R.B. Kitaj's Los Angeles Pictures exhibition at L.A. Louver explores memory of late wife Sandra Fisher

At the L.A. Louver gallery in Venice, California, R.B. Kitaj unveiled a series of new artworks dedicated to his late wife, Sandra Fisher. Titled "Los Angeles Pictures," this exhibition marks his first significant showcase since the 1994 retrospective at the Tate Gallery. Kitaj, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1932, moved back to America in 1997 following Fisher's passing. He currently resides in Westwood, Los Angeles, in a home once owned by Peter Lorre. Attendees at the opening included his sons, Lem Dobbs and Max, daughter Dominie, and friend David Hockney. Kitaj refers to these pieces as "love stories," created in what he calls his "old age style." The accompanying catalogue, "Sandra Eight: Los Angeles Pictures," features Fisher's artworks. Kitaj, who coined the term "School of London" in the 1970s, studies Emanuel Levinas and has a Judaica library, expressing concerns regarding antisemitism in the British media.