Doug Harvey (artist)

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Doug Harvey is an artist, curator and writer based in Los Angeles. For 15 years he was a freelance arts writer and Lead Art Critic for LA Weekly and during his tenure there was considered “one of the most important voices on art in the city” by editor (at the time) Tom Christie,[1] "an art critic who is read all over the country, is smart, snappy, original, has an independent open eye, a quick wit, is not boring and never academic" by New York Magazine critic Jerry Saltz,[2] and "a master of the unexpected chain-reaction of thought" by Pulitzer Prize winning LA Times critic Christopher Knight.[3]

He was fired from his position there late in 2010 in part because of a dispute about the tone of his review of a William Eggleston exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[4] but this action was concurrent with the systematic downsizing that had been initiated with the paper's acquisition by New Times Media in 2004.[5]

Harvey's art work involves painting, collage, found objects and sound.[6][7] He has an ongoing series related to a set of found moldy 35mm slides and has exhibited them throughout Los Angeles at art spaces including The Hammer Museum,[8] The Museum of Jurassic Technology, ,[9] Los Angeles Valley College Art Gallery,[10] and the California Museum of Photography.[11] He received his MFA in Painting from UCLA in 1994[12] and has exhibited extensively, including over a dozen solo shows at LA galleries including POST,[13] High Energy Constructs,[14] and Jancar Gallery.[15] He has taught at UCLA's graduate school and Cal Arts and currently teaches Painting and Art History at West Los Angeles College.[16]

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  1. ^ "Doug Harvey's run--and an era in arts criticism--ends at the L.A. Weekly". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  2. ^ "Doug Harvey's run--and an era in arts criticism--ends at the L.A. Weekly | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times". 2011-03-11. Archived from the original on 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  3. ^ "Doug Harvey: The critic as (untidy) artist". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ "Doug Harvey, former LA Weekly art critic, will write for The Nation". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". marccooper.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Mallinson, Constance (2011-01-28). "Doug Harvey". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  7. ^ "Doug Harvey |". 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  8. ^ "Thrift Store Movies III | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  9. ^ "Doug Harvey at Jancar Gallery". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  10. ^ Butler, Sharon (13 November 2008). "Doug Harvey's untidy whatever". Two Coats of Paint.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "UCR ARTS". ucrarts.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  12. ^ "DOUG HARVEY". www.dougharvey.la. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  13. ^ "Multilevel: Doug Harvey's first solo show in... - Los Angeles Times". 2020-08-10. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  14. ^ "HIGH ENERGY CONSTRUCTS »". 2007-04-25. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  15. ^ "Jancar Gallery: DOUG HARVEY - "Unsustainable" - October 22 - November 13, 2010". www.jancargallery.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  16. ^ "WLAC Art Faculty to Show Works". Culver City Crossroads. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-11-27.

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