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Larry Bell's work emerged in the mid-1960’s, and is often included in major exhibitions of Minimal art. His work was shown in the first exhibit to focus on Minimal art, Primary Structures, at the Jewish Museum in 1966. Bell’s work was also included in the seminal Museum of Modern Art exhibit, The Responsive Eye in 1965. More recently, Bell’s work was prominently presented in the Museum of Contemporary Art’s show, A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968, and discussed at length in the catalogue essays.
Bell is one of the most prominent and influential artists to have come out of the Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s, first showing at the Huysman Gallery, and then at Ferus. He became associated with the most important movements at the time, such as Light and Space art and what was described as "Finish Fetish" (a term coined by the late critic John Coplans). Bell has continued to investigate the complexities of highly refined surface treatments of glass, as well as large-scale sculptural installations.
Larry Bell was born in Chicago in 1939, and currently resides in Taos, New Mexico. The artist now maintains studios in Taos, New Mexico and Venice, California. Having grown up in the San Fernando Valley, Bell attended Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles from 1957 through 1959, where he was a student of Robert Irwin. He was extraordinarily successful as a young artist, and showed regularly at Pace Gallery in New York between 1965 and 1973. In September of 2005, Pace Wildenstein presented a show of works titled Larry Bell: The Sixties.
His work is in public collections throughout the world, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo; Art Institute of Chicago; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Gallery, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Museum Collections
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford, California
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
The Berardo Collection, Funchal, Portugal
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
City of Albuquerque Public Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Metropolitan Bronco Football Stadium District and City of Denver, Colorado
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
The Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Musée Saint-Pierre Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Collections of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Larry Bell: Venice Fog: Recent Investigations, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich,
Switzerland
2017 Larry Bell: Smoke on the Bottom, White Cube, London, United Kingdom
Larry Bell: Pacific Red, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine
University, Malibu, California
2016 Larry Bell: From the '60s, Hauser & Wirth, New York
2015 Larry Bell: 2D-3D: Glass & Vapor, White Cube, Mason's Yard, London, United
Kingdom
Larry Bell, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2014 Larry Bell: Three Decades of Art, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, Texas
6x6 an improvisation, Chinati Weekend, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
Larry Bell: Light and Red, White Cube, Hong Kong
Larry Bell: The Carnival Series, White Cube, São Paulo, Brazil
2013 Larry Bell: Light Knots and Mirage Paintings, White Cube, London, United
Kingdom
Light Knots, ARTS Manhattan, Manhattan Beach, California
Recent Work, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2012 Kayne Griffin Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Larry Bell Installation, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico
2011 Early Work, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Larry Bell: In Perspective, Carré d'Art-Musée d'art Contemporain, Nîmes, France
2010 Portraits of Joan: New Collages, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2008 New Small Works, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
New Works on Paper, Logan Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
New Small Works, Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York
New Works, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Galerie AG, Zurich
Works on Paper, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
2007 New Work, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
New Sculpture, Danese Gallery, New York
Larry Bell, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006 Cubes, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Cubes and Works on Canvas, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2005 Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York
Pace / Wildenstein, New York
Larry Bell: New Works, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2004 Larry Bell Venice Annex, 77 Market Street, Venice, California
2003 St. John’s College Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Roswell Museum & Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
Made for Arolsen, Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany
New Gallery, Houston, Texas
2001 Gallery Gan, Tokyo, Japan
Larry Bell: Fractions, SkovRidder AS, Oslo, Norway
2000 Larry Bell Annex/New Directions Gallery
Larry Bell: 1,000 Fractions, Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies,
Detroit, Michigan
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1999 Museum Moderner Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven, Ottendorf, Germany
Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 Seljord Art Association, Seljord, Norway
Glass and Paper, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway
1997 Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Reyjavik, Iceland
Zones of Experience, The Art of Larry Bell, The Albuquerque Museum,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1996 Sumer, Art et Industrie Gallery, New York
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California
1995 Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Larry Bell Untitled x 2, Denver Museum of Art, Close Range Gallery,
Denver, Colorado
Larry Bell’s Vapor Drawings, University of Wyoming Art Museum,
Laramie, Wyoming
New Glass Sculptures, Galerie Montenay-Giroux, Paris, France
1994 Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell Glass and Denim Constructions, Braunstein/Quay Gallery,
San Francisco, California
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Larry Bell: Recent Improvisations, Leedy/Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City,
Missouri
1993 New Gallery, Houston, Texas
New Directions Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
Glass Constructions, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1992 Mixing Media and Metaphor: LB's Abstract Painting, Tampa Museum of Art,
Tampa, Florida
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Gallery, Houston, Texas
1991 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Larry Bell Mirage Works, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California
