Ferus Gallery

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art gallery contemporary art gallery defunct organization

Ferus Gallery was a pioneering contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles in the late 1950s and early 1960s, known for launching the careers of influential American artists and hosting Andy Warhol’s first West Coast exhibition.

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instanceOf art gallery ⓘ
contemporary art gallery ⓘ
defunct organization ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
curatedBy Walter Hopps ⓘ
directedBy Irving Blum ⓘ
dissolved 1966 ⓘ
foundedBy Ed Kienholz ⓘ
Irving Blum ⓘ
Walter Hopps ⓘ
genre Abstract art ⓘ
Assemblage art ⓘ
Pop art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
hasReputation avant-garde exhibition program ⓘ
hub for emerging American artists ⓘ
heritage iconic status in postwar American art history ⓘ
hostedExhibitionOf Andy Warhol ⓘ
Billy Al Bengston ⓘ
Craig Kauffman ⓘ
Ed Moses ⓘ
Ed Ruscha ⓘ
Frank Stella ⓘ
Jasper Johns ⓘ
John Altoon ⓘ
Ken Price ⓘ
Larry Bell ⓘ
Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ
Roy Lichtenstein ⓘ
Wallace Berman ⓘ
inception 1957 ⓘ
influenced Los Angeles contemporary art scene ⓘ
development of Pop art on the West Coast ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

La Cienega Boulevard ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
West Hollywood ⓘ
movement Los Angeles art scene ⓘ
West Coast art ⓘ
notableFor hosting Andy Warhol’s first West Coast exhibition ⓘ
launching careers of influential American artists ⓘ
pioneering contemporary art in Los Angeles ⓘ
significantEvent Campbell's Soup Cans ⓘ
surface form: Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans exhibition
timePeriod early 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ

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