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A Messagefrom the Director
A thrilling free summer season, packed with popular courtyard concerts and outdoor movie screenings, has come to a close. Forthe second consecutive year, the
HammerMuseumoffered free admissionto all summer happenings, which included
the critically acclaimed exhibition TheSociete Anonyme:Modernismfor America.
Hammer attendance has steadily risen during recent years, and in these past
months the Museumwelcomed more visitors than ever before.
This calendar outlines a landmarkfall season at the Hammer.We host the fourth
annual Gala in the Garden, our elegant fundraising dinner, honoring Joan Didion
and John Baldessari; launch Hammer Editions; open exciting exhibitions by
WolfgangTillmans,Aernout Mik,and others; and present a full range of engaging
programs. The quality and influence of our programs was recently underscored
when James Bewley,Head of Public Programs,was invited to join a small number
of international colleagues at a think tank for cultural programmershosted by the
Tate Modern,London.
I'm very pleased to announce that the Hammerreceived a generous $700,000
grant from The James Irvine Foundation's Artistic Innovation Fund to further
develop an important aspect of its mission as an artist-centered institution. With
these funds, the Hammer will create an ambitious artists' residency program,
bringing contemporaryvisual artists into contact with the artistic, intellectual, and
cultural resources of the Hammer,UCLA,and Los Angeles. The Hammerwill also
establish an Artist Councilto bring the unique perspectives and insights of artists
to bear on all aspects of the Hammer'soperations, including the collection of art,
the presentation of wide-ranging and provocative public programs, and the
Hammer'sinternal organization and governance. Weare very grateful to The James
Irvine Foundation for its support in helping us explore and realize this vision.
I look forward to welcoming you to the Hammer during thi s exciting time,
and encourage you to become a member to take full advantage of our diverse
offerings.
Ann Philbin
Director
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT, VISITORS IN THE SOCl~T~ ANONYME EXHIBITION (PHOTO, STEFANIE
KEENAN ). DIRECTOR ANN PHILBIN (PHOTO, LARRY SULTAN). SCREENING OF THE SIREN OF THE
TROPICS (PHOTO, DON LEIBIG) . STEPHEN KANTER , RAY AZOULAY, & TRANG CHAU PREVIEW MONICA
BONVICIN l 'S WORK AT THE ANNUA L HAMMER FELLOWS DINNER (PHOTO, ANDRE VIPPOLIS) . RUN
RUN RUN PERFORMING AT ALSO I LI KE TO ROCK (PHOTO, DON LEI BIG). JENNY SHIMIZU & ERIC
NAKAMURA. HAMMER CONVERSATION WITH DANGER MOUSE (PHOTO, DON LEIB IG).
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HAMMER EXHIBITIONS
Wolfgang
Till mans
September 17, 2006 - January 7, 2007
This exhibition marks the first retrospective of the work of Germanphotographer
WolfgangTillmansin the United States. One of the most important and distinctive
artists to emerge in the 1990s, Tillmansis internationally recognized for creating
work that captures evocative, intimate reflections of often overlooked objects
and moments in everyday Life.This presentation of approximately 300 works of
art includes a video piece and photographic prints drawn from the entirety of
Tillmans'scareer.
Tillmans'shighly distinctive installations, in which prints are affixed in deliberate,
yet seemingly casual arrangements on the walls, create a variety of physical and
emotional relationships with the viewer based on placement and scale. The subjects of his images become an ongoing palette that he repeatedly rearranges to
reinterpret his photographic vision.
Related Programs
Conversation
WolfgangTillmans &
MarkWigley
Sunday, September 17, 4pm
See page 11 for details.
Closingparty
Hammer Bash!
Friday, January 5, 7-1 lpm
OPPOSITE , CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT,
Wolfgang Tillmans is co-curated by Dominic Molon, Pamela Alper Associate Curator, Museum of
WOLFGANG TI LLMANS. IT'S ONLY LOVE
GIVE IT AWAY,2005. UNTITLED (LA
Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Russell Ferguson, Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs
and Chief Curator, Hammer Museum.
GOMERAJ,1997. GOLD/CJ, 2002.
