The West Hollywood Artist Who Immortalised LA’s
about 3 months ago (02/12/2024)
The West Hollywood Artist Who Immortalised LA’s Golden Boys | AnOther A new exhibition in New York showcases the work of Kenneth Kendall, an artist who sculpted James Dean, Marlon Brando and more in the bohemian atmosphere of late 20th-century Los Angeles February 06, 2024 Text Miss Rosen Back in the 1950s, Hollywood’s fabled Melrose Avenue was still a sleepy street home to cabinetmakers and print shops catering to the local community. Walking home from junior high school one day in 1953, Bruce Lane and his friends came upon a bust of Marlon Brando prominently displayed in the window of Kenneth Kendall ’s art studio. Like Lane, Kendall was a Los Angeles native, albeit a generation older.