Edge was getting ready to do something he’s been very good at over the years -- being part of a pioneering enterprise. Doug Edge’s FIRST SHOW, in 1970, was also Cirrus Gallery’s second-ever show in its history. Edge would go on to show three more times in five years with Cirrus Gallery -- a series of exhibitions that form one of the most insightful and compelling narrative arcs in Edge’s personal art history, and in the rise of Los Angeles’ broader art history to international acclaim. It was a transitional, open-ended time in LA art, with more new materials, theories, and perspectives than most could get their arms around -- but what Edge covered at those four Cirrus shows came as close as anyone.
