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Riko Mizuno
Riko Mizuno (born 1932) is a gallerist, art dealer, and artist. Born in Tokyo, Japan, she moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s to study ceramics at Chouinard Art Institute. Between 1966 and 1984, Mizuno operated galleries at three locations in Los Angeles. Artist Vija Celmins characterized Mizuno's contribution to the art world in a 1993 interview with Susan Morgan of the ''Los Angeles Times'': "Riko Mizuno was very important to artists in Los Angeles. She created an incredibly nurturing atmosphere. We would sit around her kitchen, drinking sake, eating her delicious food, and always talking, talking." Mizuno Gallery In 1966, Mizuno opened Gallery 669 on La Cienega Boulevard. She collaborated briefly at 669 with Eugenia Butler. In 1969 she re-opened the gallery as Mizuno Gallery. Mizuno Gallery operated until 1984 at three locations: on La Cienega Boulevard, in Little Tokyo, and on N. Robertson Boulevard. Over this period, she exhibited the work of artists such as Larry Bell, Billy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Plagens
Peter Plagens (born 1941) is an American artist, art critic, and novelist based in New York City.Online Archive of CaliforniaPeter Plagens papers, 1938-2014 Retrieved January 18, 2018.Smith, Roberta''The New York Times'', February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.Wilkin, Karen. "Peter Plagens," ''The Hudson Review'', Spring 2018. He is most widely known for his longstanding contributions to ''Artforum''Newman, Amy New York: Soho Press, 2000. Retrieved January 17, 2018. and ''Newsweek'' (senior writer and art critic, 1989–2003),Newsweek"Peter Plagens,"Authors, ''Newsweek''. Retrieved January 21, 2018. and for what critics have called a remarkably consistent,Pagel, David. "Push It to the Edge," ''Los Angeles Times'', December 1, 2004. five-decade-long body of abstract formalist painting.Hickey, Dave. "The Jabberwocky and the gorilla in the Corner," ''Peter Plagens: An Introspective'', Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 2004, p. 16–25. Plagens has w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
