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| Ed and Nancy Kienholz, Bout Round Eleven, 1982. Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Gift of a Private Collection, Topanga, CA. Photo courtesy of L.A. Louver |
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has organized a presentation of five works by Ed and Nancy Kienholz to celebrate the recent gift of the duo's Bout Round Eleven (1982) from a private collector in Topanga. Also on view is The Nativity (1961), a crèche-like assemblage that helped spark a culture war over LACMA's 1966 Kienholz show.
"Scenes from a Marriage: Ed & Nancy Kienholz" runs through May 21, 2023.
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| Ed Kienholz, The Nativity, 1961. Private collection |
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| Bout Round Eleven, detail |
Comments
I fell in love with Edward Kienholz after seeing his gargantuan masterpiece installation, "Portable War Memorial" (1968), in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
Does the SBMA work also feature audio, like "Portable War" does?
Here's an interesting write-up on "Portable":
https://www.academia.edu/5819920/_Re_presenting_America_Edward_Kienholz_s_Portable_War_Memorial_1968_Vietnam_and_Cold_War_Politics_
Although I wouldn't put it past a visitor resting his dogs by sitting on it.
Maybe a cordon is in order.