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Joan'son Third opensnew location A Messagefrom GaryGarrels joins in the HammerCourtyard the HammerMuseum Joan's on Third at the Hammer is the first West Los the Director Angeles venue for celebrated chef Joan McNamara,well known for her sophisticated marketplace and cafe. You'vecome to expect the summer season to be an especial It is also with great pleasure that we announce that our The HammerMuseum welcomes Gary Garrels as the Museum's Followingits beginnings as a catering company, Joan's ly exciting time at the Hammer,and I know that the exhibi popular public courtyard will become home to Joan's on new Senior Curator this June. Garrels was previously Chief on Thirdquickly established itself as one of L.A:sfavorite tions and programs planned for the coming months won't Third at the Hammer,a fantastic new restaurant under the Curator of the Department of Drawingsand Curator of the food emporiums, offering signature specialties and gour disappoint you. In addition to hosting a truly diverse range auspices of Joan McNamarathat will be the only Westside Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of met culinary ingredients ranging from sublime salads and of events that includes outdoor film screenings and music companion to the much-lovedJoan's on Third. Be sure to try ModernArt, NewYork and is recognized for his internation seasonal soups to pasta and signature cupcakes and series, star-studded conversations, readings, and discus her delicious food and desserts beginning July 15. ally acclaimed exhibitions and his strength developing cookies. sions, we're offering free admission to all of the Museum's museum collections at several of the country's most highly The season is filled with many new programs, some of which exhibitions and programs from June through August. This regarded institutions. Beginning July 15, Hammer visitors can enjoy Joan's are the result of exciting collaborations. In conjunction with unprecedented FREESUMMER will make the Hammer'sgreat selections in the Hammer Museum's elegant outdoor the Sundance Institute , we are presenting SundanceSummer Garrels's previous posts include Chief Curator of Painting cultural offerings accessible to all LosAngeles residents and courtyard during regular museum hours. Shorts, a four-evening series of short films organized by and Sculpture at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art visitors, and I encourage you to take full advantage of this Sundance and MoMA,w here the acclaimed program wais ini (1993-2000), Senior Curator at Walker Art Center, opportunity. tially shown. Hammer Blues follows in the footsteps of our Minneapolis (1991-1993), and Director of Programs at Dia We have some very exciting announcements to make this earlier, popular Hammer Jazz series, and we continue the Art Foundation, NewYork (1987-1991). He is familiar with summer, which you'll read about in more detail on the fol tradition of presenting cutting-edge summer concerts with a international artists working in all media and has champi lowing pages. I am so pleased to welcome curator Gary series of emerging bands from San Franciscoand LosAngele s oned many Los Angeles-based artists. While at The Museum Garrels, who joins the HammerMuseum this June. Formerly in Also I Like to Rock. of ModernArt, he acquired works on paper by Ingrid Calame, Chief Curator of the Department of Drawingsand Curator of Paul McCarthy,Lee Mullican, Robert Overby, Laura Owens, I hope that the many excellent exhibitions and programswill the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museumof Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Nancy Rubins, and Jim tempt you to make the HammerMuseum a regular destina ModernArt, New York (MoMA),Gary brings further breadth Shaw, among many others. tion this summer. and experience to our already stellar curatorial team. He is In his new capacity, Garrels will be involved in organizing highly respected internationally by artists, collectors, and exhibitions as well as shaping the Museum'snew collections colleagues, and his knowledgeand Long-standingsupport of Ann Philbin policy. In these areas, he will work closely with Russell the Los Angeles art communityis well known. Director Ferguson, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Exhibitions, and with Cynthia Burlingham,Deputy Directorof Collections and Director of the GrunwaldCenter for the GraphicArts.

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The ongoing series of Hammer Projects reflects the Museum'songoing commitment to contemporary art by providing local and international emerging artists the opportunity to create new work or to present exist ing work in a new context.

Adam Cvijanovic February6 - August 7, 2005 AdamCvijanovic's large-scale landscape painting, Glacier,2005, spans the HammerLobby Wall, evoking tne Hudson RiverSchool and 19th-century cycloramas.His room-sized installations-made of smaller Tyvekpanels mounted side-by-side-portray beautiful yet charged natural scenes that challenge the seeminglysacred divisions between the mass-producedand the unique, the decorative and the profound.

