Kayne Griffin Corcoran
[5] In a 2019 interview with Griffin and Kayne, the partners expressed that they believe the gallery's programming reflects a spirit of cross-generational collaboration, a shared commitment to Los Angeles culture and history, and dedication to supporting both established and emerging contemporary artists.[7] The 1940s bow string truss warehouse was transformed in to a gallery space, while the asphalt parking area was converted to a landscaped forecourt with grass, patios, and a steel trellis covered in creeping fig and flowering Bougainvillea.[11][12] Kayne Griffin Corcoran opened its new South La Brea gallery in May 2013 with a historical survey of James Turrell’s work related to Roden Crater, including drawings, photographs, models, as well as notes, tools, and architectural plans.As art historian Suzanne Hudson notes in an Artforum review, the works in his 2018 exhibition at the gallery cycle through “thousands of hues in subtle, hypnotic metamorphoses… cast[ing] shadows of chartreuse and orange, magenta and pale blue, biding their time.As KCRW Art Talk critic Edward Goldman describes, the exhibition “was a rare combination of brutality and elegance, machismo and grace… [Pepper’s] sculptures, with their minimalistic geometric forms, have an unexpectedly theatrical effect.”[16]