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Through Jan. 2, 2017 | Huntington Art Gallery time in this exhibition. OCTOBER • 2016 W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research Chinese Woodblock Prints” is accompanied | The founding curator of The Huntington’s Chinese Garden, Margaret Irwin “Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Bilingual Photography and the Architecture by a fully illustrated catalog, available for Chief of Staff of Greene & Greene” June Li, is co-curator of the exhibition and co-author of the catalog, $49.95 in the Huntington Store or online Mitchell Morris Through Oct. 3 | Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing along with Chinese woodblock print specialist Suzanne Wright, at thehuntingtonstore.org. associate professor of art history at the University of Tennessee. Chief Information Officer “Blast! Modernist Painting in Britain, 1900–1940” Coreen A. Rodgers Through Nov. 14 | Huntington Art Gallery “In the realm of Chinese art, pictorial woodblock prints Support for the exhibition was provided by Anne and Jim Rothenberg Vice President are not as familiar as paintings, calligraphy, or ceramics,” said Li. the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter for Financial Affairs “Lari Pittman: Mood Books” “The subject of woodblock prints usually brings to mind Buddhist Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, Opens Sept. 3 | Scott Galleries Kevin Salatino icons, Daoist deities, or folk images, rather than refined and and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Hannah and Russel Kully Director “Real American Places: Edward Weston and Leaves of Grass” artistic works. But, over the past few years, scholars studying the Foundation. Additional funding was of the Art Collections Opens Oct. 22 | Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing historical and artistic aspects of these prints have re-introduced a provided by Richard A. Simms, The CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER Randy Shulman “Geographies of Wonder: Evolution of the National Parks Idea, 1933–2016” trove of beautiful works that are highly accomplished.” Constance Hotel, and The Ahmanson 1 Vice President for Advancement Opens Oct. 22 | Library West Hall One such work is an impressive hand scroll, nine and a Foundation Exhibition and Education Susan Turner-Lowe half feet in length, that was commissioned by the Song emperor “flORIlegium: Folded Transformations from the Natural World by Robert J. Lang” Endowment. Vice President for Communications Opens Oct. 22 | Brody Botanical Center (weekends only) Taizong in the 10th century. The earliest piece in the exhibition, and Marketing it shows the lofty achievements of woodblock printers by that David S. Zeidberg “Orbit Pavilion” Avery Director of the Library Opens Oct. 29 | Celebration Lawn Fielding Wing Opens Van Gogh & Friends Expansion of the Scott Galleries adds eight Fifteen masterpieces from the Hammer new rooms for the display of American art Museum pay a visit to The Huntington
beautiful new addition to the Scott enry Huntington and Armand Hammer never Galleries makes its debut on Oct. 22 met each other, but the two businessmen had with the opening of the Jonathan and at least one thing in common: they both AKarin Fielding Wing. Named after the Hestablished great art collections that form the lead donors for the $10.3 million building core of major museums in Los Angeles. In an project, the Fielding Wing was designed by exciting “meet-up” of sorts, 15 important works Frederick Fisher and Partners and includes from the Hammer Museum have taken up eight new rooms for the display of art. A temporary residence at The Huntington, offering Left: Vincent van Gogh, Hospital at Saint-Rémy, 1889, oil on canvas. stately glass entrance on the south side of the visitors the unprecedented opportunity to enjoy Right: John Singer Sargent, Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881, oil on canvas. building mirrors the one on the north side, Both works are on loan from the Hammer Museum. masterpieces from both collections in one place. drawing visitors in from the main pathways “Van Gogh & Friends: Masterpieces of Impressionism Resting (ca. 1887), and Paul Gauguin’s Bonjour in the central gardens. This new entrance, and Post-Impressionism from the Hammer Museum” Monsieur Gauguin (1889). Gustave Moreau’s along with a reconfiguration of some of the is on view on the second floor of the Huntington Art theatrical Salome Dancing before Herod (1876), a rooms of the existing building, improves Gallery through Jan. 2, 2017. seminal work of French Symbolist painting, joins visitor flow and makes entering the galleries The exhibition contains three haunting its compatriots. more inviting and intuitive. works by Vincent van Gogh, including his great In addition to these masterworks of French An inaugural exhibition will Hospital at Saint-Rémy (1889) and The Sower painting, American-British artist John Singer showcase more than 200 works from the (ca.1888), as well as Claude Monet’s View of Sargent’s striking portrait of Dr. Pozzi at Home Fieldings’ collection of 18th- and early 19th- Bordighera (1884), Alfred Sisley’s Timber Yard at (1881)—painted in Paris—is installed in the century American art works, including Saint-Mammès (1880), and Camille Pissarro’s ground-floor Thornton Portrait Gallery, where paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, Boulevard Montmartre, Mardi Gras (1897). Also Thomas Gainsborough’s Blue Boy hangs. Sargent’s metal, needlework, and other related decorative arts. Still Life with a Basket of Fruit, Flowers and Cornucopia, included are such startling images of modern life painting represents the culmination of British grand Some of the objects are promised gifts to The Huntington. attributed to Joseph Proctor, 19th century. Jonathan and the fin de siècle avant-garde as Henri de manner portraiture as exemplified in the gallery by In its rich diversity, the Fielding Collection offers a rare and Karin Fielding Collection. Photo by Fredrik Nilsen. Toulouse-Lautrec’s Study for “In the Salon on the such 18th-century masters as Gainsborough, Sir opportunity to explore early American history through Rue des Moulins” (1894), Paul Cezanne’s Boy Joshua Reynolds, and George Romney. objects made for daily use and through images of the people who used them. “The collection, display, and contextualization of historical American art is among our chief priorities,” said Laura Skandera Trombley, president of The Huntington. “And the educational and inspirational value of the new OCTOBER • 2016 OCTOBER • 2016 Modernist Works on View | | wing is immeasurable. It will bring to light unforgettable works made with American originality, and is sure to hree recently acquired works of 20th-century British delight and surprise visitors of all ages. We are profoundly art are the centerpiece of a small focus exhibition Artist’s rendering of the new Jonathan and Karin Ttitled “Blast! Modernist Painting in Britain, 1900– grateful to Jonathan and Karin Fielding for their vision Fielding Wing. and generosity.” 1940,” on view through Nov. 14 in the Huntington Art Gallery (second floor, west wing). Mark Gertler’s With this expansion of the Scott Galleries (the third The Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing was portrait of fellow artist Dora Carrington (1912), since 2009), The Huntington is now home to one of the made possible by a lead gift from Jonathan Duncan Grant’s Cubist-inspired Vase of Flowers with largest displays of historical American art in the Western and Karin Fielding and the generosity of the Lemon (1913), and David Bomberg’s powerful United States. following donors: The Ahmanson Foundation, landscape The Slopes of Navao, Picos de Europa (1935) Preview events are scheduled for Members (see Robert N. Essick, The Fletcher Jones Foundation, CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER form the core of the installation. These works are page 4) and the Society of Fellows (details on page 12). Sharon and John Light, Margot and Mitch supplemented by nine significant loans from a private
2 Milias, Lisa and Tim Sloan, and David and collection. A related display of Modernist drawings is 3 Joan Traitel, with additional support from also on view in the Huntington Art Gallery’s Works on Nancy Berman and Alan Bloch, The Philip Paper Room. and Muriel Berman Foundation, Maribeth Photo by Miso Kim. and Hal Borthwick, and The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2016 EVENTS
Japanese Teahouse Tours Botany Bay Series University of Texas at Austin, will explore East Asian Garden Lecture Series For Our Members Public Programs some under-studied aspects of Glen Canyon Sept. 12 & Oct. 10 (Mondays) 11:30 a.m.– Plant Science for Gardeners Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Dam, including the role indigenous people 33rd Succulent Plants Symposium 3:30 p.m. and Citizen Scientists Chinese Woodblock Prints of the Late ALL MEMBERS and regional religious philosophies have Sept. 3 (Saturday) 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Learn the traditions behind the Japanese Sept. 22 & Oct. 27 (Thursdays) Ming and Qing Periods Exhibition Preview played in its history. Free; no reservations Succulent experts from the United States and Garden’s ceremonial teahouse. Informal tours 4:30–5:30 p.m. Oct. 3 (Monday) 7:30 p.m. required. Rothenberg Hall r “Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Mexico will discuss topics including are offered at 20-minute intervals on the Join Jim Folsom, the Telleen/Jorgensen June Li, curator emerita of the Chinese Garden Chinese Woodblock Prints” conservation, cryopreservation, and the Director of the Botanical Gardens, for an at The Huntington, will look at some of the second Monday of every month. No Harvest Moon Celebration Sept. 16 (Friday) noon–4 p.m. evolutionary adaptations of cactus anatomy. reservations required. General admission. exploration of the wonders of the plant world, functions of printed images in China from the Enjoy an afternoon preview of the Pre-registration is required. $85. (Optional including lab time with microscopes and Sept. 27 (Tuesday) 6:30–9:30 p.m. late 16th through the 19th