Tony Berlant

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Tony Berlant
Yang Na
1990

Project Area: CBD/South Park
Project: Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM)
Project Location: 919 S. Grand Avenue
Project Type: Developer

Description:

When approaching the main entrance to FIDM, one encounters an environment designed by Tony Berlant, including a bronze female figure (by artist Gwynn Murrill) with long angel’s wings, gown, and a cat face mask. She appears to be walking on a blue concrete carpet extending into the lobby. In the lobby are columns clad with heavily worked linoleum collages and a vibrant blue ceiling with floating gold sculptures of winged creatures.

Artist Profile

Tony Berlant studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his MA and MFA, and went on to teach in UCLA’s Art Department. He received early recognition in 1960, when art critic Clement Greenberg selected one of his paintings for inclusion in an exhibition of Los Angeles area artists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Berlant’s work is represented in many private and public collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; and Los Angeles’ County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Major public commissions include Fox Network Center, Los Angeles; San Francisco Airport; the Minneapolis Institute of Art; the Mayo Clinic; and Target Corporation.