D.J. Hall -Max, the Project

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DJ HALL

Max the Project

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“Raea, LMU Student - Los Angeles, CA” | 12.5” x 7” | Oil/Gesso on Board


Max, the Project - a transhistorical encounter Pechstein as interpreted by DJ Hall It all started with a woman named Charlotte, an elegant blonde in a lush red gown, ensconced within a vivid interior sitting room beneath a wooden arched frame. This exquisite historical gem, painted by German Expressionist Max Pechstein, was groundbreaking for its time and represents one of the largest works from the period predating World War I. It also epitomizes the artist’s distinctive oeuvre in a life spent documenting the people and places of the late 1800s and early 1900s in Germany. Fast forward to 2018, when painter DJ Hall first encountered Charlotte, a meeting that catapulted the artist into a complex rabbit hole of cross-generational dialogue with the ghost of Max. Hall’s work is most noted for its depiction of women enjoying the leisurely lifestyle of Southern California swimming pool culture, bathed in the kaleidoscope permutations of light and space. As a whole, her work delivers a visual autobiography of female camaraderie and a nod to the fete galante paintings of the Rococo era, which showcased the concept of ”past times” through lusciously pastoral artwork. For this unique experiment, Hall strolled through the annals of Max’s iconic work, exploring the intersection between his populace and hers, creating a panorama of paintings that merge two worlds, bringing his distinct visions into her contemporary lexicon. Hall’s Charlotte is decidedly postmillennial, a working girl with all the technological trappings, seated at a McDonald’s with its grand golden arches winking homage toward Max’s memorable initial. In other pieces, Max’s adornments morph into the 21st century environment through clever motifs borne by Hall’s playful hands. A yellow mask worn by a German socialite becomes a shiny pair of designer sunglasses on the eyes of a young German surfer girl. A painting on the wall behind one of Max’s reflective women becomes a high tech flat screen television, broadcasting the modern Handmaid’s Tale drama. A newspaper open on the woman’s lap, belies headlines denoting our current president’s media affairs. Young girls, modeled by Hall’s art students, replace Max’s tea-taking waifs, equipped with their iPhones ever ready for a selfie. A self portrait of the artist reading a catalog of her own work takes the place of a quiet German woman reading a book, and through the window of her room one glimpses an exact replica a sublime Pechstein landscape. A suite of small paintings, informed in large part by the Venice Beach canals near Hall’s own home, is inspired by the many renditions of canals and bridges done a hundred years ago by Max. The colors, textures, and brushstrokes of Pechstein pepper Hall’s paintings, and transport his signature slices of European existence through the sun-drenched filter of modern California. Nearly a century after Max’s brushstrokes hit newly primed canvas, Hall’s work emerges through her own intentional dive into their subconscious union, a process of artistic alchemy evoking work that is quintessentially fresh. The resulting pieces become testament to the underlying string that connects all artists throughout space and time; the string of perpetual fodder that is found in our everyday lives, resonant regardless of chronological or historical distance.

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Max Pechstein “Die Gelbe Maske” (1910/75) | Foundation Horten Max Pechstein “Monsunstimmung in Palau” (1914/10)


“German Surfer, Janni Honscheid” | 24” x 24” | Oil on Canvas

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Max Pechstein “Mädchen Mit Rotem Fächer” (1910/69) Private Collection New York


“Corinne - Venice” | 24” x 18” | Oil on Canvas

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Max Pechstein “Mädchen mit Buch” (1908/4) Private Collection Europe


“Barbara - Venice” | 20” x 16” | Oil on Panel

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Max Pechstein “Das Gelbschwarze Trikot” (1910/31 ) Brücke Museum Berlin, Germany


“Gabriella - Venice” | 20” x 30” | Oil on Canvas

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Max Pechstein “Das Grüne Sofa” (1910/102) Museum Ludwig Köln


“Senia and Muso- Venice” | 30” x 22” | Oil on Canvas

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Max Pechstein “Die Lesende”, Gouache, 1909 Kunstsammlungen Zwickau, Max Pechstein Museum, Germany