centuries, using international loan exhibition showcasing dinner: $30.) Registration: 626-405-3504. Billington Lecture plant specimens. Attend a single session or Enjoy the sights, sounds, and flavors of a examples from the exhibition “Gardens, Art, and Chinese woodblock prints from the Ming The Strange Career of William Ellis: participate every month. Free; no traditional Chinese celebration. (See details Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints.” Free; and ticket information on page 13.) and Qing dynasties. Music in the Chinese Garden The Texas Slave Who Became a reservations required. Botanical Auditorium, no reservations required. Rothenberg Hall r Wednesdays, 1–3 p.m. Mexican Millionaire Brody Botanical Center The Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture American Art Preview Distinguished Fellow Lecture Enjoy traditional Chinese music every Sept. 14 (Wednesday) 7:30 p.m. Becoming Gay in the 1960s: The New Fielding Wing Wednesday afternoon in the Garden of Film Screening The United States from the Inside Out Karl Jacoby, professor of history at Columbia Reading A Single Man Oct. 15 (Saturday), noon–4:30 p.m. Flowing Fragrance. General admission. Jack London: American Original and Southside North University, uses the story of the remarkable Sept. 29 (Thursday) 7:30 p.m. Members can be among the first to see the (Cancelled in the event of rain.) Sept. 22 (Thursday) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 (Wednesday) 7:30 p.m. Gilded Age border crosser William Ellis to Novelist Edmund White (A Boy’s Own Story) new Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing in the The Huntington will present a screening of Steven Hahn, professor of history at New York discuss the shifting relationship between the discusses the lasting impression that expanded and reinstalled Scott Galleries of the documentary Jack London: American University and the Rogers Distinguished Fellow United States and Mexico in the late 19th Christopher Isherwood’s groundbreaking American Art. Some 200 works from the Original, featuring a treasure trove of rare at The Huntington, considers what the history century. Free; no reservations required. novel A Single Man had on him as a young Fieldings’ esteemed collection are on public archival photographs and film footage. A Q&A of the United States would look like, especially Rothenberg Hall r author assembling his gay identity in the pre- display for the first time. with director Ben Goldstein follows the film. for the 19th century, if we travel east and west Stonewall era. Free; advance reservations Members: $5. Non-Members: $8. Registration: from the middle of the country and north from r required. Reservations: huntington.org/calendar. Rothenberg Hall Mexico and the Caribbean. Free; no reservations AFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS huntington.org/calendar. Rothenberg Hall r required. Rothenberg Hall r AND ABOVE Lecture and Symposium Exhibition Preview and Reception Natural Discourse: Fire! Antiquarian Book Fair “Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Sept. 30 (Friday) 7:30 p.m. – Lecture Oct 7 (Friday) 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Chinese Woodblock Prints” Oct. 1 (Saturday) 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. – The American Printing History Association will Sept. 16 (Friday), 5:30–8 p.m. Symposium host a one-day book fair at The Huntington as Members at the Premier Levels are invited Second Thursday Garden Talk & Sale Over millennia, mankind has learned to use part of its 41st annual conference, “The Black Art to preview this stunning exhibition of Chinese Butterflies and Native Plants fire in sophisticated ways, from metallurgy to and Printers’ Devils: The Magic, Mysticism, and prints and enjoy an evening reception with Sept. 8 (Thursday) 2:30 p.m. glassmaking, from the use of fossil fuels to Wonders of Printing History.” (For conference a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres. The Chinese Attract butterflies to your garden with chaparral ecology. In this daylong symposium details and registration, visit Garden will also be open for strolling. beautiful native plants. Tim Becker, director presented by Natural Discourse, historians, printinghistory.org/2016-conference.) The book fair is free and open to the public. Haaga Hall of horticulture at the Theodore Payne Ranch Open House ecologists, artists, and pyrotechnicians explore Fall Quarterly Event Foundation, will share some of the butterfly’s the cultural and environmental uses of fire. Sept. 24 & Oct. 22 (Saturdays) Second Thursday Garden Talk “Strange Science: An Evening of favorites, including buckwheat (Eriogonum) Friday lecture only: $25. Both days: $140 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Chilean Plants Oddities” and milkweed (Asclepias). A plant sale follows (includes lunch on Saturday). Registration and Self-tour The Huntington's urban agriculture Oct. 13 (Thursday) 2:30 p.m. Oct. 28 (Friday), 6–9:30 p.m. the talk. Free; no reservations required. program details: huntington.org/calendar. site and take home some fresh ideas for Paul Mills, assistant curator of the collections Rarely-seen oddities from the history of Ahmanson Room, Brody Botanical Center Conference Rothenberg Hall r science will be brought out of the vaults in Ben Jonson, 1616–2016 sustainable gardening. General admission. at Lotusland in Santa Barbara, will discuss this spine-tingling evening for Premier Symposium Sept. 16–17 (Friday–Saturday) 8:30 a.m.