“Because the rest of the world doesn’t make sense,” he said. Why does art matter? Biggers was asked at a media preview.
“With the basic things that I was working with, I started to really consider the climate here, the light, being in California…thinking about billboards and ads and facades and Hollywood.” “This was the culmination of several conversations and a visit or two to the space, very early stages, a lot of time with the physical model, a lot of time with the three-dimensional model of the museum and visits with hard hats when you just had to imagine what was coming next because it was nothing but infrastructure and a skeleton of different parts,” says Biggers, who was recently honored at OCMA’s second annual Art Sense Gala (which raised more than $2.1 million). It lures passersby, shimmering in the Southern California heat. Named “Of many waters…,” it’s a sculpture made of sequins, a “hybridized figure…an archetype of a European reclining male figure with a 19th-century Baule double-face mask,” explains Biggers, a Los Angeles native based in New York. It stands tall - 24 feet wide by 16 feet long. Outdoors, visitors are initially welcomed with a piece by Sanford Biggers. Courtesy of OCMA/Jeff McLaneįred Eversley’s sculpture exhibition, “Reflecting Back (the World)” (with his earliest work dating back to 1968), is found upstairs, while landscape architect Peter Walker’s project “Minimalist Landscape” is outside. A piece of art can be functional.…There are no limits, no borders.”Īrtwork by Fred Eversley from the “Reflecting Back (the World)” exhibition. “We want to be a small museum within the museum,” Libert continues.
Price tags range from $10 to $15,000 (glass work by Sébastien Léon). “This was made for Jeanne Moreau,” says Libert, pointing to a Cardin dress. The owners are particularly proud of their collection of vintage Pierre Cardin items, including jewelry sourced from Paris. There’s the unexpected - handbags by Charlie Le Mindu that are made of human hair - and the more conventional - home decor by L’Objet x the Haas Brothers. Here, everything is for sale, from the books to the apparel. It’s a concept store created by Emmanuel Renoird and Nicolas Libert.
Upon entering inside, it’s hard to miss Please Do Not Enter in the wide, open space. Armand Mehidri Canvas Print FROM 49 99 31 Panerai Style Sunflowerman Canvas Print FROM 34 99 65 Alexander McQueen Armand Mehidri Canvas Print FROM 49 99 71 Inspired Fashion. “So began one of the earliest contemporary art museums in California.” “Thirteen visionary and determined women in Newport Beach took it upon themselves to turn the second floor of the Balboa Pavilion into an art gallery for the public,” says Lucy Sun, board president of OCMA, recounting its history. It became the Newport Harbor Art Museum before being renamed the Orange County Museum of Art in the ‘90s. The museum was first known as the Balboa Pavilion Gallery, founded in 1962 by 13 women looking to exhibit modern and contemporary art. Prior to the reopening, OCMA hosted its second annual Art Sense Gala, raising $2.1 million.
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