AT INSTALLATION COVER:THE soatit' ANONYHE: HOOERNISH FOR. AMERICA . THEHAJIMER MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES.- 2006: PHOTOBY JOSHUA WHITE. / I ~ ~ 2 3 HAMMER EXHIBITIONS THE Soc1ETE ANoNYME MODERNISM FOR AMERICA April 23- August 20, 2006 The Societe Anonyme: Modernism for America charts the development of modern art in the early 20th century with over 240 works by more than 100 artists including Con stantin Brancusi, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Roberto Matta, Joan Mir6,Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, Joseph Stella, Vincent van Gogh, and CONCERT SCREENINGS lesser-known artists who made significant contributions to modernism. Tones in Shadow: The Female of the Species: The Viennese Society for PrivateScreen Sirens of the '20s The Societe Anonyme,Inc.-whose name translates as Incorporated , Inc.-was an artists ' Fridays, July 7 - August 11 , 8pm collaborative founded in New York in 1920 by Katherine Dreier,S. Marcel Duchamp, a nd Man Musical Performance (1919-24) A series of films starring some of the finest Ray to promote contemporary art among American audiences.Established nearly a decade Saturday, July 15, 6pm actresses of the Societe Anonymeera, includ­ before the opening of The Museum of ModernArt, New York, theSociete Anonymeorganized Solo and chamber works from Arnold ing Louise Brooks, Josephine Baker, and many exhibitions and educational programs, published catalogues, and amassed an excep­ Schoenberg's Vereinfur musikalischePrivat­ Clara Bow, held on si x consecutive Friday tional collection of European and American art primarily from 1920 through 1940. Auffuhrungen,the Viennesesalon known for its presentations of groundbreaking modern­ evenings. For the full schedule and film notes, ist repertoire. Composers include Schoenberg, see page 9. Alban Berg, Ale xander Scriabin, Claude Debussy, and Karol Szymanowski; organized CLOSING PARTY by Neal Stulberg, Visiting Director of Orches­Hammer Bash! tral Studies at UCLA. Friday, August 18, 7-llpm Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Music. An evening celebration to mark the exhibi­ tion's closing weekend with music, cash bar, and more. ABOVE: FRANCIS PICABIA. MIDI, U923-26 (OETAIL). OIL, FEATHERS, MACARONI, ANOL EATHER ON CANVAS IN ANAKESKI S N FRAMEBY PIERRE LEGRAIN. YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, GIFT OF COLLECTIONSOCI ETEANO NYME.0 2006 ARTISTSI RGHTS SOCIETY (ARS),NE W YORK/ ADAGP, PARIS. 4 5 The ongoing series of HammerProjects reflects the Museum'scommitment to contemporaryart by providinglocal and international emergingartists the oppor­ tunity to create new workor to present existing workin a new context. HammerProjects are made possible with support from The HoraceW. Goldsmith Foundation,the AnnenbergFoundation, Fox Entertainment Group's Arts DevelopmentFee, the Los AngelesCounty Arts Commission,members of the HammerCircle, and the David Teiger Curatorial Travel Fund. Support for WaleadBeshty's HammerProject was also provided by ART2102,Los Angeles. I The Museumpresents Jesper Just's filmsBliss & Heaven,The Moniquevan Genderen'slarge-scale wall paintings, Black lonely Villa,and No Man Is an Island II. The Danishartist Work#5, ... unlike knowing... (part II), and Untitled (wall exploresgender roles and the waysin which cultures gener­ paintingfor the Hammer),installed on the Museum'slobby ate and understandthem. Hisworks subvert traditional male walls, make use of adhesive vinyl with various reflective, characterstypical of mainstreamHollywood films to demon­ translucent, and matte finishes. Van Genderenmixes com­ D strate antithetical versions of masculinity.The characters mercialmaterials with traditional oil and enamel paints to unpredictablysing in chorus, perform, and weep, creating create worksthat interact visuallywith the viewer,with each suggestive,yet enigmaticsituations. other, and with the architecturalspace they fill. WaleadBeshty's work exploresthe history of photography, Elliott Hundleycreates collages from thousands of cut-up the powersand limitationsof the medium,and its ability to magazines,personal photographs, drawings, and a varietyof TOPTO BOTTOM: depict and transformcontemporary culture. His installation commonplaceobjects includingfeathers, strings, and twist JESPERJUST. STILL FROMNO MAN IS AN ISLAND at the Hammerfocuses on the abandoned Iraqi diplomatic ties. With titles that often refer to classical drama and II, 2005. DVD.CO URTESYOF THE ARTIST AND PERRY RUBENSTEINGALLERY, NEW YORK . missionin former East Berlin,which has been neglected for mythology,each work represents a fantastical world full of WALEADBESHTY . INSTALLATIONAT THE HAMMER the past 10 years amidst political shifts and turmoil. crypticimagery and meaning.In the HammerMuseum's Vault MUSEUM,2006 . COURTESYOF