Fantastic worlds explored at LASM

The Louisiana Art & Science Museum will open two new exhibits Friday night, both exploring the fantastic worlds of fairy tales and children’s stories. “David Hockney: Six Fairy Tales” presents the full series of 39 etchings that famed English artist Hockney produced in 1969. The fairy tales he represents are The Little Sea Hare, Fundevogel, Rapunzel, The Boy Who Left Home to Learn Fear, Old Rinkrank, and Rumpelstiltskin. Also on display is Robert Warrens: Fiction & Fantasy, a presentation of the narrative paintings and sculptures of one of Louisiana’s most acclaimed artists and influential art educators. Born in Wisconsin, Warrens arrived in Baton Rouge in 1967 to join the LSU art faculty and remained for 31 years. A veteran storyteller, Warrens has remained true to his personal aesthetic throughout his long career and continues to produce artworks in his signature style—depicting the human condition provocatively, with whimsy and humor. The exhibits open to the public on Friday, but you can catch a preview of the Warrens exhibit—and meet him at a special artists’ talk—on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is $7. Click here for more information on the exhibits; and check out this week’s 225 Select newsletter here.