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| Jonas Wood, Brian and Ana, 2014. Shown in "Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection" |
The Hammer's celebration/interrogation of its contemporary collection continues. New works have been rotated into "Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection" (closing Aug. 20, 2023), among them paintings by Jonas Wood and Laura Owens and a large, recently acquired collage by Rashid Johnson. A separate exhibition, "Ecstatic: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection" (through Aug. 27, 2023), treats sculpture and drawing, two media that have been crucial to many L.A. artists and to the Hammer's exhibition program.
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| Installation view of "Ecstatic: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection." At left is Luis Flores's Breaking Stone, Polishing Rocks, 2014. |
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| Ishi Glinsky, Coral vs. King Snake Jacket, 2019 |
Ishi Glinsky's Coral vs. King Snake Jacket looms above an array of sculpture, many being shown for the first time. Glinksy will be one of the artists in "Made in L.A. 2023," opening Oct. 1.
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| Jennifer Moon, Proposal for My Last Performance on Earth, Prospective, 2053, 2014 |
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| Analia Saban, Fitted Bed Sheet, 2011 |
Amalia Saban finds a metaphor for the
paragone in a fitted bed sheet. Anyone who's ever tried to fold one will get it. Saban used an actual sheet to create a silicone mold for acrylic paint. The acrylic cast was attached to canvas, a sculpture that is also a burlesque of a painting.
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| Liz Craft, Hairy Guy (with flower basket), 2005. Gift of David Hoberman |
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| Lauren Halsey, Eastsidetopia, 2019. Promised gift of Jarl and Pamela Mohn |
It's a big summer for Lauren Halsey. Her Met commission, an Egyptian/South Central temple overlooking Central Park, draws on a hieroglyphic structure shown at the Hammer in "Made in LA 2018." Halsey won that year's Mohn Award, and
Eastsidetopia is a promised gift of the Mohns.
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| Installation view of "Ecstatic" with Mark Grotjahn's Untitled, "Colored Butterfly 10 Wings," 2004 |
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| Installation view of "Ecstatic" with Kelly Akashi's Long Exposure, 2021, in foreground |
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| Cecily Brown, Combing the Hair (Beach), 2015. Hammer Museum |
Brown's
Combing the Hair (Beach) is the size of a de Kooning
Woman, executed in a mix of watercolor, pastel, ink, and oil paint on paper.
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| Paul McCarthy, NV, HOLLYWOOD, 2019 |
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| Rashid Johnson, Untitled Escape Collage, 2018, in "Together in Time" |
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| Owen Fu, Panic, 2020 |
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| Florian Krewer, Firebirds, 2021 |
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| Laura Owens and Scott Reader, untitled, 1999. Promised gift of Tracy and Gary Messztesta |
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| Recto of Ishi Glinsky's Coral vs. King Snake Jacket |
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