LOS ANGELES ECOLOGIES — Todd Becraft

Reyner Banham was a British architectural critic who, in 1971, released a book entitled Los Angeles The Architecture of Four Ecologies. He swam upstream against the dystopian myth busting critiques of Los Angeles penned by his contemporaries. He divided Los Angeles into four “ecologies” – the flatland, the freeway, the beaches and the foothills. In addition the book is written in the freewheeling and scattered style reflecting the personality of it’s subject. The book was followed up with an equally insightful documentary film entitled Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles. Banham’s work inspired a series of paintings that reflect Banham’s mundane but radical reading of Los Angeles.

"Plains of Id", 2005, 12" x 60", Oil on Panel (sold)

"autopia", 2005, 12" x 60", oil on panel

"surfurbia", 2005, 12" x 60", oil on panel

"Plains of Id", 2005, 12" x 60", Oil on Panel (sold)

"autopia", 2005, 12" x 60", oil on panel

"surfurbia", 2005, 12" x 60", oil on panel

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