I roamed through the Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Gallery, 357 N La Brea Ave., L.A., to check out the "Twin Visions" exhibit...the works of identical twin brothers, Jerome Witkin and Joel-Peter Witkin. They were born in September of 1939 in Brooklyn, New York. Joel-Peter lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico and his works, according to Wikipedia, "often deals with such themes as death, corpses, and various outsiders such as dwarves, transsexuals, hermaphrodites and physically deformed people." Jerome lives in Syracuse, New York and quoting Wikipedia, "is an American figurative artist whose paintings deal with political, social and cultural themes, along with serious portraiture that melds the sitter's social position with a speaking likeness that reveals character." These twin brothers were reportedly estranged from each other and never have exhibited together, until now.
Jack Rutberg, was as always an excellent host, welcoming me to his gallery and talking about the amazing artists he represents.
Here is a bit of what I saw:
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| "Night In A Small Town," 2007 Joel-Peter Witkin |
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| "Life is an Invention: The Constellation of Balthus," 2007, Joel-Peter Witkin |
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| "The Raft of George W. Bush," 2006, Joel-Peter Witkin |
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| "Face of A Woman," 2004, Joel-Peter Witkin |
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| "Vincent and his Demons II," 2012 by Jerome Witkin |
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"Retablo," 2007, Joel-Peter Witkin
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| "Vincent and His Demons III," 2012 Jerome Witkin |
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"The German Girl," 1997, Jerome Witkin |
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| "Crack House," 1990, Jerome Witkin |
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| "A Jew In A Ruin," 1990, Jerome Witkin |
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| "Study For Terminal," 1986-87, Charcoal on Paper, Jerome Witkin |
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| "Terminal," 1987, oil on linen by Jerome Witkin as seen in a book. |
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| I found two gems upstairs at the gallery: "Seated Woman," 1931 by David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1896-1974 |
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| "Seated Woman," 1963, Mahogany, by Francisco Zuniga (1912-1998) |
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