“DJ - Venice” | 24” x 21” | Oil on Canvas

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Max Pechstein “Artistin”, Holzschnitt, 1910 (H93) Brücke Museum Berlin, Germany


“Senia, Stan and Muso” | 11.25” x 7” | Caran D’Ache and Pencil on Carton

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Max Pechstein “Am Toilettentisch” (1921/53) Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen


“Beauty Bar” | 5” x 7.5” | Graphite/Paper

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Max Pechstein “Liegender Akt mit Katze” (1909)


“DJ and Stan” | 6.5” x 8.5” | Silver Pencil/Paper

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Max Pechstein “Reclining Nude with Cat (Lotte)” (#26)


“DJ and Stan” | 6.5” x 8.5” | Silver Pencil/Paper

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Max Pechstein “Liegender Weiblicher Akt mit Katze” (#28)


“DJ and Muso” | 6.5” x 8.5” | Silver Pencil/Paper

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Max Pechstein “Liegender Rückenakt” (1911/71)


“DJ and Stan” | 6.5” x 8.5” | Silver Pencil/Paper

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Max Pechstein “Alte Brücke” (1921/25) Museum of Art Santa Barbara, California


“Canal Study 5/22/16” | 5” x 4” | Gouache/Moleskin Paper

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Max Pechstein “Brücke” (1921/23)


“Canal Study - 6/19/16 ” | 5” x 4” | Gouache/Moleskin Paper

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Max Pechstein “Der Mühlengraben” (1921/24)


“Canal Study - 9/13/18” | 5” x 4” | Gouache/Moleskin Paper

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Max Pechstein “Früher Morgen” (1922/35 )


“Canal Study 6/16/16” | 5” x 4” | Oil on Canvas

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BIOGRAPHY, COLLECTIONS & AWARDS 1951 1973 1977 1978 1980 1983 1987 1992-93 1999-13 2006-16 2012-18

Born in Los Angeles, California. University of Southern California, B.F.A. (magna cum laude). Artists’ Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts. Artist-in-Residence, Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota. Painting Instructor, California State University, Northridge, California. Life Drawing Instructor, California State University, Los Angeles. Visiting Artist, California State University, Long Beach, California. Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles. Life Drawing Instructor, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles. Artist Mentor, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna, California. Professor (Lecturer, non-tenure track) Art and Art History, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS 1991

Los Angeles International Airport, Terminal 1, “Youth Takes Flight” Project, Designed Artworks and Installation, “Let’s Take A Trip Through the Universe”, Gates 1 and 2 and Main Concourse.

SELECTED CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

American University, Washington, D.C. Bank of America, Los Angeles, CA The Buck Collection, Laguna Beach, CA Caravan Products Company, Inc., Totowa, NJ Commodities Corporation, Princeton, NJ Domino Corporation, New York, NY Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR GTE, Thousand Oaks, CA Kemper Insurance Company, Chicago, IL Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ Stephens Inc., Little Rock, AK

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 2017 2016 2014 2012 2011 2008 2005 2002 1999 1998 1997 1996 1994 1992 1991 1988 1986 1985 1983 1982 1981 1977 1975