SUZANNE & LUTZ, WHITE DRESS,ARMY
Wolfgang Tillmans is co-organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Museum of
DEVELOPMENT PRINTS. COURTESY OF
Contemporary Art, Chicago.
ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, NEW YORK, AND
SKIRT, 1993. CHROMOGENIC
REGEN PROJECTS, LOS ANGE LES.
The Hammer Museum's presentation is made possible, in part, by George Freeman, Stanley and
Gail Hollander, Michael Rubel, and Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg, with additional
support from Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard, the Joy and Jerry Monkarsh Family Foundation,
and the British Council.
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HammerProjectsis a series of exhibitionsfocusing
primarilyon the workof emergingartists.
HammerProjectsare madepossible with support from The HoraceW.
GoldsmithFoundation,the AnnenbergFoundation,FoxEntertainment
Group'sArts DevelopmentFee,the Los AngelesCountyArts
Commission,membersof the HammerCircle,and the DavidTeiger
CuratorialTravelFund.
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Angela Dufresne'sLargecanvases depict fantastical Landscapespopulatedby strange moderniststructures.Dufresne's
brushstrokes,paintedwitha Loose,freneticenergy,add to the
sense of alienation and anxiety her compositionsproduce,
yet they alsotranslatethe forward-Looking
idealismespoused
by modernist architects LikeLe Corbusierand Frank Lloyd
Wright.Shepresentsutopiasgoneawryin colorschemesthat
rangefromvividacidic hues to morenatural earthy tones.
GalleryTalk
Angela Dufresne
Thursday,September14, 7pm
Romaniantwin brothers Gert and UweTobiascreate Largescalewoodcutsand sculpturalconstructions.Theyuset e dark
mythologiesand historyof their native Transylvaniaa!' their
subject,bringingage-oldfolktalesand imageryinto th realm
of the present. The prints and sculpturesmakereferen·e not
only to skulls and monsters, but also to modern g aphic
design,ancient ceramicforms, camp Hollywoodhorro~films,
and abstract imagery.The artists' multi-mediainstall tions
explorethe wayin whichLegendsare formedand howo 1ects
stimulate cultural memory.
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KendellCarter is a recent graduate from CaliforniaState
University,Long Beach. His installations bring tooether
Christine Nguyen'sworks on paper are influenced by the
elementsof urbanstreet culture,modernistarchitectu e, and
artist's memories,Landscapeimagery,and imaginedvisions.
textile and furnituredesign,funnelingthese disparate referShe combinesa varietyof mediaand photographicprocesses
ences into the domainof the museumgallery.Camofl.age,
to create multilayeredforms that move freely from reprebrand-nameclothing,and three-dimensional,chrome-)lated
sentation to abstraction. Her compositionsinclude natural
graffitishare spacewith century-oldtoile designsand molded
elementsLiketrees, rivers, and whimsicalanimalsalongwith
wainscoting.Carterblendsand reshufflesthe culturali entifancifulboats and villages,all of which seem to exist in a
ties of objects and materials,seeking to create a diaLogue
universewith its own secret Logicand energy.
aroundtheir use and significancein contemporarysoo'ety.
GalleryTalk
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Christine Nguyen
Thursday,November16, 6pm
Kendell Carter
Thursday,November30, 6pm
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RESIDENCE T3000 BARKLEY BY ROLAND MUTANTES SOMEWHERE IN WOULD BE
BAVARIA JUNE 2006, 2006 (DETAIL). OI L ON CANVAS. COURTESY OF MONYA ROWE
GALLERY, NEW YORK. GERT & UWE TOBIAS . HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, 2004 .
COLORED WOODCUT ON PAPER. COURTESY GALERIE MICHAEL JANSSEN , COLOGNE.
KEN DELL CARTER. HOMMIE, 2006. MIXED MEDIA. INSTALLATION AT THE WERBY
GALLERY, CALIFORN IA STATE UN IVERSITY, LONG BEACH. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.
CHR ISTINE NGUYEN . MIGRATION OVER THE WOODS AND ITS STRANGE POWERS, 2006
(DETAIL) . C-PRINTS ON WOOD. INSTALLATION AT THE HAMMER MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES .
COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.
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HAMMER PRESENTS
HAMMER EXHIBITIONS
Mourning BecomesElectric:
Bruce Wagner'sMemorial
and James Ellroy's The Black DahUa
An evening of readings by the authors and Dana Delany
Saturday, September 30, 7pm
Dana Delany has starred in the Broadwayproduction A
Life, has won two EmmyAwardsfor her best-actress role
in the popular television series China Beach, and has
received acclaim for many off-Broadway productions,
television shows, and films, including Thirtysomething,
Pasadena, Light Sleeper, Tombstone, and The L Word.
Delanyappears on the NBCtelevision drama Kidnapped.
Aernout Mik: Refraction
September 12 - December31, 2006
Aernout Mikis known for video installations that not only stage narratives
based on imagined catastrophes , but also present ambiguous causes and
effects. His surreal, semi-apocalyptic scenarios comment on the frequent
inability of humans to respond instinctively and individually to monumental
disasters. Refraction,an approximately30-minute, three-screen video projection, shows the aftermath of a bus accident in the Romanian countryside.
Policeand rescue workersswarm over the accident site, digging at rubble and
scouring the interior of the bus. Trafficbecomes congested on the highway,
causing curious motorists to leave their cars and take part in the scene.
Mik's practice straddles the boundaries between sculpture, performance,architecture, and video. In Refraction,Mikuses elaborate staging and a large cast
to address themes that have come to characterize his oeuvre: chaos, insecurity,
violence, and indifference.
Aernout Mik:Refractionis part of the Three M Project-a
series by the Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York to commission, organize, and co-present new works of art.
Generous support for the series has been provided by the Peter Norton Family Foundation
and the American Center Foundation.
On Catastrophe
Steven Johnson &
Dr. Ralph Frerichs
Tuesday,October24, 7pm
Author Steven Johnson (Everything
Bad is GoodForYouand Emergence:
The ConnectedLivesof Ants, Brains,
Cities, and Software) speaks with
infectious disease expert Dr. Ralph
Frerichs,founder of UCLA's
Epidemiology Department,about the London
Choleraoutbreak of 1854. This devastating event, which claimed the
lives of hundreds of Londoners,set
the course for disaster response in
modern cities.
Aernout Mik:Refractionalso received support from the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam,
ABOVE, AERNOUT MIK. REFRACTION,2005 (DETA I L) .
and The Consulate General of The Netherlands in New York.
VIDEO STILL. COURTESY THE ART IST.
James Ellroy'sLAquartet novels-The Black Dahlia, The
Big Nowhere,LAConfidential,and WhiteJazz-were international bestsellers. His other acclaimed titles include
AmericanTabloid,his memoirMyDarkPlaces, and his most
recent novel, The ColdSix Thousand. The film version of
The Black Dahlia, directed by Brian De Palma, will be
released this year.
Bruce Wagner's acclaimed Cellular Trilogy-I'm Losing
You,I'll Let You Go, and Still Holding-have been among
The New YorkTimes'snotable books, and the LosAngeles
Times's Best Fiction. His novel Memorialwas published
in September2006. Hispreviousnovel, TheChrysanthemum
Palace,was a PEN/Faulknerfinalist for fiction.
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT, BRUCE WAGNER (PHOTO, JESSE DYLAN). DANA DELANY.
JAMES ELLROY (PHOTO, MAR ION ETILINGER) . RIGHT, EDIE SEDGWICK (PHOTO ,
JOHN PALMER) .
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HAMMERforum
HAMMERconversations
This ongoing series of timely, thought-provoking events
addresses current social and political issues.
This ongoing series pairs creative thinkers from a range of disciplines for
engaging, provocative discussions on culture, science, and the arts.
HammerForumis made possible, in part, by ErikaGlazer.
BarbaraKruger& GeorgeLakoff
Saturday, October 21, 7pm
BarbaraKrugeris an acclaimedartist whose recognizablestyle
combinesimages and text addressingcultural representations
of power, identity, and sexuality and challenges stereotypes
and cliches. Krugerhas won many awards and has taught at
the California Institute of the Arts, The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, and the University of California,
Berkeley.
