Leonard Koren
American artist and writer (born 1948)
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Leonard Koren (born January 4, 1948) is an American artist, aesthetics expert, and writer.
- Writer
- artist
Leonard Koren | |
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Koren in San Francisco, 1985 | |
| Born | January 4, 1948 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (MArch) |
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| Genre | Aesthetics |
| Website | leonardkoren |
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]
