-Bresson titled "The Impassioned Eye" will run in conjunction with the exhibit and additional works by Henri Cartier-Bresson can be seen at Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica's Bergamont Station through January 8, 2011. Tickets for the LA Art Show are $20.

Cartier-Bresson began his career in photography in 1931 and is one of the early greats of photojournalism. Trained as an artist, Cartier-Bresson helped to develop the style of the street photographer. He worked for a variety of journals including Life Magazine capturing iconic images of key events including the coronation of King George VI and the rose of Mao and the People's Republic of China. One of the fascinating things about Cartier-Bresson is that by 1975 he decided he was done with photography and spent the remainder of his life (he died in 2004) focused on painting and drawing.

[via Art Daily]

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Los Angeles Art Show Focuses On China

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The 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Show gets under way January 20-23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and this year the focus in on China. Chinese collectors have entered the global art marketplace in a big way and Chinese artists have also started to become collected more widely around the world. The China Today program at the Los Angeles Art Show includes a curated exhibition, exhibitions by prominent Chinese galleries lecurres and film screening. A special exhibit, 'Three Walkers – Crossing Over' presented and curated by Mr. Hu Zhen of Guangzhou-based 53 Art Museum and sponsored by Asian Art Magazine Art Gallery Magazine features celebrated artists Feng Feng, Liu Qing-yuan and Qin Jin. China Today provides visitors an opportunity for to see what's really hot in Asian Art.

The Los Angeles Art Show Symposia Series offers afternoon lectures and special events centered on contemporary art, fine prints and choosing art for your home. This highly respected series brings together art and design experts and professionals. Events included artist Tao Dong Dong discussing his work and being a contemporary artist in today's China; a panel of feminist art in Los Angeles; a panel discussion on printmaking and a conversation on art in architecture sponsored by Dwell Magazine.

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