'1• rlammer Museum Non Profit Org. US Postage ( 1J:l899Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles,·c;lifo ~i~ 9Q024 l'.JSA" PAID For additional programinformation : Voice:310-443-7opD '.TTY:~10l443 :7094. W~b:www.bammer. ~cla.edu Los Angeles, CA \ A • \ ' l ' JI Permit no. 202 f\ '.;i' \'1 ' ...; ,I 1 1 · 1 . ( · ~ :( ',,.C\ ·11' ' ' ,. l 'r·· ) .•t ' . Jt!; :..! \ \ .., .. , -·~ I .. ( ,. ' ;. f ' ... _- ~·· .. ",,, . .' ~ !.\· · · . ,H; ', ·. ,,. ' • , I - . , " ,• ' •.r .:. \ - '! \ I • i \ I I t. ' -, I' . ..k .... t' ....- i \ t \ , • 1 ' .. 1i. • . ,, :i''i ; I J 1 j . t .. , . .' j,' . ! :: > ' , ,. ., I ,..\ . ( <, ' 1 :c :a:> :, :a: n, ,a HAMMER EXHIBITIONS COU' EXCIIAIIGE,,... _ ...... RELATED PROGRAMS A Message from the Director Extraordinary Exhibitions:THE BACE WEEK Broadsides from the EXHIBITION WALK THROUGH rn1®~®lifil SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2PM At1't•.rtwt )l!\ T "lTI"ll\1. ••l IIA.III AN 3. Collection of Ricky Jay V . i2E 5 YR R. With AllegraPesenti, Associate Curator, GrunwaldCenter forthe Graphic Arts AUGUST 26-NOVEMBER 25, 2007 HAMMER LECTURE ru1nrr,TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 7PM FRINGE ENTERTAINMENTS: RICKY JAY'S EXTRAORDINARY During my tenure at the Hammer, In addition to their collection, This exhibition features over 100 EXHIBinONS CAST INTO I have come to know so many of you the Marxes have generously given examples of fascinating printed ephemera DOUBTFUL COMPANY who attend our public programs, visit $2 million for an endowment that known as broadsides, dating from the Renny Pritikin, director, our galleries, shop in the bookstore, will enable the Hammer to take the 1600's to the 1800's. They are drawn RichardL. NelsonGallery and and enjoy events in the courtyard and creative risks that make our programs exclusivelyfrom the collection of Ricky The FineArts Collection atUC Davis. Billy WilderTheater. Our audience so successful, to attract the best Jay, the Los Angeles-based performer. and attendance have grown tremen­ curatorial talent, and to continue Considered one of the greatest sleight-of­ dously, but more importantly, so has to present the highest caliber of hand artists working today, Jay is also a CY[E our circle of friends. Your ongoing exhibitions and programs to our respected actor, a cultivated scholar, P4L41S BOY4L Argyll 4:ltreet,Oxford Cirous, W.' support-on every level-is so public. This fund was established and a passionate collector. His collection 'W'0:111':I)~ important to this institution and, with the hope that other Hammer constitutes one of the most unusual MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1898, •- S9DT ~ J)tran,ou. wm. without our friends and donors, we friends would help it to grow, and holdings of broadsides in the world. It -------- TAI.BIN& TremendousSu ccess I would not be able to create and we will let you know in the coming includes rare pieces which mirror Ricky n, iruttat arti1tfo triomphner achl,nd by any Art.111 Th a.adlenct held 1ptllbou11d. E,VJ trick gr.eiedwith produce the many xecellent exhibitions, months how you can help us build Jay's interests; many are unique survivals thund,rsor applauM. publications, and public programs this endowment. of their times. The exhibition is arranged you have come to expect. according to the different types of events I also want to take a moment ta, advertised, includingwise and extraordinary Among our good friends are Aspen­ thank several benefactors who have animals, Limbless performers, improbable based collectors Susan and LarryMar x. made valuable and recent contributions acts, notable magicians, and mechanical Many of youmay have read in the to the Hammer:the Annenberg dfl marvels. Most of th e works are included press about their remarkable promised Foundation, Fox Entertainment Group, in Jay's book Extraordinary xEhibitions, gift of nearly 70 postwar works on Joy and Jerry Monkarsh, Ann and which explores a mix of "sensational, .... paper by important international Jerry Moss, Eileen Harris Norton, ""~ scientific, satisfying,s illy, and startling artists, including Jackson Pollock, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, attractions." The show emphasizes Willem de Kooning,Philip Guston, David Teiger, and Werner and Mimi remarkable entertainers and visual Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, and Wolfen. In addition, I would Liketo deceptions ranging from an armless i€;_/ EllsworthKelly, as well as paintings recall the LateWalter Oppenheimer dulcimer player and asinging mouse, by Joan Mitchell, Eva Hesse, and who passed away this summer. to an equestrian bee-keeper and a mermaid. Robert Ryman.This gift greatly A connoisseur of art, food, and life, IJ:s enhances our collection in ways not Walter was a gem and we will miss him. otherwise possible given the current Ann Philbin art market, and will be a phenomenal TOP TO BOTIOM, ~!