THE ARTIST, WALLSPACEGALLERY, NEW YORK, AND CHINA ART Photographs,a sculpture, and a waiting room area serve as Gallery, Hundley exhibits large-scale constructions made OBJECTSGA LLERIES,LOS ANGELES; P HOTOBY a portal to the missionin Berlin. from delicate papers and ephemeraaffixed to woodensculp­ JOSHUA WHITE. MONIQUEVAN GENDEREN. UNTITLED(WALL tural forms. PAINTINGFOR THE HAMMER), 2006. VINYLON Screenings WALL,CO URTESYOF THE ARTISTAND THE HAPPY 24 Hour Armageddon:A ColdWar Slumber Party LION, LOSANGELES; PHOTO BY JOSHUA WHITE , GalleryTalk Saturday,June 17, 12pm - Sunday,June 18, 12pm ELLIOTTHUNDLEY . INSTALLATION ATTHE HAMMER Elliott Hundley MUSEUM,2 006, COURTESYOF THE ARTISTAND Non-stop screenings of disaster film classics selected by ANDREAROSEN GALLERY; PHOTO BY JOSHUA WHITE, Saturday,July 8, 2pm Beshty.See page 18 for moreinformation. GalleryTalk Walead Beshty Tuesday,June 20, 7pm 6 7 HAMMERSCREENINGS HAMMERprojects Using Lo-fl hand-made' techniques, the artists in this Hammer Project experiment with various materials to create animated shorts about bizarre and enchanting characters. Swedish­ born Nathalie Djurberg moulds clay figures and places them in bizarre and surreal scenarios; Brent Green, a self-taught animator from Pennsylvania, tells odd imaginary tales using ink, transparency films, and Live music tracks; and David Shrigley and Chris Shepherd explore the darker recesses of the human psyche using simple pen Lines to illustrate a sor­ did and hilarious tale of a Lost soul in search of his identity. Angela Dufresne's Large canvases depict imaginary Landscapes populated by strange modernist structures. Dufresne's brush­ strokes, painted with a Loose, frenetic energy, add to the sense of alienation and anxiety her compositions produce, yet they also translate the forward-Looking idealism espoused by modernist architects Like Le Corbusier or Frank Lloyd Wright. She presents utopias gone awry in color schemes that range from vivid acidic hues to more natural earthy tones. Christine Nguyen's works on paper are influenced by the artist's memories, Landscape imagery, and fantastical visions. She combines a variety of media and photographic processes, creating multilayered forms that move freely from represen­ TOP TO BOTTOM: tation to abstraction. Natural elements Like trees, rivers, DAVID SHRIGLEY& CHRIS SHEPHERD.STILL and whimsical animals share space with fanciful boats and FROMWHO I AM AND WHAT I WANT,2005. DVD.C DAVID SHRIGLEY& CHRIS SHEPHERD. villages, all of which seem to exist in a universe with its own ANGELA DUFRESNE. ENO TRANSMISSION secret Logic and energy. Nguyen's work will be installed on CENTER,1005. OIL ON CANVAS. COLLECTION LAURA DAVEY SOLOMON, NEW. COURTESYYORK the Lobby walls. OF MONYA ROWEL GALERY, NEW YORK. CHRISTINENGUYEN . THE FIRST BREATH ON THE FIRSTDAY OF WINTER,2005. MEDIA ON LAYERED MYLARND A BROWN PAPER. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. 8 9 HAMMER MUSIC JazzPOP The free summer music series continues with three nights of outdooreoncerts by jazz artists informed and inspired by pop music. The series is organized by-tisa Mezzacappa,San Francisco double bassist and independent music curator. Galleries are open until 9pm; cash bar opens at 8pm (no outside food or drink permitted). LEFT TO RIGHT:KNEEBODY (PHOTO: <> 2006 GREENLEAFMUSIC). P YENG THREADGILL (PHOTO: STEFAN COHEN). NELS CLINE SINGERS (PHOTO: SOPHIE LIEBOWITZ). OPPOSITE, LEFT TO RIGHT: SILVERSUN PICKUPS. RUN RUN RUN. PEOPLEI N PLANES. SHINY TOY GUNS(PHOTO : BENJY RUSSELL). OPPOSITE,TOP: SILVER SUN PICKUPS (PHOTO: JIMMYNICO L). 10 11 23 Sun 12pm Sunday Afternoons for Kids Calendar Frank Portman of events 27 Thu 8pm HammerMusic: Also I Liketo Rock People in Planes & Shiny Toy Guns HammerMuseum programs HammerMembers receive Listen to Hammer Podcasts 28 Fri 8pm HammerScreenings: The Femaleof the Species are FREEto the public. priority seating at programs. at www.kcet.org/podcasts Salome 29 Sat 9pm HammerReadings: An evening with JUNE JULY comic artists of Kramer's Ergot 13 Tue 7pm L.A. Film Festival: Conversation 6 Thu 8pm HammerMusic: Also I Like to Rock AUGUST Danger Mouse & Elvis Mitchell Silversun Pickups & Run Run Run 3 Thu 8pm HammerMusic: JazzPOP 17 Sat 12pm HammerScreenings : 24 Hour Armageddon 7 Fri 8pm HammerScreenings : The Femaleof the Species Kneebody A Cold War Slumber Party Pandora's Box 4 Fri 8pm HammerScreenings: The Femaleof the Species 20 Tue 7pm HammerProjects: GalleryTalk 8 Sat 2pm HammerProjects : GalleryTalk It Walead Beshty Elliott Hundley 6 Sun 12pm Sunday Afternoons for Kids 23 Fri 6:30pm L.A. Film Festival: Reception 8 Sat 7pm HammerForum: Revolutions and Subcultures ALMadrigal Film Independent's Diversity Expo Blakkbox 10 Thu 8pm HammerMusic : JazzPOP 23 Fri 7pm L.A. Film Festival: Conversation 12 Wed 7pm HammerConversations