Galerie Frank Elbaz is currently hosting a solo exhibition by William Leavitt titled “Western Movie.”The exhibition will feature a collection of the artist’s latest paintings. Born in 1971, Leavitt is widely recognized for laying the foundation for West Coast Conceptualism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the artist does not consider himself a conceptual artist. His artworks often explore the relationships between the artificial and the natural, and the intersections of illusion and reality. The artist’s practice includes various mediums including photography, painting, drawings, installation, audio, and performance. Leavitt is a contemporary to artists like Allen Ruppersberg, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Bas Jan Ader, GUY DE COINTET, and William Wegman. Leavitt received a BFA from University of Colorado, Boulder, and a MFA from Claremont Graduate School. After moving to Los Angeles in 1965, his work evolved, increasingly referencing themes endemic to the city such as the line between reality and fantasy and the nature of illusion. The artist has been the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for New Genres in 1991, the J. Paul Getty Fellowship in 1993, a Guggenheim Grant in 1998, and a United States Artists fellowship in 2012, among other awards.The exhibition will be on view through May 19, 2018, at Galerie Frank Elbaz, 66 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris - France.For details visit: http://www.galeriefrankelbaz.comClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. Founder Louise Blouin: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/artists/louise-blouin--2953510
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