Leonard Koren
Leonard Koren | |
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Koren in San Francisco, 1985 | |
| Born | January 4, 1948 New York City, U.S. |
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| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (MArch) |
| Genre | Aesthetics |
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Leonard Koren (born January 4, 1948) is an American artist, aesthetics expert, and writer.
Early life and education
Leonard Koren was born in New York City in 1948 and raised in Los Angeles. He attended UCLA, graduating with a master's degree in architecture and urban planning in 1972.[1]
Career
In 1969, Koren co-founded the Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad, a mural painting group. After graduation, he worked as an artist in Los Angeles, focusing on bathing environments.
In 1976, Koren founded WET magazine, a periodical dedicated to gourmet bathing.[2] The magazine was influential in the development of postmodern aesthetics.[3] In 1981, WET ceased publication, and Koren moved to Japan, where he wrote several works on aesthetics. From 1983 through 1986, he produced a column on cultural anthropology for a Japanese magazine.
Koren wrote Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers (1994), which helped bring the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi into Western aesthetic theory.[2][4]
Personal life
Koren lives in San Francisco.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Bio". Leonard Koren. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
- ^ a b Green, Penelope (September 22, 2010). "An Idiosyncratic Designer, a Serene New Home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ Vasquez, Perry (December 18, 2011). "Leonard Koren Interview: Making WET". agitpropspace.org. AgitProp. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
- ^ "Leonard Koren's Way of Wabi-Sabi". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 13, 2017.