CA Cool is currently on view at Sullivan Goss Gallery, courtesy photo.
Artist John McCracken will forever be remembered by many as California's master of Minimalism. He first came on the scene with "the Cool School" at the Ferus Gallery on La Cienega in LA, flourished quickly, with a series of big museum exhibitions such as Primary Structures exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York in 1966 and American Sculpture of the Sixties at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1967. Even as his sales and popularity wavered, McCracken never lost hope. High powered dealer David Zwirner began to representing the artist in 1997, and from there things took off. McCracken had a series of international exhibitions, including the Centre Pompidou's historic Los Angeles 1955-1985: Birth of an Art Capital, which brought renewed focus to LA Art.
When McCracken left Los Angeles to teach at UCSB, he decided to sell his studio, leaving behind a huge statue titled Monolith for the new owner at a decent price.
"CA Cool" is on view at Sullivan Goss Gallery through Sept. 27. To learn more about Sullivan Goss, visit the website or call 805/730-1460.