{"id":5331,"date":"2015-01-07T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T10:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/07\/denenberg-fine-arts\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T07:53:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:53:50","slug":"denenberg-fine-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/denenberg-fine-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Inside the Hidden Gallery of the Denenbergs"},"content":{"rendered":"

As veteran connoisseurs in the fine art world, Beverly and Stuart Denenberg have spent over a decade turning an architectural landmark, in the West Hollywood Design District, into\u00a0a private gallery space that the LA Times<\/em>\u00a0calls\u00a0\u201can artful experience.\u201d The <\/a>Denenberg Fine Arts Gallery<\/a> functions as both a home for the Denenbergs and a richly curated exhibition space of antique and contemporary pieces making it a must-visit for all Los Angeles art enthusiasts. Stuart Denenberg gives us an inside look into their story and the diverse range of fine art\u00a0available<\/a> for viewing on San Vicente Boulevard.<\/h4>\n

\"Denenberg<\/a><\/p>\n

When we moved to West Hollywood from San Francisco\u2019s Pacific Heights, and bought a 1960s Modernist, even \u201cbrutalist\u201d house on San Vicente, all our Northern California friends protested, \u201cBut you\u2019re Victorian people!\u201d<\/p>\n

Surprise! The art world is dynamic; context determines a lot about who we are, who we think we are, what we do, and how we feel. The beneficent weather of Beverly\u2019s home town, Los Angeles, the creative energy of West Hollywood, and the love of family brought us here 12 years ago. It has been an increasingly precious perch, and we continue to feather the nest, most recently bringing long neglected landscape planning into focus\u2014watch our space in about two months!<\/p>\n

Works of art are microcosms and artifacts\u2014they are places we can go to discover order and ecstasy; and they are the evidence of trips taken by gifted manual laborers whose work product tends to be viewed in galleries and museums.<\/p>\n

We surround ourselves with an extraordinarily eclectic array of works of art, from old master drawings to contemporary sculpture, and everything in between\u2014because in truth, there is no \u201cin-between\u201d from the perspective of connoisseurship.\u00a0 Rather, a seamless historical carpet weaves on. It\u2019s a brash reminder that abrupt shifts\u2014Pop in the 1960s when I was defending figuration (!)\u2014are standard in the field.<\/p>\n

Past\u00a0installation of the work of Robert Beauchamp from the 1960s:<\/p>\n

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Robert Beauchamp
\nUNTITLED, Circa 1960
\nOil on paper, 18 \u00be x 23 \u00be inches<\/p>\n

The following works demonstrate the eclecticism and range of the rest of our gallery. On top is a De Lap that is almost purely visual. On the bottom is a Duez that is far more content-rich and culturally significant for the history of science. \u00a0Both have such radically different types of aesthetic merit and demonstrate an enormous range of interests we have.<\/p>\n

This De Lap is an optical dazzler:<\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony De Lap
\n\u201cMIZAR\u201d 1965
\nSilkscreen on paper
\n20 x 20 inches<\/p>\n

This Duez is a thoughtful portrait of the man who invented Pasteurization, among dozens of other medical and scientific innovations that keep us healthy:<\/p>\n

\"Denenberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Ernst Ange Duez
\n\u201cLouis Pasteur\u201d Circa 1870
\nPastel on paper
\n10 \u00bd x 14 \u00bd inches<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

We hope you will discover our hiding place\u2014our oasis of visual and intellectual pleasure.\u00a0 Although we are only open by appointment\u2014please call\u2014and see what lurks beyond the raked stucco walls of\u00a0417 North San Vicente Boulevard in the West Hollywood Design District<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy: Stuart Denenberg<\/p>\n

Read this article on My LA Lifestyle<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

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As veteran connoisseurs in the fine art world, Beverly and Stuart Denenberg have spent over a decade turning an architectural landmark, in the West Hollywood Design District, into\u00a0a private gallery space that the LA Times\u00a0calls\u00a0\u201can artful experience.\u201d The Denenberg Fine Arts Gallery functions as both a home for the Denenbergs and a richly curated exhibition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5666347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,14],"tags":[26,76],"class_list":["post-5331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-design","category-lifestyle","tag-art","tag-art-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5666346,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions\/5666346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5666347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}