By Daily Press staff
Selections from the Peter Norton Family Christmas projects are currently on display until Jan. 4, 2002, at the Main Library, second floor lobby area, 1343 Sixth Street. Retired computer entrepreneur, Peter Norton, is a contemporary art collector, as well as an active participant in civic and philanthropic affairs. The Norton Family Foundation is located in Santa Monica. In 1988, he and his wife Eileen began commissioning artists to do original, multiple edition works that are mailed as holiday greetings to their friends and colleagues. Santa Monica community activist and art collector, Doris Sosin, donated the Norton Christmas Projects on exhibit to the library so that these unique art editions could be seen in a public space.
The Norton Family Christmas projects on view are by artists known locally and internationally, including Lawrence Weiner, Luciano Perna, Lorna Simpson, Pae White and Brian Eno, and Takashi Murakami. For more information, call (310) 458-8600.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 14, 2001. Read the original PDF.