Paul Chan June 4 - September4, 2005 Paul Chan's 17-minute digital animation, My Birds... Trash. . . TheFuture, The BiographicalLandscape: 2004, spans references to Samuel Beckett's Waitingfor Godot, the Bible, Franciscode Goya, and WilliamBlake. Projected on both sides of a long, The Photographyof StephenShore, 1968-1993 narrow screen, rendered in eye-popping acid colors, and peopled with a panoply of characters including the late rapper Biggie Smalls and the June 25 - October 16, 2005 filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, the piece is an ambiguous tale of politi cal horror and modern alienation. The Biographical Landscape:The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1968-1993 presents approx Public Program imately 120 rarely-exhibited color prints and photographic projects of one of the most influ Phoebe Washburn ential American photographers. The exhibition comprises works from Stephen Shore's key Discussion September7, 2005 - February12, 2006 series, American Surfacesand UncommonPlaces, as well as his later landscape photographs. Stephen Shore and Phoebe Washburn'smonumental installations are composed of thousands At the heart of the exhibition is Uncommon Places, Shore's quintessential series on the Michael Fried of pieces of found, scavenged, and purchased pieces of cardboard or ply Americanvernacular landscape photographed between 1973 and 1978 on road trips across Thursday, October 6, 7pm wood cut into varying lengths and widths. Washburn'ssite-specific work the U.S. and Canada. The exhibition will also include examples of his early conceptual series Artist James Wellingmoder addresses ideas of environmental sustainability and notions of recycling, and some of his most recent iPhoto books. The Biographical Landscapehighlight s Shore's ates this discussion on trash, and landscape. Materials for each piece are collected over time important contribution to photography in the late 20th century by revealing the evolution photography between and built up in a slow, seemingly organic process to resemble topologi of his influential early work and presenting the breadth of this groundbreaking use of large Stephen Shore and profes cal maps, urban landscapes, or fine layers of shells. format color photography. sor and critic MichaelFried. Above,top to bottom: AdamCvijanovic, Glader, 2005. The Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1968-1993 is curated by HammerProjects are organized by James Elaine and are made possible with support from the HoraceW. Goldsmith Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, the Los Angeles CountyArts Installation at the HammerMuseum. Latex and flashe on Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen.The HammerMuseum is its first U.S. venue following showings at Above,clockwise from top left:: Commission,and membersof the HammerCircle . Tyvek.Courtesy the artist and Bellwether,New York (photo: Akademieder Bildenden Kunste, Vienna, Austria, and Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. Stephen Shore, Room316, Howard Joshua White). Paul Chan, My Birds... Trash•.. The Future, 2004. Johnson's,Battle Creek,Michigan, AdamCvijanovic's residency is made possible by a grant from the NimoyFoundation. Twochannel digital projection installation, front and back July 6, 1973, 1973; Presidio, Texas, views. Courtesythe artist and Greene Naftali Gallery, New Aperture Foundation, a not-for-profit organization devoted to photography and the visual arts, has organized this February21, 1975, 1975; WestNinth York.Phoebe Washburn, HeavyHas Debt, 2004. Mixedmedia. traveling exhibition and producedthe accompanyingpublication. Avenue,Amarillo, Texas,October 2, Installation at FaulconerGallery, Grinnell College (photo: 1974, 1974. All works (-prints, DanielStrong). courtesy of Aperture.

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The King Brothers Organized by KKJZ88.1 and Thursday, August 4, 7pm hosted by KKJZ'sSean Heitkemper, Sam and Lee King formally became The King Brothers in 1989 and began playing the HammerMuseum presents °live blues influenced by rock, funk, and gospel. Their 1997 debut album Turnin' Upthe performances by noteworthy blues Heat is recognized for its original lyrics and taut instrumental arrangements. The bands in the Museum'scourtyard. duo won Most Outstanding Blues Artist at the 1999 California Music Awards. Bands take the stage at 8pm; doors and cash bar open at 7pm. Bobby Warren Thursday, August 11, 7pm R&B blues guitari st Bobby Warren recorded his first song at age 12 with Mississippi's Zion Trumpeteers. In 1970, Warren moved to Los Angeles, landed his first gig at the Hideaway Inn, and became known for his soul-filled vocals and smooth electric guitar riffs.

Cafe R&B Thursday, August 18, 7pm Combining powerful vocals reminiscent of Etta James, staccato guitar licks, and hard-edge rhythm and blues, Cafe R&B is Roach (vocals), Byl Carruthers (guitar), John Thomas (keyboards), Bobby Pickett (bass), and Steve Klang (drums). Playing melancholy music, Cafe R&B has been entertaining with stunning live performanc ence. es for almost 10 years and has released two albums, Black and White and Blues and Space Mtn's beautiful Lyricssung l>y All the Rest. bassist DinaWaxman are accompa nied by guitarist ChrisJacks and drummerAndrew Platts. The songs fromtheir debut albumA Drawingof 1 rr~ transvestite strip cluli, Club a Memoryof a Photographof Youare w 1 mmerSara Cassettidrives Unicomiomixes obscure Mexica - honest and touchinglyvulnerable. the rhythmsection. Americansights-provided by J LosAngeles band Vagenius boasts AdamGoldman (guitar, vocals), Kris Luna-Avin-and sounds. impressivelycomplex arrangements Canning(bass, vocals), Vanessa MyBarbarian-who have been Left to right: The King Brothers; Bobby Warren; Cafe R&B. of raw,bluesy synth-rock. Combining Kaufman(drums), Donna Coppola captivatingaudiences with hyprotic Opposite: Vagenius (photo: Robert Commagere) the lyricsof keytarfrontwoman (keyboard,tambourine), and Aurisha interpretivedance routines-ar. Juliette Commagerewith the bouncy· Smolarski(violin, electric piano) MalikGaines, Jade Gordon,Seo synth rhythmsand catchy hooksof composethe self-described"romanti Martin,Andy Ouchi, and AlexSegade. Jared Smith (guitar, bass, synth) and core" sound of BedroomWalls, Followinga month-longresident at Joachim Cooder(drums), the band is whichcan be heard on their latest Toronto'sPower Plant, the band pre- a throwbackto 80s electropop. EPA Spedes of Idleness.

