Annabel Livermore
21 Jan - 22 Apr 2006
Project Room:
FAR OFF THE BEATEN PATH: PAINTINGS BY ANNABEL LIVERMORE
January 21 - April 22, 2006
Far Off the Beaten Path: Paintings by Annabel Livermore consists of five richly textured monumental oil paintings created from 1996 to 2005 by legendary El Paso artist Annabel Livermore. First seen at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in a 1994 group exhibition entitled Altered Egos, Livermore makes her solo reappearance with paintings that range from brooding nighttime mountain scapes and glowing rock formations, to miraculous religious epiphanies.
Born and raised in the Upper Midwest, Annabel Livermore was a librarian before she retired to El Paso to paint. She has completed many radiant and lyrical bodies of work, including Big Bend - inspired by the majesty and the mystery of the two lane Texas Farm Road 170 that hugs the Rio Grande near Big Bend, in West Texas; Jornada del Muerto - developed out of time spent in this southern New Mexico valley; “N” Bar - reflections on a storied, local drinking establishment; and Desert Dream City - powerful explorations of life in the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. The lavish frames of Livermore’s paintings are made by El Paso sculptor James Magee. The intensely private Livermore has garnered a following of distinguished collectors and patrons throughout the United States. Her work was included in a 1999 exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery titled Postmodern Transgressions: Art Beyond the Frame, and has been exhibited at the Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas, and the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas. Livermore’s joyful, passionately expressive paintings also enliven the Chapel of the Thomason General Hospital, in El Paso, Texas.
The Santa Monica Museum of Art is grateful to the following foundations and organizations for general operating and specific project support: Anonymous; The Annenberg Foundation; Jay Chiat Foundation; City of Santa Monica Cultural/Arts Organizational Support Grant Program; the Good Works Foundation; The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation; the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation; and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Special thanks to the Board of Trustees and the Friends and Members of the Santa Monica Museum of Art.
© Annabel Livermore
Big Bend II
1996–97
Oil on panel
32 x 48 inches
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William Wakefield, El Paso, TX
FAR OFF THE BEATEN PATH: PAINTINGS BY ANNABEL LIVERMORE
January 21 - April 22, 2006
Far Off the Beaten Path: Paintings by Annabel Livermore consists of five richly textured monumental oil paintings created from 1996 to 2005 by legendary El Paso artist Annabel Livermore. First seen at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in a 1994 group exhibition entitled Altered Egos, Livermore makes her solo reappearance with paintings that range from brooding nighttime mountain scapes and glowing rock formations, to miraculous religious epiphanies.
Born and raised in the Upper Midwest, Annabel Livermore was a librarian before she retired to El Paso to paint. She has completed many radiant and lyrical bodies of work, including Big Bend - inspired by the majesty and the mystery of the two lane Texas Farm Road 170 that hugs the Rio Grande near Big Bend, in West Texas; Jornada del Muerto - developed out of time spent in this southern New Mexico valley; “N” Bar - reflections on a storied, local drinking establishment; and Desert Dream City - powerful explorations of life in the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. The lavish frames of Livermore’s paintings are made by El Paso sculptor James Magee. The intensely private Livermore has garnered a following of distinguished collectors and patrons throughout the United States. Her work was included in a 1999 exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery titled Postmodern Transgressions: Art Beyond the Frame, and has been exhibited at the Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas, and the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas. Livermore’s joyful, passionately expressive paintings also enliven the Chapel of the Thomason General Hospital, in El Paso, Texas.
The Santa Monica Museum of Art is grateful to the following foundations and organizations for general operating and specific project support: Anonymous; The Annenberg Foundation; Jay Chiat Foundation; City of Santa Monica Cultural/Arts Organizational Support Grant Program; the Good Works Foundation; The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation; the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation; and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Special thanks to the Board of Trustees and the Friends and Members of the Santa Monica Museum of Art.
© Annabel Livermore
Big Bend II
1996–97
Oil on panel
32 x 48 inches
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William Wakefield, El Paso, TX