Kayne Griffin Corcoran
{{Short description|Contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles, California}}
Kayne Griffin is a contemporary art gallery based in Los Angeles. The gallery represents and works with artists such as James Turrell, Mary Corse, David Lynch, Tomoharu Murakami, Peter Shire, Rosha Yaghmai, Jiro Takamatsu, Anthony Hernandez, Mika Tajima, Mary Obering, Liza Ryan, Hank Willis Thomas, Llyn Foulkes and Beverly Pepper.{{cite web|last1=Kuriyama|first1=Emily Ann|title=LA Art Galleries You Should Know About|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2013/10/los-angeles-art-galleries/kayne-griffin-corcoran|publisher=Complex|date=8 October 2013|accessdate= 23 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kaynegriffincorcoran.com/artists/c/artists|title=Kayne Griffin Corcoran Artists |publisher=Kayne Griffin Corcoran |date= |accessdate=23 January 2019}}
History and gallery space
Created in 2011, the gallery was founded under the creative leadership of Maggie Kayne (daughter of investor Richard Kayne) with the market guidance of Bill Griffin and James Corcoran. Prior to the merger, both Griffin and Corcoran owned their own separate galleries – William Griffin Gallery and James Corcoran Gallery, respectively – both located in Santa Monica, California.{{cite web|last1=Muchnic|first1=Suzanne|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-12-ca-1653-story.html|title=Ominous News for Art Scene : Galleries: James Corcoran, who started Santa Monica's gallery boom in the mid-'80s, will end his exhibition program in February. Other dealers are regrouping.|work=Los Angeles Times|date= 12 December 1992|access-date=23 January 2019}}{{cite web|last1=Finkel|first1=Jori|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/arts/design/five-bedrooms-pool-and-custombuilt-skyspace.html?mtrref=en.wikipedia.org|title=Five Bedrooms, Pool and Custom-Built Skyspace|work=The New York Times|date= 24 April 2005|accessdate=23 January 2019}} Kayne Griffin Corcoran was conceived through a meeting between Griffin, Corcoran, and Kayne (who at the time was a collector and advisor) to discuss a James Turrell Skyspace commission. In a 2019 interview with Griffin and Kayne, the partners expressed that they believe the gallery's programming reflects a spirit of cross-generational collaboration, a shared commitment to Los Angeles culture and history, and dedication to supporting both established and emerging contemporary artists.{{cite web|last1=Evers|first1=Sarah|url=https://the-adaa.tumblr.com/post/187490615351/gallery-chat-kayne-griffin-corcoran|title=Collaboration is Critical to Our Gallery's Character: Maggie Kayne and Bill Griffin on the Origins and Evolution of Kayne Griffin Corcoran|publisher=The Art Dealer's Association of America - Inside Stories Blog|date=4 September 2019|accessdate=4 September 2019}}
In 2013, the gallery relocated from Santa Monica to Mid-City West, opening a 15,000 square foot gallery on S La Brea Avenue.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|url=https://www.flashartonline.com/2013/05/los-angeles-kayne-griffin-corcorans-new-la-space-opens-with-james-turrell/|title=Kayne Griffin Corcoran's opens with James Turrell / Los Angeles|publisher=Flash Art Online|date= 22 May 2013|accessdate=23 January 2019}} In 2014, the building design by Standard Architecture was awarded the World Architecture News award for adaptive reuse.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|url=https://backstage.worldarchitecturenews.com/wanawards/project/kayne-griffin-corcoran/?source=sector&selection=all|title=Kayne Griffin Corcoran - World Architecture News|publisher=World Architecture News|date=|accessdate=12 December 2018}} The 1940s bow string truss warehouse was transformed in to a gallery space, while the asphalt parking area was converted to a landscaped forecourt with grass, patios, and a steel trellis covered in creeping fig and flowering Bougainvillea.