– (Cancelled in the event of rain.) Ranch Garden Chilean plants that can thrive in Southern Members. Attend talks by authors of eerie The Complete Street: Wrongs and 5 p.m. California’s Mediterranean climate. Among his Southern California Gardener Series yet scholarly books, meet unusual animals, Rights-of-Way To mark the 400th anniversary of the top picks are Alstroemeria, Cantua, enjoy scientifically inspired cocktails in the Sept. 10 (Saturday) 9 a.m.–2 p.m. publication of the landmark folio The Works Backyard Orchards Sisyrinchium, Senecio, and Ranunculus. Free; no Sept. 25 (Sunday) 2 p.m. reservations required. Ahmanson Room, Brody
OCTOBER • 2016 The Los Angeles Region Planning History “Lycanthrope Lounge” (werewolves of Ben Jonson, experts in the field will explore OCTOBER • 2016 | welcome!), dine on tasty food truck fare, Group presents a symposium examining the the English dramatist’s impact in his own Orchard nurseryman Tom Spellman of Dave Botanical Center | Wilson Nursery shares some professional and more. (Age 21 and up.) Complete Streets movement. Speakers will time and his reputation down to the present. Conference discuss how urban planners are exploring $25. Registration: researchconference@ secrets for backyard fruit growing. Some key concepts include controlling tree size for ease Early Modern Literary Geographies SUPPORTING, PATRON, AND ways to recapture the public rights of way for huntington.org or 626-405-3432. Oct. 14–15 (Friday–Saturday) 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. pedestrians, bicycles, and public transit. $50. Rothenberg Hall of maintenance and planting varieties that will ripen in succession for year-round harvesting. Experts in the literature, history, geography, and BENEFACTOR LEVEL MEMBERS ($35 students.) Registration: archaeology of 16th- and 17th-century Britain Exclusive Preview Hour www.larphg.com. Rothenberg Hall Distinguished Fellow Lecture General admission; no reservations required. Ahmanson Room, Brody Botanical Center Talk and Book Signing will examine four key geographic sites—body, The New Fielding Wing Physics and Belles Lettres: The Arts The Good Garden house, neighborhood, and region—to Huntington Ball Oct. 15 (Saturday) 10:30–11:30 a.m. and the Sciences in the Industrial Trent Dames Lecture Oct. 2 (Sunday) 2:30 p.m. illuminate the important spatial structures and Supporting, Patron, and Benefactor Members Sept. 10 (Saturday) 7 p.m.–midnight Revolution Landscape architect Edmund Hollander, concepts that define the early modern Enjoy dinner and dancing under the stars at Glen Canyon: Hidden Histories can enjoy an exclusive preview hour in the Sept. 21 (Wednesday) 7:30 p.m. of an Iconic Dam author of The Good Garden, discusses how the engagement with the world. $25. Registration:
CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER The Huntington’s annual black-tie gala, new Fielding Wing of the American art Jon Mee, professsor of 18th-century studies at Sept. 26 (Monday) 7:30 p.m. design process for a residential landscape is huntington.org/earlymod. Rothenberg Hall CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER galleries before the All-Members’ preview chaired this year by Lynda and Blaine Fetter. the University of York and the R. Stanton Avery informed by the interaction of natural site A gourmet three-course dinner will be Glen Canyon Dam and its better-known 4 begins. Continental breakfast. Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington, relative, Hoover Dam, span the same river, ecology, architectural ecology, and human 5 catered by The Kitchen for Exploring Foods. discusses the network of literary and ecology. A book signing follows the talk. Free; For questions regarding upcoming events Proceeds from the Ball support research and but their histories are vastly different. Erika philosophical societies that sprang up in Bsumek, associate professor of history at the no reservations required. Rothenberg Hall or to RSVP, please email educational programming at The Huntington. response to the transformative experience of [email protected] Tickets: $1,000. (Society of Fellows: $500.) the industrial revolution in the north of or call 626-405-2124. For details and sponsorship information, England between 1780 and 1830. Free; no please call 626-405-2264. reservations required. Rothenberg Hall r r The Café will be open until 7:15 p.m. before the start of events showing this symbol. Program attendees can enjoy a select variety of dinner options, desserts, beer, and wine in the dining venue overlooking the gardens, just steps away from Rothenberg Hall. QUESTIONS? 