Monday, August 31, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Larry Sultan @ LACMA
Larry Sultan: Here and Home
November 9, 2014–July 19, 2015
Larry
Sultan: Here and Home is the first retrospective of California
photographer Larry Sultan (1946–2009). The exhibition includes more than 200
photographs ranging from Sultan's conceptual and collaborative works of the
1970s to his solo works in the decades following. Sultan never stopped
challenging the conventions of photographic documentation, exploring themes of
family, home, and façade throughout his career. Five major bodies of
work are represented including: Evidence (1977), made collaboratively
with Mike Mandel; Swimmers (1978–81); Pictures from
Home (1982–92); The Valley (1998–2003);
and Homeland (2006–2009). The show is augmented by a "study
hall," with documentation and ephemera providing a glimpse of Sultan’s
modes of inquiry as an artist and a teacher.
This exhibition is included in General Admission.
Larry Sultan: Here and Home
November 9, 2014–July 19, 2015
November 9, 2014–July 19, 2015
Larry
Sultan: Here and Home is the first retrospective of California
photographer Larry Sultan (1946–2009). The exhibition includes more than 200
photographs ranging from Sultan's conceptual and collaborative works of the
1970s to his solo works in the decades following. Sultan never stopped
challenging the conventions of photographic documentation, exploring themes of
family, home, and façade throughout his career. Five major bodies of
work are represented including: Evidence (1977), made collaboratively
with Mike Mandel; Swimmers (1978–81); Pictures from
Home (1982–92); The Valley (1998–2003);
and Homeland (2006–2009). The show is augmented by a "study
hall," with documentation and ephemera providing a glimpse of Sultan’s
modes of inquiry as an artist and a teacher.
This exhibition is included in General Admission.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Gravity and Grace
Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui highlights the artist’s most recent work and features 11 monumental metal wall and floor sculptures widely considered to represent the apex of El Anatsui’s career. In addition, a series of drawings illuminates the artist’s process, while wooden wall reliefs reference his extensive work in wood and display fascinating compositional relationships to the large metal pieces.
El Anatsui’s work has won worldwide acclaim for its power and splendor. He is widely celebrated for transforming discarded objects into shimmering, pliable artworks of monumental beauty. Drawing on artistic and aesthetic traditions from his birth country of Ghana, his home in Nigeria, and various Western art forms including modernist and post-modern modes of expression, Anatsui culls from his environment, both natural and manmade, as a source of material and motivation.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Divine Desire
Printmaking, Mythology, and the Birth of the Baroque
Now through June 30, 2015. Organized by The San Diego Museum of Art, Divine Desire: Printmaking, Mythology, and the Birth of the Baroque showcases engravings produced in the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in northern Europe and Italy. These sophisticated works of art, produced by the leading artists of the period, are assembled primarily from The San Diego Museum of Art's Permanent Collection, together with several important loans from significant Southern California collections. Themes revolve around the romantic entanglements of the gods of Classical Antiquity and how such imagery relates to a Reformation/Counter-Reformation Europe. While these prints were produced using visually stunning and sophisticated techniques in order to delight the senses of their audience, their subject matter served a moralizing and instructive purpose. As in Greek and Roman times, the gods served as foils for contemporary mortals, complete with the imperfections inherent to human nature. By turns comic, erotic, satirical, and moralizing, the imagery reflects the norms and ideals of a society undergoing agonizing transition. Featured artists include Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1616), Jacob Matham (1571 – 1631), and Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528). The spectacular artistic achievements explored in Divine Desire signal a crucial moment in the artistic developments of the Baroque Age in Europe.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Highlight: Films on Demand
Monday, February 2, 2015
African American History Month Video Resources
In the Slide Library:
Jean-MichelBasquiat: The Radiant Child (Painting)
TheArt of Romare Bearden (Collage/Painting)
MayaLin: A Strong Clear Vision (Public Sculpture)This film does not show work by an African-American artist, however it has a great segment that covers Maya Lin’s Civil Rights Memorial, and gives a good overview of the Civil Rights Movement.
School’s Out: Self-taught Artists
Grandma Moses, Bill Traylor William Hawkins, Features Bill Traylor and William Hawkins, two
important African-American painters
Layla Ali (Drawing/Painting) Season 3, Power
Mark Bradford (Painting/Collage/Video) Season 4, Paradox
Kara Walker (Installation) Season 2, Stories
Michael Ray Charles (Painting) Season1, Consumption
Abigail DeVille (Video/Sculpture) NewYork Close Up
Leonard Drew (Sculpture) Season 7 Preview
Latoya Frazier (Photography/Video) New York Close Up
Trenton Doyle Hancock (Painting/Drawing/Installation) Season 2, Stories
Greg Lignon (Painting) Season 6, History
Kalup Linzy (Video) NewYork Close Up
Kerry James Marshall (Painter) Season 1, Identity
Martin Puryear (Sculpture) Season 2, Time
Jacolby Satterwhite (Performance/Video) New York CloseUp
Carrie Mae Weems (Photography) Season
5, Compassion and SmartHistory
Fred Wilson (Sculpture) Season
3, Structures
Other
Sources:
Various Artists (Quilting) Craft in America, Quilting (Available through Films on Demand on the SWC Library webpage)
Chakaia Booker (Sculpture) Ted Talk
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