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BGFA.DTLA.00.26

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BGFA.DTLA.00.26 features paintings, drawings and performance by 14 Downtown Los Angeles artists, including Stephen Seemayer. (Click on photo to see video.)

In the heart of L.A.’s Historic Core, Art/Space 114 is hosting a new exhibit curated by Bert Green and featuring the work of 14 artists long associated with the Downtown art community: Lisa Adams, David Buckingham, Tom Garner, Megan Geckler, Jeff Gillette, Tanner Goldbeck, Laurie Hassold, David Hollen, Grey James, Richard McDowell, Miguel Osuna, Parris Patton, Stephen Seemayer and Scott Siedman.

The show opens Sat., July 11 (reception from 4-7 p.m.) and runs through Aug. 22, 2026. Art/Space 114 is located at 114 W. 4th St. (just west of Main Street).

Dark Side of Paradise Catalogs Available

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Mat Gleason

Dark Side of Paradise: Paintings From 2020-2022 is now available at Bermudez Projects in Cypress Park or through the gallery’s website. Featuring an essay by art critic Mat Gleason, the catalog comes in hardcover ($50) or softcover ($40), and includes reproductions of all 27 of the large paintings included in the exhibit. It was designed by artist Lilli Muller with editorial assistance from Seemayer’s wife, Pamela Wilson.

Stephen Seemayer Featured on Corridor Cast

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On a recent episode of Corridor Cast, Stephen Seemayer discusses his career as an artist and landlord in downtown L.A., as well as his feature documentaries — “Young Turks” and “Tales of the American” — about the genesis of the Los Angeles Arts District.

Seemayer moved downtown from the San Fernando Valley in 1976, turning an abandoned brothel on the second floor of a building at 9th & Central into a 16-room artist compound, complete with darkroom and a screening room.

As a performance artist, filmmaker, painter and photographer, his often controversial work  has been exhibited all over the United States.

His late mother, Lynne Westmore Bloom, was the notorious creator of the Pink Lady of Malibu — a monumental feat of guerrilla art in 1966 — and on Corridor Cast, he recounts  growing up with the eccentric and rule-breaking artist.

WATCH CORRIDOR CAST HERE!

Art in the San Fernando Valley

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"Guardian," photostructure of film/performance by Stephen Seemayer, 1979

“Guardian,” photostructure of film/performance by Stephen Seemayer, 1979

Before he moved to Downtown Los Angeles, artist and filmmaker Stephen Seemayer worked out of an abandoned ice skating rink on Ventura Boulevard. Seemayer, who was raised in the San Fernando Valley, is one of several artists featured in a new exhibit at Cal State Northridge’s Art & Design Center.

“Valley Vista: Art in the San Fernando Valley ca. 1970-1990” is curated by Damon Willick and opens Mon., Aug. 25, 2014, with a public reception on Sat., Sept. 6, from 4-7 p.m. Highlighted by seminal works in painting, sculpture, photography and performance art, “Valley Vista” examines the unique contribution of the Valley to L.A.’s cultural history, and features work by many artists whose careers and lives took root in the Valley, including Hans Burkhardt, Karen Carson, Scott Grieger, Channa Horwitz, Gary Lloyd, Mike Mandel, Barry Markowitz, Michael C. McMillen, Stuart Rapeport, Jeffrey Vallance and Robert Williams, among others.

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