Tobey C. Moss Gallery

Beginning now (with European, Asian, Latin pieces), I’ll mount successive website offerings and hope that as you bring them into your homes you will enjoy them as much as I have. Today’s offerings are based upon Relationships between figures, forms or subjects. Jose Luis Cuevas gives us the notorious members of the Borgia family so prominent in 15th century Italy leadership-through-murder politics.blatant cruelties with seemingly benign countenances. We continue with Kenneth Armitage’s blended figures , Jacques Lipshitz’s variations on the theme of his sculpture and Henry Moore’s serial figuration for three dimensions.

I chose to present FRANK ROMERO’s art in my gallery because it is VERY ‘Los Angeles’, because it is my pleasure to see it every day, because it is fun, because it relates an essence of California culture since mid-century. In the course of these six weeks, I have observed that collectors in many ‘outside’ areas have brought this art into their homes....Boston, Massachusetts; Austin, Texas; Northern California; the Eastern Seaboard, etc. These collectors have felt the excit...ement, the political atmosphere, the creativity that is reflected in Romero’s work. I think that the J. Paul Getty’s stimulating ‘Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA’ enhanced this focus, though Frank Romero epitomized it since 1949, when he was awarded the First Prize for his art at the California State Fair in Sacramento! Art can be and is ‘life enhancing’. Lofty thoughts - but Romero’s art does touch many people in many ways. The artist himself affirms ‘life’...and his art conveys that essence. And this essence isn’t limited to our local southern California scene. Anywhere Romero’s art is placed feels positive and forward. His art is ‘up’, sparking interest and stimulating the viewers. It is only natural - whether in murals around southern California, over the mantel in the living room or in a museum’s exhibition - that his art is appreciated and affective. Do join us for our closing celebration on Wednesday, December 27th, between 4 and 8 pm. You’ll enjoy light refreshments, music and a glass of wine with which to toast the artist.