626-405-2100 6 CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER • 2016 huntington.org/calendar. Members: $55.Registration: Ages 10toadult.Members:$45.Non- Heart,” “TheGashlycrumbTinies,”andmore. “The PitandthePendulum,”Tell-Tale throughout themoonlitgrounds,including George. Hauntingworkswillbeenacted presented bytheactorsofGuildSt. Edward Goreyinaneveningofchillingdrama Thrill tothetalesofEdgarAllanPoeand General admission.BrodyBotanicalCenter orchid plantsandrelatedmerchandiseforsale. culture, andvendorswillhaveawiderangeof will givedailytalksaboutorchidcareand International OrchidShowandSale.Experts compete forhonorsatTheHuntington’s genera—as hundredsofexoticblooms vast familyofmorethan22,000speciesin880 Celebrate theamazingdiversityoforchids—a reservations required.RothenbergHall mind-blowing complexity.Free;no enabling artiststocreateorigamidesignsof describes howgeometricconceptsare foremost origamiartistsintheworld, paper folding.RobertLang,oneofthe origami, thecenturies-oldJapaneseartof application ofmathematicaltechniquesto Recent decadeshaveseenarevolutioninthe Oct. 22(Saturday)6:30–10p.m. Saturday–Sunday: 10:30a.m.–4:30p.m. Friday: noon–4:30p.m. Oct. 21–23 Macabre withPoeandGorey Drama AfterDark:ANightofthe International OrchidShowandSale of Origami Telescopes: TheArtandScience From FlappingBirdstoSpace Oct. 23(Sunday)2p.m. r reservations required.RothenbergHall in theMingandQingdynasties.Free;no together toproduceprintsofexquisitebeauty painters andwoodblockcarverswhoworked discusses thepartnershipsbetweenChinese history attheUniversityofTennessee, Suzanne Wright,associateprofessorofart huntington.org/calendar. RothenbergHall Non-Members: $15.Tickets: on CaliforniaandtheWest.Members:$10. Clockshop andtheHuntington-USCInstitute This eventispresentedincollaborationwith whose archiveishousedatTheHuntington. writing ofAfro-FuturistOctaviaE.Butler, inspired bytheaward-winningsciencefiction from herXenogenesisSuite,amusicaljourney Black EarthEnsemblewillperformworks Composer andflutistNicoleMitchellthe (See Sept.22) Oct. 25(Tuesday)7:30p.m. Rothenberg Hall book. Free;noreservationsrequired. preview ofresearchfromhisforthcoming Angeles Times University ofSouthCarolinaandtheLos professor ofAmericanhistoryatthe historians. Untilnow.WoodyHolton, left onetopic—thebattlefield—totraditional every facetofAmerica’sfoundingera,they historians revolutionizedthestudyofnearly During thelasthalf-century,associal admission. PlantSaleNursery shrubs, cacti,succulents,andmore.General great selectionofherbs,bulbs,grasses, Grevillea, and Australian plantssuchasCallistemon , Expand youroptionswithwater-wise buckwheat andtoyon,manyothers. Ceanothus, dry-climatefavoritessuchas for beautifulvarietiesofSalvia selection ofthematourannualfallsale.Look natives, andhomegardenerswillfindawide Fall isprimetimeforplantingCalifornia Chinese WoodblockPrintedImages Painters, Carvers,andStylein Fall PlantSale Tribute toOctaviaE.Butler Xenogenesis Suite: Citizen Scientists Plant ScienceforGardenersand American Revolution The NewBattlefieldHistoryofthe Oct. 27(Thursday)7:30–9p.m. Oct. 27(Thursday)4:30–5:30p.m. Botany BaySeries East AsianGardenLectureSeries Oct. 24(Monday)7:30p.m. Distinguished FellowLecture Saturday–Sunday: 10:30a.m.–4:30p.m. Friday: noonto4:30p.m. Oct. 28–30 Westringia. Anddon’tmissthe Distinguished Fellow,offersa r A Musical S T N E V E 6 1 0 2 . 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Henry V,alongwiththeBard’sSonnets. read AMidsummerNight’sDream, produce butoftenlessaccurate.Studentswill small quartoeditions,whichwerecheaperto on theplaysandpoemsfirstpublishedin Huntington Useries.Classdiscussionsfocus in thissix-weekseminar,partofthe California, Riverside,considersthatquestion professor ofEnglishattheUniversity scholar HeidiBraymanHackel,associate without the“FirstFolio?”Shakespearean What wouldweknowofShakespeare’swork Sept. 28(Wednesday)10a.m.–noon Sept. 24(Saturday)9a.m.–noon Bonsai Academy The Huntingtons Taste ofArt:AtHomewith The TurnerHouse Shakespeare inLove Shakespeare inQuarto, The ArtandCraftofJapaneseFood 9:30–11:30 a.m. Oct. 5–Nov.9(Wednesdays) Book Discussion QUESTIONS? 626-405-2100 QUESTIONS? soup, seaweed-wrapped ) d e u n i t n o C ( Othello, and huntington.org/calendar Non-Members: $105.Registration: chef andsommelierBradOwen.Members:$90. 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7 CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER • 2016 NASA’s Orbit Pavilion Touches Down Anne Rothenberg Elected Trustee Chair The exhibition launches a new series of creative collaborations nne Rothenberg, longtime Huntington supporter and a trustee since 2005, was atellites that study the Earth are passing through elected chair of the board, effective July 1. She is the first woman to lead the five- space continuously, collecting data on everything member governing board responsible for The Huntington’s financial sustainability from hurricanes to the effects of drought. What if Syou could make contact with these orbiting Aand overarching direction. Rothenberg succeeds Stewart R. Smith, who has served as spacecraft, and bring them “down to Earth,” so to trustee chair since 2006; he will remain on the board along with fellow trustees Andrew F. speak? Visitors can do exactly that