WolfgangTillmans& MarkWigley
Sunday,September 17, 4pm
Wolfgang Tillmans studied at the Bournemouth & Poole
Collegeof Art in Dorset, and Livesand works in London. He
won the prestigious Turner Prize in 2000 and has exhibited
his workinternationally in solo exhibitions at such museums
as Tate Modern, London;the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and the
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg.
MarkWigleyis Dean of the GraduateSchool of Architecture,
Planning, and Preservationat ColumbiaUniversity. He is the
author of many books on architecture, design, and fashion.
Most recently, he contributed essays to the exhibition catalogues WolfgangTillmansand Skin+ Bones: ParallelPractices
in Fashion and Architecture. Wigley has also organized
exhibitions on architecture at the Museumof Modern Art,
NewYork;the Witte de With, Rotterdam; and the Canadian
Center of Architecture, Montreal.
George Lakoffis Richard and Rhonda Goldman Professor of
Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of
California, Berkeley. He is the author of many influential
books on political discourse including MoralPolitics: How
Liberalsand ConservativesThink;Women,Fire, and Dangerous
Things: What CategoriesRevealAbout The Mind; and, most
recently, Whose Freedom?:The Battle over America's Most
Important Idea.
BARBARA KRUGER (PHOTO, ANNIE LEIBOVITZ). GEORGELAKOFF (PHOTO, ©BART NAGEL).
ABOVELEFT, WOLFGANGTILLMANS (PHOTO,JASON SCHMIDT, COURTESYOF ART+ AUCTION).
MARK WIGLEY (PHOTO, COURTESY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP).
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Calendar
of events
HammerMuseumprograms
are FREEto the public.
HammerMembersreceive
priority seating at programs.
SEPTEMBER
14 Thu 7pm
17 Sun 4pm
24 Sun 6pm
26 Tue 7pm
30 Sat 7pm
Listen to HammerPodcaists
at www.kcet.org/podcasts
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21 Sat 7pm
HammerConversations
Barbara Kruger & George Lakoff
16 Thu 6pm
HammerProjects: GalleryTalk
Christine Nguyen
24 Tue 7pm
Discussion:On Catastrophe
Ralph Frerichs & Steven Johnson
30 Thu 6pm
HammerProjects: GalleryTalk
Kendell Carter
29 Sun 6pm
HammerReadings: NewAmericanWriting
Yannick Murphy & Lynne Tillman
30 Thu 7pm
HammerLectures: Aperture West
William Christenberry
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
3 Fri 7pm
HammerScreenings: Freewaves
Too Much Freedom?
5 Tue 7pm
HammerForum: Religionand Politics
Katherine Yurica & Barry F. Seidman
HammerReadings: Poetry
Joshua Clover
13 Fri 9am
UCLA
Art HistoryGraduateStudent Symposium
On Love
HammerProjects: GalleryTalk
Angela Dufresne
14 Sat 7pm
HammerForum
Darfur/Darfur
4 Sat 7pm
HammerScreenings: Freewaves
Too Much Freedom?
7 Thu 7pm
HammerConversations
Wolfgang Tillmans & Mark Wigley
18 Wed7pm
HammerLectures: Aperture West
Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
5 Sun 12pm
Sunday Afternoons for Kids
Jordan Roter
10 Sun 12pm Sunday Afternoons for Kids
DIVHoliday Party
HammerReadings: NewAmericanWriting
Bret Easton Ellis
19 Thu 7pm
HammerLectures: UCLADepartment of Art
Marcia Tucker
5 Sun 6pm
HammerReadings: NewAmericanWriting
Ngugi wa Thiong'o & Sesshu Foster
12 Tue 7pm
HammerReadings
Stuart Ewen
8 Wed7pm
Panel Discussion
LAForum for Architecture & Urban Design
JANUARY
HammerPresents: MourningBecomesElectric
Bruce Wagner, Dana Delany, & James Ellroy
9 Thu 7pm
HammerReadings: Poetry
Stephen Burt
11Sat7pm
HammerPresents
Edie Speaks
12 Sun 6pm
HammerReadings: NewAmericanWriting
Henri Cole
Free weeklytalks and tours
14 Tue 7pm
HammerReadings
Nahid Rachlin
LunchtimeArt Talksare held every Wednesdayat 12:30pm.
