Ron Cooper (born 1943) is an American artist who grew up in Ojai, California and started his career in the late 1960s in Los Angeles. By 1973, Cooper had already participated in numerous international solo and group shows with pieces in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim Museum and LACMA, and special exhibitions such as that at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art.
Cooper began his work, art, and journey with Mezcal, a distilled alcoholic beverage, in 1970, when he visited the Mexican state Oaxaca.
Artedit
Cooper's art explores light, reflection, transparency, and color, through the medium of colored fluorescent lights, neon, and glass. In his Separator Variations series the colored fluorescent fixtures, separated by glass, reflect and appear to overlap combining the colors producing a third hue. Most of his pieces, like the Separator Variations series, demonstrate the additive nature of light. His other work includes environmental installations and neon focused on the same themes.[1]
In Oaxaca, Cooper lived and worked with the locals, and strived to bring Mezcal to the world at large. He founded Del Maguey in the 1990s, bringing Mezcal to the awareness of American consumers as an artisanal or craft ingredient for many creative cocktails. Cooper has done dinner pairings with chefs José Andrés, and Mary Sue Milliken appeared on CNN with Anthony Bourdain, and in 2016 Cooper was awarded the James Beard Award for “Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional”.[4]
Exhibitionsedit
Ron Cooper, An exhibition by the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, May 13-July 1, 1973.
cooper, artist, cooper, born, 1943, american, artist, grew, ojai, california, started, career, late, 1960s, angeles, 1973, cooper, already, participated, numerous, international, solo, group, shows, with, pieces, permanent, collections, guggenheim, museum, lac. Ron Cooper born 1943 is an American artist who grew up in Ojai California and started his career in the late 1960s in Los Angeles By 1973 Cooper had already participated in numerous international solo and group shows with pieces in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim Museum and LACMA and special exhibitions such as that at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Contents 1 Career 1 1 Art 1 2 Mezcal 2 Exhibitions 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCareer editCooper began his work art and journey with Mezcal a distilled alcoholic beverage in 1970 when he visited the Mexican state Oaxaca Art edit Cooper s art explores light reflection transparency and color through the medium of colored fluorescent lights neon and glass In his Separator Variations series the colored fluorescent fixtures separated by glass reflect and appear to overlap combining the colors producing a third hue Most of his pieces like the Separator Variations series demonstrate the additive nature of light His other work includes environmental installations and neon focused on the same themes 1 In 2009 Ron Cooper s work was included in a group exhibition at the Harwood Museum in Taos New Mexico curated by Dennis Hopper called Hopper Curates Larry Bell Ron Cooper Ronald Davis Ken Price amp Robert Dean Stockwell 2 3 Mezcal edit In Oaxaca Cooper lived and worked with the locals and strived to bring Mezcal to the world at large He founded Del Maguey in the 1990s bringing Mezcal to the awareness of American consumers as an artisanal or craft ingredient for many creative cocktails Cooper has done dinner pairings with chefs Jose Andres and Mary Sue Milliken appeared on CNN with Anthony Bourdain and in 2016 Cooper was awarded the James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine Beer or Spirits Professional 4 Exhibitions editRon Cooper An exhibition by the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla California May 13 July 1 1973 See also editLight sculptureReferences edit Biograph and images Retrieved December 30 2010 Harwood Museum Retrieved February 10 2011 UNM Hickey Leads Panel on Hopper at the Harwood Archived 2011 07 20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 10 2011 Awards Search James Beard Foundation www jamesbeard org Retrieved 2020 06 25 External links editAskart nbsp This article about an artist from the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ron Cooper artist amp oldid 1065318838, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