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HOHMANN, Palm Desert “Max - the Project” Art Miami with HOHMANN - “Max, the Project” Santa Monica, Craig Krull Gallery, (untitled at this writing) Whittier, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, D. J. Hall: Life Becomes Art Santa Monica, Craig Krull Gallery, Into Plein Air Santa Monica, California Heritage Museum, D. J. Hall Culver City, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Kodak Moments, Portrait of a Los Angeles Artist in the 1950’s Palm Springs, Palm Springs Art Museum, D.J. Hall 35 Year Retrospective. Culver City, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, New Work. West Hollywood, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, D.J. Hall: Now and Then. West Hollywood, Koplin Gallery, Magic-Time: New Paintings and Works on Paper. Santa Barbara, Westmont College Reynolds Gallery, Golden Moments. New York, OK Harris Works of Art, D.J. Hall. Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Art Center, D.J. Hall: Up Close and Personal: Selected Works 1976 – 1996. West Hollywood, Koplin Gallery, Golden Moment: New Works. Santa Monica, Koplin Gallery, Precious Moments: New Paintings. Santa Monica, California Heritage Museum, D.J. Hall: “It’s Not As Easy as it Looks” - A Ten Year Survey. New York, OK Harris Works of Art, D.J. Hall. New York, OK Harris Works of Art, D.J. Hall. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Selected Works 1974 – 1985. New York, OK Harris Works of Art, D.J. Hall. Santa Monica, Tortue Gallery. Santa Monica, Tortue Gallery, D.J. Hall: Recent Drawings. New York, OK Harris Works of Art. D.J. Hall. San Marcos, Boehm Gallery. Orange, Guggenheim Gallery. New York, OK Harris Works of Art. Los Angeles, Albert Contreras Gallery. Los Angeles, Albert Contreras Gallery.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Culver City, West Los LA College Art Gallery: Artists paint artists 2015 New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art: Photorealism: Beginnings to Today. 2011 Oxnard, Carnegie Art Museum, Splash. 2009 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lens and the Mirror: Self- Portraits from the Collection, 1957 - 2007. Santa Barbara, Sullivan Goss Gallery, L.A. Noir. Seattle, Davidson Galleries, West Coast Drawings. Cypress, Cypress College Art Gallery, Femme on Femme. Palm Springs, Palm Springs Art Museum, Impressionist and Modern Masters: Nature and Light. 2008 Las Vegas, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Not Without Form. Ventura, Sylvia White Gallery, Magnolia Edition Tapestries. 2008-07 Long Beach, Long Beach Museum of Art, About Face: Portraiture Now. 2007 Culver City, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Ag2S. Los Angeles, George Billis Gallery, Summer in the City. Riverside, Riverside Art Museum, Greetings from the American Dream. San Francisco and New York, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Representation 2007. 2006 Birmingham, David Klein Gallery, An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration. Los Angeles, Judson Gallery of Contemporary and Traditional Art, Contemporary Artist Conjure Limited Edition GicleĂŠ Prints. Santa Barbara, Sullivan Goss, Tapestries. 2005 Carlsbad, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Painted Ladies: Six Southern California Painters. Los Angeles, Judson Gallery of Contemporary and Traditional Art, Drawings as Preparation. 2004 West Hollywood, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Drawings VII. 2003 Los Angeles, Laband Art Gallery, Speculative Terrain: from San Diego to Santa Barbara. Los Angeles, California State University, Los Angeles, Still Life Expressions 2001 Norwalk, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Skin Deep. Seattle, Frye Art Museum, Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art. 2000 New York, OK Harris Works of Art, Go Figure. 1999 Washington, National Museum of Women in the Arts, State of the Artist. 1997 Brea, City of Brea Gallery, Made in California. 1996 Los Angeles, Armand Hammer Museum, L.A. Current: The Female Perspective. Pasadena, Williamson Gallery, Drawn from L.A. 1994 San Francisco, Modernism, Selected Works on Paper.

