Art in Unusual Places
Backwall Gallery at Yuca's on Hollywood
Yuca's proprietor Dora Herrera is a true community activist and promoter. New art exhibits are frequently on display in this popular neighborhood lunch spot. Often, the free and uninhibited work of children is featured here, and the food has won the James Beard Award in the “America’s Classics” category. www.yucasla.com
In conjunction with the Los Feliz Library, open discussions are held the fourth Friday of each month.
Yuca's on Hollywood 4666 Hollywood Blvd. (323) 662-1214
Hoover Walk Mural
Check out the photos of the Hoover Walk mural on Flickr. There are 24 photos of this project.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Have you noticed the main promenade entering the new Los Angeles Medical Center as you enter from the parking garage? Kaiser Permanente has provided glass cases with a changing exhibit of art works. We're still looking for details on who curates the exhibits.
Keller Williams Realty
A realtor's office is a wonderful place for a whole new set of "looky-lou's" to check out serious works of art. See the details of their new exhibit on the Current|Calendar page.
Hollywood Lutheran Church
This historic congregation in Los Feliz (built in 1924) recently discovered it has a serious work of art in its Sanctuary by a well-known Armenian sculptor. Church President Ron Jahn did the historical research:
Sculptor Nishan Toor (shortened from Tooroongian) was born in Harpoot, Armenia on Feb. 16, 1888. Toor was educated at Euphrates College in Harpoot, and immigrated to the U.S. when quite young. He studied in San Francisco in 1909-13 at the Institute of Art. During WWI he was in the U.S. Army's camouflage division in Dijon, France. Following the war he returned to California and worked in other western states. In 1923 he returned to Europe for further art study. Toor’s works can be found in the Los Angeles area, especially Altadena. He had an exhibition at the Norton Simon in 1947. The Smithsonian Institutions inventories five of his works.
The “Christ of Peace” wood relief is dated 1951. (The "Peace" inscription was installed the previous year.) In 2009 it was cleaned and illuminated. It can be viewed in the Sanctuary on any First Friday exhibition night at the Courtyard Gallery.
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