~ Director TOP-BOTIOM , L-R, RUBIN/ "BEHEADING A LADY!", 1869; L- R AMJ ES ELAINE, ANN PHILBI N, resource for students, faculty, and PROFESSOR FABER'S EUPHONIA, C. 1846; LARRY & SUSAN MARX, GARY GARRELS IN ASPEN; C/NQUEVALL/, "KING OF THE JUGGLERS", 1898; the entire UCLAcommunity. WhOMHam , and Pamt u a J11Ultr Is a H MholdW d ED RUSCHA, MOUNTAIN STANDARD, 2001; ALL WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF RICKY JAY. ~~- lhroaghout th• UnlHrM. PHILIP GUSTON, FALL, 1953; WILLE M DE KOONING , ASHE VILLE #1, 1948. BRILcl..clANIJlGOM?AN 2 3 HAMMER EXHIBITIONS RELATED PROGRAMS ARTIST TALK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 3PM Join FrancisAlys as he discusses his work and the exhibition. HAMMER SCREENINGS WIDE DETAILS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 7PM Starting in the heart of MexicoCity, this documentary film follows Alys in his travels and projects in London, Berlin, Lima, and Jerusalem. DIRECTEDBY JULIEN DEVAUX, 2006. RUNNINGTI ME: 56 MINUTES. FrancisAlys: Politicsof Rehearsalis the first large-scale museum exhibition in the United States devoted to the HAMMER LECTURE •• career of MexicoCity-based artist Francis Alys, widely ON FRANCIS ALYS considered to be among the most important artists working LYNNE COOKE FRANCIS ALYS today. Fromthe beginning of his career, Alys has adopted a WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 7PM POLITICS OF REHEARSAL way of working that tends to reject conclusions in favor of Lynne Cookeis curator at Dia Art repetition and recalibration. He has, that is, put the idea Foundation in NewYork, and has of rehearsal at the heart of his practice. The exhibition will SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 - FEBRUARY 10, 2008 organized numerous exhibitions in focus on video, but will also include work in a wide range the United States, Europe, and of mediums, from paintings and drawings to film and elsewhere. Renownedfor her incisive photography, each piece telling visual stories that can be critical essays, Cooke has published told and re-told. Each installation in the exhibition will be several artist monographs, and accompanied by the beautiful and fragile preparatory written widely about contemporary drawings for which Alysis renowned. art in Artscribe,Burlington Magazine, and Parkett.She teaches at the Center Alys was born in 1959 in Antwerp, Belgium, and has lived for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. in Mexico City since 1986. At first known primarily for his paintings, many of which were created through collabora­ tions with sign painters from his neighborhood in Mexico City's Centro Historico, Alys has become a highly regarded video artist and orchestrator of performative events. This exhibition is organized by Russell Ferguson, Chair, Department of Art, Universityof California,Los Angeles, and AdjunctCurator, Hammer Museum. THIS PAGE, FRANCI S ALYS. STI LLS FROM PARADOX OF PRAXIS 1/SOMETIMES MAKING This exhibition has been generously supported by Fundaci6n/Colecci6n SOMETHING LEADS TO NOTHING) , 1997. VIDEO COURTESY OF DAVID ZWIRNER, NEW YORK. Jumex and Heidi and Erik Murkoff. Additional support has been provided OPPOSITE PAGE, FRANCIS ALYS. STILL FROM WHEN FAITH MOVES MOUNTAINS, 2002. IN COLLABORATION WITH CUAUHTeMOC MEDINA AND RAFAEL ORTEGA 16MM FILM by the Peter Norton Family Foundation, the Flemish Community, and the TRANSFERRED TO DVO. COURTESY OF OAVID ZWIRNER, NEW YORK. David Teiger Curatorial Travel Fund. 4 5 Hammer Projects Song Kun Terry Haggerty Jamie Isenstein Kaari Upson HAMMER SCREENINGS Spotlight is a new series in the Video Gallery, through elliptical narratives and deceit. At his American Museum Hammer Projects is a series of TEN-IN-ONE VIDEO SIDESHOW highlighting works from the Hammer Video Library. moody moments painted with a lush, (1841-1865), P.T. Barnum placed exhibitions focusing primarily TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 7PM sometimes despondent beauty. For her a sign over an exit door that read Arguably one of the most influential video works of the late 20th on the work of emerging artists. VITAPHONE PEPPER POT first solo exhibition in the US, this "This Way to the Egress." Spectators century,Rock My Religion(1982-84) examines the similarities between Hammer Projects is made possible with unfamiliar with the word 'egress' THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 7PM support from The Horace W. Goldsmith Hammer Projects installation features (SEE PAGE 10 FOR MORE DETAILS) religion and rock music. Beginning with the Shakers, a religious Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation, a selection from the series of three (a term meaning exit) followed the community known for their impassioned shaking and ecstatic ritual Fox Entertainment Group's Arts Development hundred and sixty-five paintings. sign expecting to find an exotic bird. dancing, Graham illustrates the parallels between religious practices Fee, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Instead they found themselves outside KAARI UPSON , and