I once stayed in Downtown Los Angeles. I had a thoroughly enjoyable time until, months later, I read that they had discovered a dead body in the water tank of the hotel that I was staying in. Showering in water infected by a bloated corpse can put you off a place. Thankfully, though, I have received word that Downtown Los Angeles is now a most fabulous place to be, partly down to the brand new 4,500-square-foot exhibition venue, the UTA Artist Space, which opens there on September 17. You know what they say: first the gays, then the galleries, then everyone else. Or something. Anyway, the space is the brainchild of UTA, world renowned talent and literary agency and their first exhibition will feature the work of auteur Larry Clark, him of Kids fame, who simultaneously made us want to take a shitload of drugs / very much put us off ever taking drugs again. According to the release, “Clark will present unseen vintage photographs from his past alongside his newer forays into drug-inspired painting and photo-montage. This interplay between old and new reveals Clark to be a lifelong experimentalist, investigating the formal and narrative qualities of visual art vis-à-vis film.”
“We are dedicated to seizing opportunities for artists, and UTA Artist Space provides a place for artists to interface with the public and each other in a dynamic, supportive way,” said UTA Chairman and Co-founder Jim Berkus. “We are thrilled to inaugurate this mission by hosting Larry Clark and his extraordinary work.”
Photographs: Still from Kids (T), the new UTA Artist Space