when NASA’s Orbit Barth, Loren Rothschild, and Geneva Thornton. A 68-member Board of Overseers Pavilion sound experience touches down at The supports the trustees in an advisory capacity. Huntington this fall. The outdoor installation will be The Rothenberg name is a familiar one at The Huntington, as the family has played an on view beginning Oct. 29 and will continue through essential role in leading philanthropic campaigns on the institution’s behalf. Anne and her Feb. 27, 2017. late husband, Jim, have supported a wide range of programmatic activities, including Orbit Pavilion is the brainchild of Dan Goods building projects, exhibitions, and art acquisitions. and David Delgado, visual strategists at NASA’s Jet Interior view of Orbit Pavilion at the 2015 World Science Festival at New York University. Photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech Propulsion Laboratory, who conceived an innovative Photo by Martha Benedict. “As the first woman president of The Huntington, I am absolutely thrilled that Anne “soundscape” representing the movement of the organizations over five years, bringing in a range of has been named to this important role,” said Laura Skandera Trombley, Huntington International Space Station and 19 Earth satellites. contemporary artists who will respond to themes president. “Anne has been deeply involved at The Huntington for years, active on a number of committees— Inside a large, shell-shaped sculpture, distinctive drawn from some aspect of the collections, such as including Art, Buildings and Grounds, and Advancement. I love her innate curiosity and strong support of all that sounds are emitted as each satellite passes overhead. the Library’s important holdings in aerospace history. we do, and I look forward to working with her in this new capacity.” Visitors walking into the structure hear a new kind of The Five initiative and the presentation of symphony as various sounds—a human voice, the Orbit Pavilion at The Huntington are made possible crashing of a wave, a tree branch moving, a frog by a generous gift from The Cheng Family croaking—interpret each of the satellites’ missions. Foundation. Additional funding for Orbit Pavilion The exhibition inaugurates a new initiative at was provided by Kim and Ginger Caldwell and the Bry The Huntington focused on creative collaborations and Judi Danner President’s Discretionary Fund. with other organizations. The new project, called “Five,” pairs The Huntington with five different Read more at huntington.org/orbit. Library Director David Zeidberg to Retire
avid S. Zeidberg, Avery Director of the Library, Morris materials; has announced his retirement effective June 30, important photograph D2017, after 20 years of transformative achievements collections, including that have included extraordinary collections growth the Southern California and the construction of the Munger Research Center. Edison photo archive, Under Zeidberg’s direction, The Huntington the Ernest Marquez has expanded its literary holdings by acquiring the collection on Southern OCTOBER • 2016 OCTOBER • 2016
papers of authors Christopher Isherwood, Hilary California, Maynard Parker’s archives, and Ansel | | An Evolving Vision for our National Parks Mantel, and Charles Bukowski. In 2006, the family Adams photographs; a plethora of Los Angeles Times- he story was just too big for a single show. This various private collections, “Geographies of Wonder: of the late industrialist Bern Dibner gave The related collections, including the archives of cartoonist Huntington his remarkable 67,000-item collection Paul Conrad and columnists Jack Smith and Al Martinez; fall, the Huntington presents the second of two Evolution of the National Park Idea, 1933–2016” will on the history of science, technology, and medicine, extensive archives in the history of the aerospace Tconsecutive exhibitions that focus on the critical highlight the expansion of the parks under President along with an endowment for new staff members to industry in Southern California; and the Longo role that national parks have played in American Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program and the oversee it. Silicon Valley pioneer Jay Last donated Collection on the history of human reproduction. history. Both shows celebrate this year’s centennial conflicting visions for these parks that took shape his extraordinary collection of color lithography and Following retirement, Zeidberg plans to of the National Park Service. The first exhibition, over the past 80 years. And it will illuminate the great provided endowed support to catalog and care for continue at The Huntington as a researcher, writing which looked at the origins of the parks, ends on paradox established by the National Park Service’s the material. in two areas: on the development of the Library CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER Sept. 5. The second show brings the national parks’ founding legislation: how to make the lands under its Other important collections acquired under collections during his tenure, and on his particular story up to the present day in a completely new management available for public enjoyment while Zeidberg’s leadership include the Francis Bacon area of academic interest, the history of early printing. 8 installation that opens Oct. 22 and continues through ensuring the preservation of those lands for the use of Library; L.A. County court records from 1850 to 1910; The search for a new Library director is 9 Feb. 13, 2017, in the West Hall of the Library. future generations. the Sanford and Helen Berger collection of William currently in progress. Through a display of nearly 100 items Read more about “Geographies of Wonder” gathered from the Huntington’s holdings and from at huntington.org. Edward Weston and Walt Whitman, In Conversation Origami by Robert Lang
