California Dreamin’

FRED HOFFMAN has been actively involved in the field of Contemporary Art for the last 30 years. Having first worked in Academia as an associate professor in Contemporary Art History, he moved into the fields of exhibitions and distribution, first as a publisher of  prints  and multiples, and then opened one of the distinguished galleries focused on both established and emerging contemporary artists in the mid 1980s.  He  has worked with such notable artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Serra, Frank Gehry, Robert Rauschenberg, Dan Flavin, Jenny Holzer, Sophie Calle, Tony Cragg, Mike Kelley, John McCracken and Chris Burden. He has also been instrumental in initiating the recent  careers of many young artists, including Elliott Hundley, Nick Lowe, Simmons and Burke. In recent years Fred Hoffman has published the major monograph on Chris Burden; curated the acclaimed retrospective of the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Brooklyn Museum and MOCA, LA); resumed his academic career as an instructor in the Dept of Fine Art at UCLA. In addition to his full time position as director of Fred Hoffman Fine Art, he is currently curatorial consultant for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angles (Dennis Hopper Retrospective,) and curatorial consultant to the Jewish Museum, New York (Frank Gehry Fish Lamp Exhibition).

Paul Young is a journalist and curator based in Los Angeles. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Paul Young is a journalist and curator based in Los Angeles. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Variety, Artnews and Art & Auction. He has also been an art columnist for both, the Los Angeles Times and AngelenoMagazine, and worked as an editor for Daily Variety. More recently, he authored Art Cinema (Taschen), a comprehensive overview of how art practices have converged with moving imagery throughout the 20th Century, and he curates video programs and exhibitions worldwide. His recent curatorial efforts include “VideoRoam” at the Honor Fraser Gallery (Jan 10-May 20, 2010). Which consisted of 6 solo video shows by an array of contemporary artists; “CinemaLoop” at the 2010 edition of Arco in Madrid, and “Remote Viewing,” a large scale exhibition of international video art that debuted in Los Angeles (November 2009 – March 2010) and travels to the Arts Santa Monica Museum in Barcelona in May 2010.

curated by Fred Hoffmann

Adjunct Video Curator Paul Young