Venice, Los Angeles
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| - | + | '''Venice''' is a beachfront district on the [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|Westside]] of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]. It is known for its [[canal]]s, [[beach]]es and [[circus]]-like Ocean Front Walk, a two-and-a-half mile pedestrian-only promenade that features performers, [[fortune-telling|fortune-tellers]], artists, and vendors. | |
| - | '''Kenneth Price''' (February 16, 1935 - February 24, 2012) was an American ceramic artist and printmaker who was born in Los Angeles, California in 1935. He studied at the [[Chouinard Art Institute]] in Los Angeles, before receiving his BFA degree from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1956. He continued his studies at [[Chouinard Art Institute]] in 1957 and received an MFA degree from [[New York State College of Ceramics]] at [[Alfred University]] in 1959. Kenneth Price studied ceramics with [[Peter Voulkos]] and was awarded a Tamarind Fellowship. | + | |
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| - | He is best known for his abstract shapes constructed from fired clay. Typically, they are not glazed, but intricately painted with multiple layers of bright acrylic paint and then sanded down to reveal the colors beneath. Ken Price lived and worked in [[Venice, California]] and [[Taos, New Mexico]]. He is represented by the [[Matthew Marks Gallery]], New York and [[Xavier Hufkens]], Brussels. | + | |
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Venice is a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk, a two-and-a-half mile pedestrian-only promenade that features performers, fortune-tellers, artists, and vendors.
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