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1993 Los Angeles, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Inc., L. A. Stories. 1993-92 Birmingham, David Klein Gallery, Realism/ Photorealism. 1992 Boca Raton, Boca Raton Museum of Art, The Articulated Thumbprint. Fresno, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, California Dreamin’. New York, Smith Hotel, Faces. Youngstown, Butler Institute of American Art, The 56th Annual National Mid –Year Exhibition. 1991 Fukuoka City, Dada Building, The Heart of America: The OK Harris Collection. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Retrospective-Prospective. Oakland, Oakland Museum, Her Story. Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Individual Realities. 1990 Montreal, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, New Work - New York. 1990-89 Vero Beach, Center for the Arts, Collectors Choice. 1989 Costa Mesa, Security Pacific Gallery, Art in the Public Eye: Selected Developments. Harajuku, Laforet Museum, American Pop Culture Today III. New York, The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, The Figure Revisited. 1988 Los Angeles, Fisher Gallery, Sense of Place. Santa Clara, De Saisset Museum, Sense of Place. 1988-87 Laguna, Laguna Art Museum, Everydayland: Imagined Genre Scene Painting in California. 1987 Danville, Norton Center for the Arts, The Hot Centre: Contemporary Art. Fresno, Fresno Art Center and Museum, Present Perspectives: 1975-1985. Princeton, Squibb Gallery, Feasts. West Berlin, Amerika Haus, Los Angeles Today, Contemporary Visions. Youngstown, Butler Institute of American Art, Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind. 1986 Claremont, Montgomery Gallery, Looking In, Looking Out: Contemporary Portraits by Women Artists. Santa Monica, Tortue Gallery, Recent Works of Paper. 1985 Los Angeles, Center College of Design, Decade: Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies. Los Angeles, Security Pacific Bank Gallery at the Plaza, Self-Portraits by Women Artists. 1984 Los Angeles, The Design Center of LA, A Broad Spectrum: LA Contemporary Painters and Sculptors ’84. Los Angeles, Gensler and Associates, So Called, So Cal. Palm Beach, Royal Palm Gallery, OK Harris Artists. Santa Barbara, University of California Santa Barbara, Representational Drawing Today. Santa Monica, Tortue Gallery, In Celebration. 1983-81 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Contemporary American Realism Since 1960. 1983 Lewisburg, Center Gallery, Faces Since the Fifties -

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A Generation of American Portraiture. Los Angeles, LA Municipal Art Gallery, The LA Postcard Project: Part 1. Los Angeles, University Art Galleries, L.A. Seen. San Francisco, Modernism, Drawings by 50 California Artists. Santa Barbara, University of California, A Heritage Renewed. Thousand Oaks, Conejo Valley Art Museum, Generations. Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, The Real Thing: Southern CA Realist Painting. Los Angeles, Molly Barnes Gallery, Photo-realism Revisited. New York, Concord Gallery, Pleasures and Pastimes. New York, Concord Gallery, Portraits. Princeton, Commodities Corporation, New Directions: Contemporary American Art from the Commodities Corporation. Scottsdale, OK Harris West, OK Harris Master Artists. Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, The Figure and Its Postures. Milwaukee, Marquette University, Changes: Art in America 1881-1981. Pasadena, Art Center College of Design, Decade - Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies. Ridgefield, Aldrich Museum, New Dimensions in Drawing. Wilmington, Delaware Museum of Art, Be My Valentine. Jackson, Mississippi Museum of Art, Collectors Choice. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Photo-Realist Painting in California: A Survey. Claremont, Lang Art Gallery, Recent Los Angeles Painting. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Portraits 1979. Los Angeles, Arco Center for Visual Art, Realist Painters: Los Angeles. Los Angeles Institute for Contemporary Art, 100+ Current Directions in Southern California Art. Los Angeles, Occidental College, Figurative Realism ’78. Sylmar, County of Los Angeles Cultural Arts Center, Beyond the Photograph. Downey, Downey Museum of Art, Beyond the Garden Wall. Los Angeles, Eyes and Ears Foundation, Billboards. Hollywood, Albert Contreras Gallery, Realism. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Art Rental Gallery Presents. Long Beach, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, The Figure in Contemporary Realism. San Marcos, Boehm Gallery, Group Show. Laguna, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Twenty-First Annual All California Juried Show. Los Angeles, David Stuart Gallery, Three Person Show. Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Art Center, Fifteenth Annual All California Juried Show. Laguna, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Twentieth Annual All California Juried Show.

