Commemorating Ed Moses

Today we commemorate the art and life of the late Ed Moses. Born on April 9, 1926, Ed Moses rose to become an important figure in Post War art. Moses had his first exhibition at the legendary Ferus Gallery in 1958 while still a graduate student at UCLA. In 1996 Ed had a career retrospective at MOCA and most recently an exhibition of works on paper from the 60’s & 70’s at the LA County Museum of Art. Ed’s work is in the collection of countless important international institutions and was featured in the 2008 documentary The Cool School.

A constant innovator and experimenter Ed tested the boundaries of materials and processes delivering exhibitions up to the year of his passing that were often completely unique from past production, a feat of creativity rarely witnessed in the history of art.

Ed was a storyteller both in paint and the spoken word. Years later those stories live on, through his survived contemporaries, his dealers, his friends and his family. He was a passionate and fearless innovator, an intellectual, a gifted orator and a phenomenal artist. His story has only begun to be written and we are honored at the gallery to have been a part of it.