{"id":965,"date":"2010-05-24T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2010\/05\/arts-cool-school-returns.html"},"modified":"2010-05-24T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T18:43:00","slug":"arts-cool-school-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2010\/05\/arts-cool-school-returns.html","title":{"rendered":"Art&#8217;s &quot;Cool School&quot; Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>THE <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ferusgallery.com\/\">Ferus Gallery<\/a> is probably the most famous gallery in the history of Los Angeles \u2013 the site of Warhol\u2019s first-ever solo show, obscenity charges over a Wallace Berman exhibit, and home base of the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/coolschool\/\">cool school<\/a>\u201d of L.A. artists which included Ed Moses, Robert Irwin and Ed Ruscha. Quite an impact for a place which only lasted from 1957 to &#8217;67.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yrL6yfubw8g\/S_rXygURnRI\/AAAAAAAAAyw\/XjDgcRs99XQ\/s1600\/TheferusgroupX-198x250.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yrL6yfubw8g\/S_rXygURnRI\/AAAAAAAAAyw\/XjDgcRs99XQ\/s320\/TheferusgroupX-198x250.jpg\" width=\"253\"><\/a>The other night the storied space held an opening \u2013 Moses\u2019 exquisite, obsessive drawings from the \u201860s \u2013 designed in part to announce the gallery\u2019s relaunch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Between a very fine rockabilly\/country blues band called The Americans \u2013 the lead singer played a steel National guitar like Bukka White \u2013 a bar serving California wine, and vintage surfing films shown on the building behind the gallery while the crowd gathered outside, it was a celebration of life in the Golden State. There were lots of men in chunky glasses and women without bras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The gallery, now leased by Tim Nye, is at the same relatively small space it occupied in its heyday \u2013 after its closing it was taken over by a tailor, who ran his shop there for four decades. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I met Nye, a sandy-haired hipster who\u2019s run a number of New York spaces over the years dedicated to art and, some evenings, to indie rock. (He is also the co-founder of SonicNet and the heir to a considerable industrial fortune.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At least at this stage, Nye said, he\u2019s intending to showcase the original Ferus artists, many of whom are still active and working in Southern California. \u201cI\u2019m committed to that generation of artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ed Moses himself was around: Now 84, he was sporting a long beard and gray ski jacket and was followed by what looked like several camera crews. (The great Ed Ruscha was supposed to make it but was, I&#8217;m told, in New York.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>I have, of course, some questions as to how well this whole thing will work, and how it can move forward and avoid being just nostalgia. But overall, a great event and a promising start to the new venture. \u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.williamclaxton.com\/noflash.html\">William Claxton<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Ferus Gallery is probably the most famous gallery in the history of Los Angeles \u2013 the site of Warhol\u2019s first-ever solo show, obscenity charges over a Wallace Berman exhibit, and home base of the \u201ccool school\u201d of L.A. artists which included Ed Moses, Robert Irwin and Ed Ruscha. 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