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|url=https://www.standardarchitecture.com/work/kayne-griffin-corcoran-gallery|title=Standard Architecture - Kayne Griffin Corcoran|publisher=|date=|accessdate=23 January 2019}} Inside, the building integrates major permanent installations by artist James Turrell, including skylights along the main gallery{{cite web|last1=|first1=|url=http://artdaily.com/news/62807/Kayne-Griffin-Corcoran-debuts-new-Los-Angeles-gallery-with-elements-conceived-by-James-Turrell#.XEkMj89KiWZ|title=Kayne Griffin Corcoran debuts new Los Angeles gallery with elements conceived by James Turrell|publisher=Art Daily|date=|accessdate=23 January 2019}} and a Skyspace in the conference room.{{cite web|last1=Crowley|first1=Evelyn|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hot-scene-la-gallerist-maggie-633493|title=Hot on the Scene L.A. Gallerist Maggie Kayne on Contemporary Art|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|date=23 September 2013|accessdate=23 January 2019}}
In 2022, Kayne Griffin announced its merging with Pace Gallery; through the partnership, the gallery's space became Pace’s flagship space on the West Coast.Maximilíano Durón (February 2, 2022), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pace-gallery-los-angeles-kayne-griffin-1234617790/ Pace Gallery Plots L.A. Outpost After Striking ‘Partnership’ with City’s Kayne Griffin] ARTnews.Daniel Cassady (3 February 2022), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/03/pace-expands-west-coast-footprint-acquires-the-los-angeles-gallery-kayne-griffin Pace expands West Coast footprint, merges with the Los Angeles gallery Kayne Griffin] The Art Newspaper.
Exhibitions and artists
Kayne Griffin Corcoran opened its new South La Brea gallery in May 2013 with a historical survey of James Turrell’s work related to Roden Crater, including drawings, photographs, models, as well as notes, tools, and architectural plans. The gallery has also featured exhibitions of Turrell’s Glass works, which are wall installations each unique in shape and size incorporating a distinct timed composition of color transitions. As art historian Suzanne Hudson notes in an Artforum review, the works in his 2018 exhibition at the gallery cycle through “thousands of hues in subtle, hypnotic metamorphoses… cast[ing] shadows of chartreuse and orange, magenta and pale blue, biding their time.{{cite web|last1=Hudson|first1=Suzanne|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201808/james-turrell-76800|title=James Turrell - Kayne Griffin Corcoran|publisher=Art Forum|date=October 2018|accessdate=23 January 2019}}
The gallery’s first exhibition of works by Mary Corse included The Cold Room, an immersive environment in which a wireless light box hangs in near-freezing temperatures. After first conceiving of the piece in 1968, Corse struggled to find the space and financing for the work, only fully realizing the project years later at Kayne Griffin Corcoran in 2017.{{cite web|last1=Hass|first1=Nancy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/t-magazine/longterm-art-projects.html|title=What Happens When a Single Art Project Becomes a Decades-Long Obsession?|publisher=T The New York Times Style Magazine|date=18 September 2018|accessdate=23 January 2019}}
Italy-based American artist Beverly Pepper’s 2017 debut exhibition at Kayne Griffin Corcoran was also her first major solo exhibition in Los Angeles.{{cite web|last1=Goldman|first1=Edward|url=https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/art-talk/beverly-pepper-and-charles-garabedian-at-their-best|title=Beverly Pepper and Charles Garabedian at their best|publisher=Art Talk KCRW|date=7 February 2017|accessdate=23 January 2019}} The exhibition featured works spanning her nearly 60-year career, including large scale Cor-ten steel sculptural works, along with smaller sculptures made of stone and Carrara marble. As KCRW Art Talk critic Edward Goldman describes, the exhibition “was a rare combination of brutality and elegance, machismo and grace… [Pepper’s] sculptures, with their minimalistic geometric forms, have an unexpectedly theatrical effect.”{{cite web|last1=Goldman|first1=Edward|url=https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/art-talk/happy-memories-of-art-adventures-in-2017|title=Happy Memories of Art Adventures in 2017|publisher=Art Talk KCRW|date=2 January 2018|accessdate=23 January 2019}}
External links
- {{Official website|www.kaynegriffincorcoran.com}}