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Frank, Peter. “California Slate of Mind: Trip Down Memory Lane with SoCal Art of the ‘60s and ‘70s, Plus, Portraits that Pop!.” Angeleno Magazine no. 83 (Feb. 2008): 74-76. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Sunny Views, Deeper Shades”. Los Angeles Times (June 29): F8 -10 Rothe, Vanessa. “An Oasis for Art in Palm Desert.” Fine Art Connoisseur (Mar. /Apr. 2008): 75-76. “Ladies and Dreamscapes: Exhibits Explore Land of Makeup and Land of Make- Believe.” San Diego Union-Tribune Datebook (Jun. 30, 2005): 37. “The Spirit of Creativity Thrives in the City of Angeles.” Art & Antiques vol. 28 no. 3 (Mar. 2005): ss130-ss134. Biller, Steven. “Returning to the Scene.” Palm Springs Life vol. 48 no. 4 (Dec. 2005): 10-11, 52. Chang, Richard. “D.J. Hall.” Art News vol. 104 no. 9 (Oct. 2005):174. Kragen, Pam. “Six Artists Study Women’s Nature in “Painted Ladies.” North County Times (Jun. 2, 2005): 19. Menifee, Robert. “Artistic Differences: Painters Squabble Over Meaning of ‘Portrait’.” Desert Magazine vol. 4 no. 11 (Nov. 2005): 62-64. Myers, Holly. “Art; Lie Down, Roll Over -- But Never Beg.” Los Angeles Times (Jul. 1, 2005): E23. Pincus, Robert L. “Art Review: Ladies and Dreamscapes: Exhibits Explore Land of Makeup and Land of Make-Believe.” San Diego Union-Tribune (Jun. 30, 2005): 37. Kramer, Lydia. “Painting a Legacy.” Palm Springs Life vol. 47 no. 5 (Jan. 2004): B11. Lord, M.G. “Off the Canvas and Onto the Big Screen.” New York Times (Dec. 19, 2004): 40. Mahler, Richard. “Pool Party: Six California Artists Talk about Their Attraction to Swimming Pools.” Southwest Art vol. 34 no. 2 (Jul. 2004): 126-131. Myer, Norma. “Spanglish Lessons: Meticulous Director Brooks Shoots for Authenticity.” San Diego Union-Tribune (Dec. 17, 2004): E1. Hwy 111 vol. 1 no. 6 (Summer 2003) (cover art). Fuglie, Gordon L. “Representing LA, Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art.” Juxtapose (May/Jun. 2001): 47-57. Karlstrom, Paul J. “West Coast.” Archives of American Art Journal vol. 40 no. 1/2 (2000): 39-42. Wagonfield, Judy. “Inside LaLa Land: Frye Show Exposes a Swatch of a Grit.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Dec. 22, 2000): 17. Donelan, Martha. “Endless Summer: Golden Moments.” Santa Barbara News Press (Sep. 8, 1999): D6. Rust, Lindsay. “The Reviews: Uncomfortable Accuracy.” Santa Barbara Independent (Sep. 2, 1999): 35. “D.J. Hall.” Art Venues vol. 1 no. 4 (Spring 1998).


