Hammer Museum Fall 2011 Non Profit Org
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Hammer Museum Fall 2011 Non Profit Org. US Postage 10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90024 USA Fall 2011 Calendar For additional program information: 310-443-7000 PAID Los Angeles, CA www.hammer.ucla.edu Permit no. 202 100% recycled paper (DETAIL), 1969. ASSEMBLAGE. (DETAIL), 2½ IN. COURTESY OF MICHAEL ROSENFIELD GALLERY, NY. OF MICHAEL ROSENFIELD GALLERY, 2½ IN. COURTESY BLACK GIRL’S WINDOW BLACK GIRL’S x 8 ⁄ 1 18 x BETYE SAAR. 35 ¾ 24 25 2 3 news director HAMMER NEWS the 1 from MEMBERSHIP THANK YOU message COMING UP: STUDIO VISIT a JOIN The Hammer Museum wishes to thank those who have Hammer Patrons this fall and attend the annual Patrons Studio Visit on Saturday, September 10. This year contributed acquisition funds or made gifts of works we will visit the Highland Park studios of Matt Monahan, of art since July 1, 2010. HAMMER STAFF WITH 2011 ARTIST COUNCIL 1 Lara Schnitger, and My Barbarian. Enjoy the afternoon A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR visiting with our hosts and exploring their creative spaces. Matt Aberle Glenn Kaino Amy Adelson and Dean Valentine Margery and Maurice Katz Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 is finally here. performance by Bruno Mars. The Gala sells out every year, The Buddy Taub Foundation Patti and Frank Kolodny More than five years in the making, this citywide initiative so if you are interested in supporting the event, please UPGRADE! Seth Cohen Luisa Lambri Nan and Eugene Corman Kourosh Larizadeh and Luis Pardo spearheaded by the Getty will officially open the first weekend call 310-443-7026—but make haste! Upgrade now or join at the Supporter level ($350) or Cecilia Dan LA><ART in October to great fanfare. The Hammer’s exhibition higher and attend the Hammer’s next private Director’s The Dakis Joannou Susan and Larry Marx Collection Foundation Joy and Jerry Monkarsh Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 (see In this issue of the Calendar you will also find something Reception on Saturday, October 1. Mix, mingle, and party Rosette V. Delug Heidi and Erik Murkoff pages 4–5) explores a group of pioneering African American new—an artist project developed specifically for this with artists and curators at the Now Dig This! opening. James Frey Susan and Leonard Nimoy artists whose work and connections with other artists of publication. Average, a work by artist Kate Pocrass, is You won’t want to miss it! Gemini G.E.L. Edgar Orlaineta Erika Glazer Ann Philbin varied ethnic backgrounds made an undeniable impact on the the latest experiment to come from our Public Engagement For more information on membership or the 2011 Robert Gober Joel Portnoy larger creative community at the time. Accompanying this department. Once again we enter uncharted territory, this time The Greenberg Foundation Brenda R. Potter Patron Studio Tour, please contact Laura Sils, Membership significant and long overdue exhibition are a wide variety exploring this publication as a space for creativity. I think Johan Grimonprez Regen Projects Manager, at 310-443-7023 or lsils@hammer.ucla.edu. Dan Halsted Kristin Rey and Michael Rubel of free public programs including performances, lectures, you will find Kate’s special, limited-edition insert a Anton Henning Sara Meltzer Gallery and panel discussions that will examine the practices of the delightful and unusual peek inside our world at the Hammer. David Hoberman Lisa Schiff David Hockney Kim and David Schrader artists as well as explore the social and political backdrop of JORGE PARDO INSTALLATION James Gallery at CUNY Marc Selwyn the civil rights movement which informed much of this work. Finally, late last spring we were saddened by the loss of Linda and Jerry Janger Betty-Jo Tilley and I encourage you not only to see Now Dig This! but also to visit Roy Aaron. Roy had a deep connection with UCLA, and one This year’s Gala in the Garden installation will feature Luis De Jesus and L. Jay Wingate Richard Kuhlenschmidt Kadima Foundation Kevin West some of the more than 60 other exhibitions at institutions of the many ways he served his beloved university was to sit garlands of brightly-colored, hanging lanterns by L.A.