new exhibition opening this fall considers he Japanese art of origami comes alive in a new exhibition of about 25 a rich dialogue between two iconic figures original works by the internationally renowned master Robert Lang. Titled in American culture: the renowned “flORIlegium: Folded Transformations from the Natural World by Robert J. Aphotographer Edward Weston (1886– TLang,” the display opens Oct. 22 in the Brody Botanical Center and continues 1958) and poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). (weekends only) through Jan. 29, 2017. “Real American Places: Edward Weston and The exhibition takes its name from the Latin word florilegium, which literally Leaves of Grass” opens Oct. 22 in the Chandler translates as “a gathering of flowers.” During the horticultural Age of Discovery in Wing of the Scott Galleries and continues the 17th and 18th centuries, the word referred to lavishly illustrated books of through March 20, 2017. botanical art that depicted the wonders of the natural world. Lang revisits this The 25 photographs included in the tradition through an exploration of the flora and fauna of The Huntington as exhibition illuminate an understudied chapter reimagined through the medium of intricately folded paper. of Weston’s career. In 1941, the Limited Editions Book Club approached Weston to “By manipulating the fundamental element—the uncut sheet—via the Orchid, by Robert J. Lang. 2002. collaborate on a deluxe edition of Whitman’s fundamental action—the fold—we create line and form reminiscent of entities Leaves of Grass. The publisher’s ambitious Woodlawn Plantation House, Louisiana, 1941. Gelatin from the natural world while preserving the integrity of the initial sheet,” said Lang. The apparent plan was to capture “the real American faces and the real silver print. Photograph by Edward Weston. ©1981 simplicity of that statement is belied by the complexity of his creations, which include the spiny likeness of a Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents American places” that defined Whitman’s epic work. cactus made from a single uncut sheet. “My goal in most of my origami works is to bring about a conflict in the viewer’s mind, where the beliefs of impossibility and the knowledge of achievement are simultaneously Weston eagerly accepted the assignment, and—on the eve The Whitman series forms a present in equal measure.” of the United States’ involvement in World War II—he significant part of the 500 photographs that set out with his wife, Charis Wilson, on a cross-country Weston donated to The Huntington in Lang will give a free public lecture on the art and science of origami on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. in trip that yielded a group of images that mark the 1944. In 2003, The Huntington acquired Rothenberg Hall. See page 6 for details. culmination of an extraordinarily creative and prolific Charis Wilson’s typescript diary recounting “flORIlegium” is part of a year-long initiative focusing on the Japanese art of origami, made possible period in his career. While Weston believed the every aspect of the journey, as well as by the generous support of Toshie and Frank Mosher. photographs to be some of his best, the resulting Limited documentation detailing the contentious Editions publication proved a failure on many fronts. As creative wrangling between Weston and the a result, the photographs from the Leaves of Grass project Limited Editions publishers. The Library’s have been relegated to footnote status in Weston’s oeuvre. manuscript and rare book holdings also “This is an important body of work that has been include a number of original Whitman unjustly overlooked and clearly deserves its due,” said items, a selection of which will be on view, n a ceremony held on June 16, James Folsom, the Telleen/Jorgensen Jennifer Watts, curator of photography at The allowing visitors to explore the creative Director of the Botanical Gardens, received an imperial decoration Huntington. Watts is co-curator of the exhibition, along Ifrom the government of Japan for his work promoting Japanese response of one giant of American culture in with James Glisson, the Bradford and Christine Mishler conversation with another. culture in the United States. Harry H. Horinouchi, consul general Assistant Curator of American Art. of Japan in Los Angeles, presented Folsom with the medal—the
