Vielmetter Los Angeles

Vielmetter Los Angeles (formerly Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects) is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2000 by Susanne Vielmetter. The gallery is located in downtown Los Angeles.

History

Susanne Vielmetter launched her first gallery in 2000 on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles, CA, before moving to a larger 7,500 square foot gallery in Culver City in 2010.[1] In 2019, the gallery moved to its current 24,000 square foot location in downtown Los Angeles.[2] Between 2007 and 2009, the gallery maintained a second branch in Germany, Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects.[3]

In an interview conducted in September 2018 by Audrey Rose Smith for The Armory Show, Susanne Vielmetter was described as "a stalwart of the Los Angeles art scene" and the gallery's roster of artists is regarded as “very balanced between male and female artists."[4]

Artists

Artists represented by the gallery include among others Edgar Arceneaux,[5] My Barbarian, Whitney Bedford, Sadie Benning,[5] Ellen Berkenblit, Andrea Bowers,[5] Kim Dingle, Nicole Eisenman,[5] Genevieve Gaignard, Liz Glynn, Karl Haendel, Stanya Kahn, Hayv Kahraman, Raffi Kalenderian, Samuel Levi-Jones, Shana Lutker, Hugo McCloud, Dave McKenzie, Rodney McMillian, Yunhee Min, Paul Mpagi Sepuya,[5] Wangechi Mutu,[5] [6] Elizabeth Neel, Ruben Ochoa, Angel Otero, Pope.L, Mary Reid Kelley, Deborah Roberts,[7] Steve Roden, Arlene Shechet,[5] Amy Sillman, Mickalene Thomas,[5] Nicola Tyson, Monique van Genderen, Tam Van Tran, and Patrick Wilson.

Vielmetter Los Angeles presented the first solo exhibitions of Edgar Arceneaux, Rodney McMillian, Wangechi Mutu, and Ruben Ochoa, as well as the first Los Angeles solo exhibitions of Sadie Benning, Hugo McCloud, Elizabeth Neel, Pope.L, Amy Sillman and Mickalene Thomas. The gallery has been instrumental in developing the careers of Andrea Bowers, Nicole Eisenman, Charles Gaines, Rodney McMillian and Wangechi Mutu to their current level of international importance. Recent additions to the program are Genevieve Gaignard, Liz Glynn, Samuel Levi-Jones, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Deborah Roberts and Arlene Shechet.

References
  1. "Susanne Vielmetter to Open Second Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  2. Greenberger, Alex (2018-07-02). "Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects to Open Second Space". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  3. Greenberger, Alex (2018-07-02). "Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects to Open Second Space". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  4. "The Armory Show | Susanne Vielmetter on opening her second Los Angeles space". www.thearmoryshow.com. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  5. "Who Has the Most Artists in the Whitney Biennial? These Non-Blue-Chip Galleries Represent More Than a Quarter of the Show". artnet News. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  6. "Review: Past, present collide in Wangechi Mutu's 'Nitarudi Ninarudi'". Los Angeles Times. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  7. "Artist Deborah Roberts Joined Vielmetter Los Angeles and Has an Exhibition at Gallery's New Downtown Space". Retrieved 2019-07-23.

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