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FRANK PICTURES GALLERY PRESENTS HENRY HOPPER IN A DEBUT SOLO EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS, NOVEMBER 9 THROUGH DECEMBER 3 AT BERGAMOT STATION; OPENING RECEPTION BY INVITATION ONLY ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 6:30- 9:30 PM.
Art stars appear maybe once a generation and Frank Pictures Gallery is privileged to introduce Henry Hopper, a young painter of singular vision in his debut solo show of paintings, People Are Other People. The progeny of actor/artist Dennis Hopper and actress/dancer Katherine LaNasa, Henry Hopper has put aside a burgeoning career in the cinema (master of horror director, Wes Craven, already offered Henry the lead in his next film) to focus on painting and performance at Cal Arts, where he enrolled as a freshman this September. "Many people in the art world will say that 18 is too young for a solo show at an established gallery," says Frank Pictures owner/curator Laurie Frank, "but sometimes a talent is too obvious and too bold to be held back. This is definitely Henry's first moment in what will be a long and brilliant career." When Frank first viewed Hopper's paintings in storage at L.A. Packing and Crating, all the art-weary and rather jaded seen-it-all-before employees (L.A. Packing stores the work of just about every important artist and collector in Los Angeles) took time out to rave about Henry Hopper's work. When Frank saw the paintings, they were a revelation. "I know how Warhol felt when he saw his first Basquiat," says Frank, "I walked in Laurie Frank and I came out Sonnabend."
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