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| Lari Pittman, Portrait of a Textile (Damask), 2018. LACMA |
The Hammer's Lari Pittman exhibition includes at least half a dozen major works recently acquired by local museums. LACMA has added
Portrait of a Textile (Damask) (2018), which is shown alongside the
Portrait of a Human (Pathos, Ethos, Logos, Kairos #14). At LACMA
Textile (Damask) joins
This Wholesomeness, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless (1990), purchased in 1995 and also in the Hammer show.
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| Lari Pittman, Once a Noun, Now a Verb #5, 1998. MOCA |
In 2016 MOCA acquired
Once a Noun, Now a Verb #5 (1998), a gift of Alan Herbott and Curt Shepard. It joins the pivotal early
An American Place (1986)
, added in 1986.
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| Lari Pittman, Untitled #10, 2008. UCLA Hammer Museum |
Meanwhile the Hammer Contemporary Collection has acquired Pittman's
Untitled #10 (2008) and
Untitled #5 (2010).
The Marciano Art Foundation has lent
two 2013 Flying Carpet paintings to the show.
"Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence" runs through Jan. 5, 2020.
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| Lari Pittman, Untitled #5, 2010. UCLA Hammer Museum |
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