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HAMMER conversations HAMMERforum In-kind support provided by W Hotel Los Angeles-Westwood. This ongoing series of thought-provoking events addresses MirandaJuly & GeorgeSaunders current social and political issues through lectures, sym Thursday,July 7, 7pm posia, screenings, and other presentations.

Artist Miranda July's work crosses many media and disci plines, including fiction and radio performances. Her work has been featured at such venues as The Museumof Modern Dwell and the HammerMuseum present Art, NewYork; the Guggenheim Museum,New York ; and the PrefabNow 2002 and 2004 WhitneyBiennials. July's first feature-length • ~: October28, 29, 30, 2005 film, Me and You and Everyone We Know, won the Special Registration required Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. George Saunders is the author of the children's book, The Very A three-day weekend of events focusing on the latest devel opments in prefab architecture. Produced in collaboration Persistent Gappersof Frip, and two short story collections, 4t"..' ~· Pastoralia and CivilWarLandin Bad Decline. His work has with Dwellmagazine, the event features an opening night received many prizes, including four National Magazine Womenand Islam reception, a symposium,and tours of noted LosAngeles pre Awards. His novella-length fable The Brief and Frightening Lecture and Discussionwith MonaEltahawy fab destinations. Reign of Phil and The Red Bow are to be published in fall Wednesday, July 13, 7pm PrefabNow is held concurrentlywit h the installation of Jean 2005 and fall 2006, respectively. He teaches in the creative Returningfrom a recent trip to the MiddleEast, the Egyptian Prouve's TropicalHouse in the HammerMuseum's courtyard as commentator and NewYork-based journalist Mona Eltahawy well as the exhibition Jean Prouve:Three Nomadic Structures, discusses the state of politics, Islamic feminism, and being on view at The Museumof ContemporaryArt's Pacific Design Muslimin the U.S. post 9/ 11. Center from August 14 through November27, 2005. Before movingto the United States in 2000, Eltahawywas a To register, or for more information, see www.dwellmag.com. news reporter in the MiddleEast for 10 years. A correspon dent for Reuters News Agency in Cairo and Jerusalem, Jean Prouve:A TropicalHouse Eltahawycovered the Muslimmilitant campaign against the October- November,2005 Egyptian government, Libyan Politics, Israeli-Palestinian The Tropical House was designed and fabricated by Jean peace talks, and the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Prouve as a prototype of inexpensive, readily assembled state of Israel. She was a reporter on the region for The housing that could be easily transported to France'sAfrican Guardian newspaper and wrote for U.S. News and World colonies. Flown disassembled in a cargo plane, the house Report. Eltahawy currently writes a weekly column for was erected in Brazzaville,Congo, in 1951. In 1999, collec Arabic-language daily newspaper Asharq al-Awsat and is a tor Robert M. Rubin had the Tropical House disassembled regular contributor to op-ed pages of publications such as and shipped back to Francefor restoration. The WashingtonPost , The International HeraldTribune , and Installation of the house in the HammerMuseum's courtyard The ChristianScience Monitor . She is a frequent guest on te l begins October 4, 2005, and deinstallation begins November evision and radio programs, including ABCNightline, BBC 27, 2005. The installation and deinstallation periods will Newsnight,Fox News, and NPR, and is on the board of direc last for approximatelytwo weeks and are integral aspects of tors of the ProgressiveMus lim Union of North America. the display.

(Photo: Alex Kaplan Photography) Jean Prouve:A TropicalHouse was originally presented at the YaleSchool of Architecture. The presentation at the HammerMuseum is made possible in part by Sotheby's.

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FrankLloyd Wright and the LyleAshton Harris and Anna DeveareSmith Lisa Yuskavageand Lisa Cholodenko Architectureof JapanesePrints UCLARegents' Lecture UCLADept. of Art Lectures October 22, 2005 - January 22, 2006 This exhibition explores architect Frank LloydWright's great passion for Japanese woodblock prints, which he collected and sold throughout his career. While highlighting works by some of the most celebrated Japanese print artists from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the exhibition also offers insight into this source of inspiration for Wrightarchi tecture. Drawn primarily from the Grunwald Center's Frank Lloyd Wright Japanese Print Collection, the exhibition will also include rare loans from the Norton Simon Museum,the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Getty Research Institute.

MASTERSof AmericanComics Robert Storr Matthew Barney Glenn Ligon November20 , 2005 - March 12, 2006 HammerLectures HammerReadings Co-organized by the Hammer Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art, MASTERSof American Comics comprises in-depth presentations of work by 15 artists who shaped the development of the American comic strip and comic book. On view simultaneously at both museums, the exhibition features over 500 drawings, proofs, Sunday newspaper pages, and comic books by Winsor McCay, Lyonel Feininger, George Herriman,E.C. S egar, FrankKing , Chester Gould,Milton Caniff, Charles Schulz, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Gary Panter, and Chris Ware.

This exhibition is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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