New Directions Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
New Gallery, Houston, Texas
Larry Bell: New Work, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1990 Galerie Montenay, Paris, France
San Antonio Art Insitute, San Antonio, Texas
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Galerie Kammer, Hamburg, Germany
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Gallery, Houston, Texas
1989 Larry Bell: Work from New Mexico, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
New Directions Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Larry Bell Studio Investigations, Stables Art Center, Taos Art Association,
Taos, New Mexico
1988 Larry Bell at Gemini, Gemini Editions Limited, Los Angeles, California
Spectacles, Leaning Room, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Light on Surface, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Mirage Paintings, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell: New Work, Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Larry Bell, Major Glass Sculpture and Related Maquettes, New Gallery,
Houston, Texas
1987 Larry Bell, Galerie Gilbert Brownstone & Cie, Paris, France
Larry Bell – Light and Space, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 The Leaning Room, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell: Chairs in Space, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas
Contained Space and Trapped Light: Larry Bell’s Sculptural Environments,
Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho
The New Cubes and Other Works, New Gallery, Houston, Texas
Chairs in Space and Vapor Drawings, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco,
California
1985 Larry Bell: New Sculpture and Larry Bell: Vapor Drawings on Paper and Glass,
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell: New Works, The Works Gallery, Long Beach, California
Chairs in Space: The Game, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1984 Chairs in Space: How the Game Evolved, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Chairs in Space: The Game, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
California
Larry Bell – The Game, The Works Gallery, Long Beach,
California
1983 Larry Bell: Major Works in Glass, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Larry Bell: New Sculpture, ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell: Recent Work, Advanced Art Gallery, Rinconada, New Mexico
1982 Larry Bell: New Work, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Larry Bell: New Work, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Larry Bell, The Sixties, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
On the Ellipse, Works by Larry Bell, Newport Harbor Art Museum,
Newport Beach, California
Larry Bell, Vapor Drawings, Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Larry Bell, New Vapor Drawings, Erica Williams / Anne Johnson Gallery, Seattle,
Washington
Larry Bell, Small Images: New Vapor Drawings, Tally Richards Gallery of
Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico
1981 Larry Bell: New Work, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Larry Bell: New Work, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
New Works by Larry Bell, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
Tally Richards Gallery of Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico
Larry Bell New Works, Wildine Galleries, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Larry Bell, New Vapor Drawings: The “El” Series, Tally Richards Gallery of
Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico
Trisolini Gallery, University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio
Sculpture by Larry Bell, Ann Jacobs Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1980 Larry Bell, New Work, Tally Richards Gallery of Contemporary Art, Taos,
New Mexico
Larry Bell, Vapor Drawings, Recent Works, Sebastian-Moore Gallery, Denver,
Colorado
Larry Bell: New Sculpture and Vapor Drawings, Hill’s Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Taos, New Mexico
1979 Tally Richards Gallery of Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico
Vapor Drawings, Multiples Gallery, New York
Vapor Drawings, Sebastian-Moore Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Noble Metals, Janus Gallery, Venice, California
Larry Bell: New Work, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Hanson Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California
Vapor Drawings, Hill’s Gallery of Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico
1978 Season of the Fountain. Larry Bell and Eric Orr, Multiples Gallery, New York
Season of the Fountain. Larry Bell and Eric Orr, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas Texas
New Works on Paper, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
Vapor Drawings, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
Vapor Drawings, Tally Richards Gallery of Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico
1976 The Iceberg and Its Shadow, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, traveled
to: the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California; the Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy;the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi,
Texas;
Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts (1977); the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Massachusetts (1977); and the Federal Reserve Bank, Boston,
Massachusetts (1977)
1975 Larry Bell: Recent Work, Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
A Fracture from the Iceberg, Tally Richards Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Taos, New Mexico
1974 Larry Bell, Marlborough Galleria d’Arte, Rome, Italy
1973 Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Possibilities for Glass Sculpture, Bonython Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Larry Bell: New Work, Pace Gallery, New York
1972 Larry Bell: Boxes at Pace. The 1969 Terminal Series of Boxes, Pace Gallery,
New York
Felicity Samuels Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
Wilmaro Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1971 Larry Bell, Pace Gallery, New York
Larry Bell, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell, Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell, Helman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1970 Larry Bell, Pace Gallery, New York
Larry Bell, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Larry Bell, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
1969 Larry Bell, Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1967 Larry Bell, Galeria Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, France
Larry Bell, Stedejlik Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Larry Bell, Pace Gallery, New York
1965 Larry Bell, Pace Gallery, New York
Larry Bell, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1963 Larry Bell, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1962 Larry Bell, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
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