“Touch” – Photographs of artists by Jim McHugh at ESMoA
Artist David Hockney with Chloe McHugh and Jim McHugh, and Hockney’s 2005 portrait of them. All Photos in this story are by Jim McHugh, unless noted. The Big Picture ESMoA features the artist portraits of photographer Jim McHugh It’s a big job, massive in fact and never ending, but someone’s got to do it. Someone’s got to photograph the visual artists who have made Los Angeles a tier one contender for Art Capital of the World, and right now it seems the person with the mop and broom is Jim McHugh. Curated by KCRW’s Edward Goldman, McHugh’s work, as well as several pieces by some of the artists he’s photographed, is on view through January at ESMoA in El Segundo. Los Angeles is McHugh’s stomping ground and milieu. His tunesmith grandfather Jimmy McHugh co-wrote “I’m In the Mood For Love” and “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” among many John Baldessari others, including “South American Way” made famous by Carmen Miranda. His father was a theatrical agent, representing, for example, most of the cast of “The Beverly Hillbillies.” His mother, who came to L.A. from Minnesota in the 1940s, was a Hollywood-based actress, and her claim to fame, as such, was as the native princess…
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