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Crane, Robert. “Pool Hall: The Bearable Lightness of Being.” Palm Springs Life vol. 40 no. 3 (Nov. 1997): 46-47. Harpers Magazine vol. 292 no. 1753 (Jun. 1996) (cover art). Wilson, William. “Art Review: Golden Moments of Nostalgia and Affection Found in Hall’s Paintings.” Los Angeles Times (Dec. 10, 1996): F3. Weingrod, Carmi. “Finding The Light Through Gouache: D.J. Hall’s Newest Paintings.” Watercolor ‘94 (Fall 1994): 62-69. Kapitanoff, Nancy. “Light Color and Darker Meanings.” Los Angeles Times (May 24, 1992): 66-67. Sullivan, Meg. “Her Art Life Not As Easy As It Looks.” Daily News (May 15, 1992): 49. Wilson, William. “Art Review: D. J. Hall Unmasks L.A.’s Excruciating Aging Process.” Los Angeles Times (Jun. 2, 1992): F5. Martin, Victoria. “Los Angeles Realism: A Conversation with D.J. Hall.” Artweek vol. 22 no. 25 (Aug. 1, 1991): 17-18. Raynor, Vivien. “In ‘The Figure Revisited’, Figural Energy is Explored.” New York Times (Apr. 30, 1989): 32. Burkhart, Dorothy. “Provocative Shows at de Saisset.” San Jose Mercury News (Jan. 22, 1988): 13D. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Art Review: Discontent Roils Under the Surface of ‘Everydayland’ Exhibition.” Los Angeles Times (Oct. 1, 1988): 11. The Princeton Packet (Dec. 4-13, 1987) (cover art). Crane, Robert. “Facing the Facts: L.A.’s Women Artists Look at L.A. Women.” L.A. Style (Dec. 1987): 103-105. Farrell, John. “Reflective Surfaces: The Lush and Gleaming World of D.J. Hall.” USC Trojan Family Magazine vol. 20 no. 2 (Nov. 1987): 18. Farrell, John. “Sense of Place.” USC Trojan Family Magazine vol. 20 no. 2 (Nov. 1987): 16-17. Haller, Emmanuel. “Gallery Offers Feast for the Eyes.” Courier News (Dec. 13, 1987). Muchnic, Suzanne. “Art Review: Los Angeles from Three Artists’ Points of View.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Nov. 9, 1987): 1. Turner, Nancy Kay. “A Sense of Displacement.” Artweek (Nov. 21, 1987). “My Heart.” Reliance no. 2 (Apr. 1986): 16-17. Baker, Kenneth. “Turning a Cold Eye on Lush L.A. Life.” San Francisco Chronicle Daily Datebook (Feb.13, 1986): 63. Christian, Susan. “D.J. Hall Creates Fantasy World from Reality.” Focus: Evening Outlook (Sep. 26, 1986): 12-13. Christian, Susan. “The Extraordinary Realism of D.J. Hall.” The Entertainer: The Daily Breeze/News-Pilot (Oct. 3, 1986): 20-22. Clothier, Peter. “D.J. Hall at Barnsdall Municipal Gallery.” L.A. Weekly (Feb. 14-20, 1986): 55. Gray, Virginia. “A Marriage of Art and Architecture.” Los Angeles Times

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Magazine (Aug. 24, 1986): 30-33. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Identity Issue an Identity Issue in Women’s Images.” Los Angeles Times (Oct. 5, 1986): 5. Rico, Diana. “Art/News & Notes: Poolside Life Featured in Hall Retrospective.” L.A. Life (Mar. 3, 1986). Sanford-Wakefield, Susan. “Artist Looks at Life Around the Pool.” Evening Outlook (Feb. 11, 1986). Schipper, Merle. “The Good California Life.” Artweek (Feb. 22, 1986): 5. 1985 Kingsland, William. “At the Galleries.” Ranch & Coast Magazine (Aug. 15, 1985): 32. La Palma, Marina. “Women Look at Themselves.” Artweek vol. 16 no. 8 (Feb. 23,1985): Pincus, Robert L. “Putting Themselves Into the Real Picture.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Feb. 2, 1985). 1984 Kohen, Helen. “Making Art on a Big Scale.” Miami Herald (Feb. 19, 1984): 2L. McDonald, Robert. “Surveying Drawing in California.” Artweek (Jan. 21, 1984). Martini, Chris. “California Drawing.” Studio International vol. 196 no. 1004 (1984). 1983 Howe, Katherine. “D.J. Hall at OK Harris.” Images & Issues vol. 3 no. 6 (May/Jun. 1983): 62. Muchnic, Suzanne. “The Galleries: Reviews.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Jun. 17, 1983): 2-4. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Santa Barbara Drawing Show: Heritage Renewed.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Mar. 15, 1983): 1-2. Muchnic, Suzanne. “’Sense of Humor’ Freed Her Palette.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Dec. 27, 1983): 1-4. Weisberg, Ruth. “Representational Drawing: The Power of Subjectivity.” Artweek vol.14 no. 113 (Apr. 12, 1983): 1. 1982 Brown, Betty. “It’s The Real Thing-But Not Quite.” L.A. Reader (May 28,1982): 16-19. Lanco-Starrels, Josine. “Realist Painting in Laguna Beach.” Los Angeles Times (Apr. 25, 1982). McSweeney, Diana. “Realism Exhibit Gets Emotional Responses.” News Post (May 6, 1982). Perreault, John. “Realism’s.” Art Express vol. 2 no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 1982): 34-38. Weisberg, Ruth. “Surveying Southern California Realist Painting.” Artweek vol. 13 no. 21 (Jun. 5, 1982): Wilson, William. “Distinction in Realist Painting.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (May 19, 1982): 2-4. 1981 New West Magazine vol. 6 no. 1 (Jan. 1981) (cover art). Ballatore, Sandy. “Decade/ Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies.” Images and Issues vol. 2 no. 1 (Summer 1981): 40-43. Gabrielson, Walter. “Pasadena Pluralism: The Painting 70’s.” Art in America vol. 69 no. 5 (May 1981): 63-65. Gamwell, Lynn. “On the Beach.” Artweek vol. 12 no. 33 (Oct. 10, 1981): 4. Plous, Phyllis. “Representational Drawing Today.” Journal: A Contemporary Art Museum vol. 4 no. 37 (Sep. /Oct. 1981): 50-56.