OCTOBER • 2016 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette—along with an OCTOBER • 2016 | official proclamation. Folsom's meritorious service, as cited by the | consul general, included coordinating the donation of 1,300 cherry James Folsom trees to public organizations during the Japan–U.S. Cherry Blossom Centennial in 2012 and spearheading the renovation of The Calling All Code-Breakers! Honored Huntington's historic Japanese Garden, which celebrated its own centennial the same year. Showcasing the garden as a vehicle for re you fascinated by history? Now’s your chance to be a part of it. In a move to gain new insights into cultural enrichment, Folsom and his staff continue to provide the U.S. Civil War, The Huntington has launched an innovative crowdsourcing project to transcribe and numerous opportunities for visitors to experience such Japanese Adecipher a collection of nearly 16,000 wartime telegrams between Abraham Lincoln, his Cabinet, and cultural arts as ikebana flower arranging, bonsai, suiseki viewing officers of the Union Army. The Huntington acquired the exceptionally rare collection of telegrams in 2012. stones, and the Japanese tea ceremony—activities that help foster
CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER Roughly one-third of the messages were written in code. a deeper mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and CALENDAR • SEPTEMBER The Decoding the Civil War project invites “citizen archivists” to help transcribe the telegrams and the United States. 10 codebooks on the project’s crowdsourcing website. The site provides public access to digitized images of the 11 manuscripts through the Huntington Digital Library. The project is partially funded by a two-year federal grant James Folsom (left) poses with Consul General Harry H. Horinouchi after being awarded the imperial Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. for his work promoting Japanese culture in the United States. Photo by Learn more about the project and its partners, and take a brief tutorial that explains the process for Andrew Mitchell. transcribing a telegram, at decodingthecivilwar.org. Lari Pittman’s “Mood Books” Harvest Moon Celebration
idely considered one of the most important n China and other parts of Asia, celebrating the painters of his generation, Los Angeles-based mid-autumn moon with family and friends is a Wartist Lari Pittman (b. 1952) is known for his centuries-old tradition. The Huntington will mark exuberant, colorful, and graphically complex works. Ithe occasion on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 6:30 to Huntington visitors can see the artist at his 9:30 p.m., with its own Harvest Moon Celebration hallucinogenic best in the exhibition “Lari Pittman: held in the beautiful setting of the Chinese Garden, Mood Books,” on view starting Sept. 3 in the Lois Liu Fang Yuan ???, the Garden of Flowing Photos by Martha Benedict (top), and Robert F. Erburu Gallery of the Virginia Steele Fragrance. Guests will enjoy the sights, sounds, and flavors of a Michelle Mishina Photography Scott Galleries of American Art, and continuing traditional Chinese festival. Live music will be performed (insets). through Feb. 20, 2017. Lari Pittman, from 12 Verified Occurrences During a Full Moon, lakeside under the moon-lit sky by the Beijing-based Chinese 2015. Acrylic and lacquer spray over gessoed, heavy-weight Six monumental illustrated books, each paper board, 27 × 25 × 4.5 inches. © Lari Pittman, courtesy Music Orchestra. Nearly 30 Chinese and Asian-inspired measuring 27 inches tall and opening to more than of the artist and Regen projects, Los Angeles. restaurants will offer tastings of fine wines, beer, and Asian four feet in width, contain 65 paintings by the artist. cuisine (all included in the ticket price). And The Huntington’s They draw from diverse aesthetic traditions and a The impact of the books is further fall exhibition, “Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese variety of influences, ranging from decorative art and elevated by an installation conceived by award- Woodblock Prints” will be open in the Boone Gallery. design to advertising and folk art. Combined with winning Los Angeles architect Michael Guests who purchase a VIP ticket can enjoy early entry Pittman’s brilliant draftsmanship and acidic color, Maltzan, among whose projects are the award- to the event at 5:30 p.m. Advance tickets are required at all prices. the images advance an astute and acerbic social winning downtown apartment complex One VIP: $148. Members: $88. Non-Members: $98. Tickets: commentary embedded in narratives rich with real Santa Fe and the forthcoming Sixth Street www.huntington.org/harvestmoon. and invented mythologies. Viaduct. Grand, sculptural pedestals hold the Each book has been given a cryptic title, such books open so visitors can enjoy a direct, The Harvest Moon Festival is sponsored by as 9 Apparitions During Times of Anxiety and unimpeded experience. Distress, and 12 Tableaux in which the Avant-Garde A catalog is planned in conjunction with and the Folkloric Kissed. the e xhibition.
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