-based, across Southern California that make up Pacific Standard Time. on the Hammer’s Board of Directors, which he did for nine MacArthur Award-winning artist Jorge Pardo. Lamps are It is a rare and unprecedented opportunity for us all to explore years. Roy was one of the first people I met when I moved a favored form of Pardo’s and for the Hammer installation, The museum also thanks the members of the Hammer Board the rich cultural history of this city. here from New York eleven years ago. His warmth, kindness, he has created entirely new designs in powder-coated of Overseers, who have supported the Contemporary Collection superb diplomacy, and calm demeanor were so valued by all steel. These indoor/outdoor works will debut at the Gala on since its inception, as well as CARTA and the Friends of the Our annual Gala in the Garden is also just around the corner, of us who worked with him. Our staff and Board of Directors September 24 and remain on view through early October. Graphic Arts, whose dues support Grunwald Center acquisitions. on September 24. Each year our closest friends and supporters will always be grateful to him for his generosity of spirit and They will be available for sale through Gagosian Gallery gather for a delicious al fresco dinner in our courtyard catered sound leadership. He is missed very much. and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Hammer’s OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP ROW: DOUGLAS FOGLE, JULIA BRYAN-WILSON (GUEST SPEAKER), exhibitions and public programs. For more information, YOSHUA OKÓN, GLENN KAINO, MALIK GAINES, HIRSCH PERLMAN, ALEXIS SMITH, by Suzanne Goin of Lucques and Tavern. This year we are TEDDY CRUZ, ALLEGRA PESENTI, LAURA OWENS, ANNE ELLEGOOD, ALLISON AGSTEN. please call 310-271-9400. SECOND ROW: CLAUDIA BESTOR, JENNIFER BOLANDE, LISA ANNE AUERBACH, SARAH STIFLER, honoring Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Los Ann Philbin, Director MARISA LEMORANDE, ANN PHILBIN. ARTISTS NOT PICTURED BUT WHO ARE IN THE Angeles artist Lari Pittman, and we will feature a special ARTIST COUNCIL: EDGAR ARCENEAUX AND ANDREA BOWERS. BACKGROUND: MEMBERS’ OPENING PARTY FOR PAUL THEK: DIVER, A RETROSPECTIVE. PHOTO: STEFANIE KEENAN. JOHN ALTOON SISTER KAREN BOCCALERO/SELF HELP GRAPHICS 5 4 MARIE JOHNSON CALLOWAY GEORGE CLACK 5 10 11 DAN CONCHOLAR HOUSTON CONWILL 8 1 2 4 9 exhibitions exhibitions ALONZO DAVIS DALE BROCKMAN DAVIS EXHIBITION-RELATED PROGRAMS 7 6 3 1 1 SHEILA LEVRANT DE BRETTEVILLE 13 12 MARK DI SUVERO Sunday, October 2, 1PM Exhibition walkthrough MELVIN EDWARDS NOW DIG THIS! with curator Kellie Jones FRED EVERSLEY 14 Sunday, October 2, 2PM ART & BLACK CHARLES GAINES Hammer Presents See page 12 LOS ANGELES 1960–1980 DAVID HAMMONS Opening Day Performance: Kiss MAREN HASSINGER Wednesday, October 5, 7pm SUZANNE JACKSON 16 October 2, 2011 – January 8, 2012 Hammer Presents See page 12 15 This comprehensive exhibition examines the vital legacy of VIRGINIA JARAMILLO Twenty twenty the city’s African American visual artists, who—through their ULYSSES JENKINS work and their connections with other artists from a variety of Tuesday, November 1, 7pm DANIEL LARUE JOHNSON ethnic backgrounds—made up an important part of the creative Hammer Presents See page 12 community. Including 140 works by 35 artists, many of whom ELIZABETH LEIGH-TAYLOR CONSTANT ELEVATION: are not well known to the public, Now Dig This! expands the art SAMELLA LEWIS THE L.A. BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT historical record, placing the work of these African American THROUGH SPOKEN WORD practitioners within the context of the movements, trends, and RON MIYASHIRO ideas that fueled the arts in Los Angeles during this period. SENGA NENGUDI Sunday, November 13, 3pm Many of these artists also responded to the civil rights and Black Hammer Lectures See page 19 JOHN OUTTERBRIDGE Power movements, and their work reflects the changing sense of High Voltage: The Watts Legacy what constituted African American identity and American culture. JOE OVERSTREET 20 1) ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SAMELLA LEWIS AND GEORGE CLACK EXHIBITION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 7PM Organized by Kellie Jones, associate professor of art history at WILLIAM PAJAUD AT BROCKMAN GALLERY, LA, 1969 2) CHARLES WHITE 3) VIRGINIA JARAMILLO 4) MAREN HASSINGER. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST Sunday, October 2 Columbia University. Hammer Lectures See page 19 5) JUDSON POWELL’S ART CLASS AT WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER Museum Free Day NOAH PURIFOY 6) WILLIAM PAJAUD 7) BETYE SAAR 8) FRED EVERSLEY. PHOTO © JERRY MCMILLAN, COURTESY OF CRAIG KRULL GALLERY, SANTA Taste and Style Just Aren’t Enough Through the generosity Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 has been made possible by JOHN T. RIDDLE JR. MONICA 9) STAN SANDERS, JOHN RIDDLE, AND CLAUDE BOOKER OF of Bank of America, the major grants from the Getty Foundation. THE BLACK ARTS COUNCIL. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANN BOOKER 10) DALE DAVIS 11) DAVID HAMMONS 12) OPERATION TEACUP Hammer is pleased to offer BETYE SAAR (TOWER EASTER WEEK CLEAN-UP), ORGANIZED BY THE STUDENT Generous support has been provided by the Henry Luce Foundation; the National COMMITTEE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN WATTS, AT WATTS TOWERS ART complimentary museum Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, RAYMOND SAUNDERS CENTER AND 107TH STREET, LOS ANGELES, APRIL 1965 13) JOHN RIDDLE 14) MELVIN EDWARDS. COURTESY OF MELVIN EDWARDS AND ALEXANDER admission on Sunday, which funded a Curatorial Research Fellowship; and The Broad Art Foundation.