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Stevens, Elizabeth. “Feeding and Flexing Your Neuroses in SoHo, or Browsing Through a Graffiti Conversation.” Baltimore Sun (Feb. 6, 1981). “SraBenkunst made in USA.” Art das Kunstmagazin no. 12 (Dec. 1980): 45-54. Wilson, William. “Figurative Photos Meet the Abstract.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Apr. 27, 1980): 93-95. Clothier, Peter. “Looking at Others.” Artweek vol. 10 no. 19 (May 12, 1979): 3. Wilson, William. “Exhibition with a Message.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Oct. 7, 1979): 93. Wilson, William. “The Portrait, New Life for an Old Form.” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Apr. 29, 1979): 1. Axelrod, Stephen. “Photographic Foundations.” Artweek vol. 9 no. 40 (1978). Muchnic, Suzanne. “Symbolism of Camera and Canvas.” Los Angeles Times (Apr. 1, 1978). “Review of Shows.” Art News vol. 76 no. 7 (Sep. 1977): 119-120. “Your Message Here: An Incomplete History of Billboards.” New West Magazine vol. 1 no. 4 (Feb. 14, 1977): 50-54. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Art Moves Outdoors.” Artweek vol. 8 no. 6 (Feb. 19, 1977): 1. Staunton, Anne. “D.J. Hall’s Commentary on Vanity.” Artweek vol. 8 no. 16 (Apr. 16, 1977). Ballatore, Sandy. “Southland Realists.” Artweek vol. 7 no. 44 (Dec. 18, 1976): 4. “All California.” Artweek vol. 6 no. 27 (Aug. 9, 1975): 4. “Laguna Features a Summer of Art.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner (Jul. 20, 1975): E7. “On the Beach.” Artweek vol. 6 no. 14 (Apr. 5, 1975): 8.

BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGS 2016 Wood, Eve. Life Becomes Art, Whittier, Calif.: Rio Hondo College Art Gallery. 2015 Lash, Miranda. Photorealism: Beginnings to Today. USA & Canada: Scala Art Publishers Inc. 2015 Weis, Ron. 45 Years At OK Harris. New York: Randem Publishing 2008 Hough, Katherine. D.J. Hall 35 Year Retrospective. Palm Springs, Calif.: Palm Springs Art Museum. 2007 About Face: Portraiture Now. Long Beach, Calif.: Long Beach Museum of Art. Greetings From the American Dream. Riverside, Calif.: Riverside Art Museum. 2004 Painted Ladies: Six Southern California Painters, June 5 through July 29, 2005. Carlsbad, Calif.: William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Cultural Affairs Office, City of Carlsbad. Path of the Bighorn: Connecting a Community Through a Public Art Project. Palm Desert, Calif.: Bighorn Institute. 2000 Fuglie, Gordon L. Representing L.A: Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art. Seattle: Frye Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press.

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1999 D.J. Hall: Golden Moments, August 26 – September 27, 1999. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Westmont College Reynolds Gallery. Johnstone, Mark. Contemporary Art in Southern California. Sydney, Australia: Craftsman House: G+B Arts International. 1998 Brown, Stephanie. Allegory of the Supermarket: Poems. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. (cover art). 1997 D.J. Hall: Up Close and Personal. Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.: Palos Verdes Art Center. 1993 Tuchman, Maurice. Masquerade: the Mask as Art. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 1992 56th National Midyear Exhibition. Youngstown, Ohio: Butler Institute of American Art. 1991 Her Story. Oakland, Calif.: Oakland Museum. 1989 South Coast Metro Center, June 13 - August 19, 1989. Los Angeles: Security Pacific Corporation. Brown, Betty Ann and Arlene Raven. Exposures, Women and Their Art. Pasadena, Calif.: New Sage Press. Johnstone, Mark. Art in the Public Eye: Selected Developments: Security Pacific Gallery, South Moore, Sylvia. Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists. New York: Midmarch Arts Press. 1988 Cox, Elaine Dines. Everydayland: Imagined Genre Scene Painting in Southern California. Laguna, Calif.: Laguna Art Museum. Marrow, Marva. Inside the L.A. Artist. Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith, Inc. 1987 Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, Youngstown, Ohio: Butler Institute of American Art. McDonald, Robert. Sense of Place: D.J. Hall, F. Scott Hess, John Valadez. Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California. 1986 D.J. Hall: Selected Works, 1974-1985, January 28 – March 2, 1986. Los Angeles: Department of Cultural Affairs, Municipal Art Gallery. 1985 Miller, Tressa R. Self Portraits by Women Artists. Los Angeles: Security Pacific Bank Gallery at the Plaza. 1983 Faces Since the 50’s, A Generation of American Portraiture. Lewisburg, Penn.: Center Gallery, Bucknell University. Plous, Phyllis. A Heritage Renewed - Representational Drawing Today. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Santa Barbara University Art Museum. 1982 Gamwell, Lynn. The Real Thing: Southern California Realist Painting. Laguna Beach, Calif.: Laguna Beach Museum of Art. 1981 Drieband, Laurence. Decade: Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies. Pasadena, Calif: Art Center College of Design. Hunter, Sam. New Directions: Contemporary American Art from the Commodities Corporation Collection. Princeton, N.J.: Commodities Corporation. Ladish, Mary L. Changes: Art in America 1881-1981. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Marquette University Committee on the Fine Arts.

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Goodyear, Frank H. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960. Boston: New York Graphic Society. Henderson, Sally and Robert Landau. Billboard Art. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Spurlock, William. Photorealist Painting in California: A Survey. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Greenberg, David, Katheryn Smith, and Stuart Teacher. Big Art: Megamurals & Supergraphics. Philadelphia: Running Press.

AWARDS AND HONORS 2010 1992 1977

“D. J. Papers”, (collection number 1822), UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections, Manuscripts Division, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 6th Annual Heritage Award, California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA. Artists’ Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts

TELEVISION, RADIO, THEATER, DESIGN AND FILM 2003-04 1990 1989 1983 1982

Fine Art Consultant, “Spanglish”, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Sony Pictures/Gracie Films, Director/Producer: James L. Brooks. “Appreciating Art”, Produced by Marilyn Bekker, Los Angeles, for Financial News Network, Aired: November 19, 20, 22, 24, 25 (U.S.). “Castaway’s Choice”, Produced for KCRW and Hosted by John McNally; Los Angeles Aired on KCRW, Los Angeles: October 14, and Throughout the U.S. During the Rest of the Year. Designed Artwork for Entire Sets of “A Sense of Humor”, Written by Ernest Thompson, Produced by Robert Fryer and Frank Von Zerneck in Association with Centre Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles. “D.J. Hall: Real Life in Venice”, Produced by Robert Crane and Dana Bieber, Video Systems Network, Los Angeles, Aired on KCET-TV in April, Televised Throughout the Rest of the Year and on Times Mirror Cable.

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“Neighbors” Oil on Canvas | 46” x 50” | 2001


Hermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955) “Bildnis Charlotte Cuhrt” (“Portrait Charlotte Cuhrt”) Oil on Canvas | 1910 Signed and dated lower left ca. 175 x 85 cm | 69” x 33 ½” framed ca. 186 x 96 cm | 73” x 38”

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