These brief discussions focus on works of art on view or in
the collections. For more details, see page 19.
15 Wed 7pm
HammerReadings
Roz Chast
Join HammerMuseumeducators for free tours of special
exhibitions Tuesdaysat 1pm and Thursdaysat 1pm & 6pm.
OCTOBER
1 Sun 12pm
1 Sun 6pm
3 Tue 7pm
12 Thu 7pm
Sunday Afternoons for Kids
Jona Frank
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HammerReadings: NewAmericanWriting
T. Cooper & Adam Mansbach
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HammerReadings: Some Favorite Writers
Robert Cohen
HammerReadings: Poetry
Jay Wright
GERT AND UWE TOBIAS. UNTITLED, 2006. COLORED WOODCUT ON PAPER.
COURTESY GALER IE MICHAEL JANSSEN,
COLOGNE.
HammerReadings: Some Favorite Writers
Chang-Rae Lee
5 Fri 7pm
WolfgangTillmans
Hammer Bash
11 Thu 7pm
HammerScreenings
a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee
Public programs are made possible, in part, by the Annenberg Foundation, with additional
support from Laura Donnelley-Morton,Bronyaand AndrewGalef, and ErikaGlazer.
HAMMER READINGS
Stuart Ewen
Tuesday,September26, 7pm
Stuart Ewen'slatest work, Typecasting,explores the science
behind unconsciousjudgments and the resulting racial, criminal, and popular stereotypes that have become a cultural
practice. Ewen has written several influential books on
Americanconsumerism,which include Captainsof Consciousness: Advertisingand the Social Roots of ConsumerCulture.
Some FavoriteWriters
Nahid Rachlin
A series of literary readings organized by Mona Simpson,
Tuesday,November14, 7pm
author of AnywhereBut Here,TheLost Father,A RegularGuy,
Iranian-born Nahid Rachlin lives in the US, where she has and Off KeckRoad. Readingsare followedby informal discuspublished several novels, including PersianGirls,Foreigner, sions with Simpson.
Marriedto a Stranger,and TheHeart's Desire,and a collection
Sponsored by the UCLADepartment of English and Friends of EnHlish.
of short stories, Veils. Her writing has appeared in many
magazines and in the anthology HowI Learnedto Cook:And
Robert Cohen
Other Writingson ComplexMother-Daughter
Relationships.
Tuesday,October3, 7pm
Robert
Cohen is the author of the novels The OrganBuilder,
Roz (hast
The Here and Now, and Inspired Sleep. His work has been
Wednesday,November15, 7pm
awardedthe WhitingWriters'Award,the LilaWallace-Reader's
Since she sold her first cartoon to The New Yorkerin 1978,
Digest Writers' Award, the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, and a
Roz (hast has delighted the masses by exposing the many
Pushcart Prize, and has appeared in numerous publications.
idiosyncrasiesof modern life. (hast presents selections from
her new book, Theoriesof Everything:Selected, Collected,and He teaches at MiddleburyCollegein Vermont.
Health-InspectedCartoonsby Roz [hast, 1978-2006, a comprehensive collection spanning 27 years of her career and
including previouslyunpublished works.
Chang-RaeLee
Tuesday,December12, 7pm
A second-generationKoreanAmerican,Chang-RaeLeeworked
as a WallStreet analyst before turning to writing full-time.
His first novel, Native Speaker, won the PEN/Hemingway
Award and the American Book Award. He subsequently
published the critically acclaimed novels A GestureLu~eand
Aloft.
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T. COOPER (PHOTO,
STUART EWEN.
DIANE BLADWIN).
NAHIO RACHLIN.
ADAM MANSBACH.
DRAWING BY ROZ CHAST.
YANNICK MURPHY.
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT,
LYNNE TILLMAN (PHOTO,
ROBERT COHEN .
DAVID HOFSTRA).
CHANG-RAE LEE.
NGUGI WA THIONG'O .
BRET EASTON ELLIS
SESSHU FOSTER.
(PHOTO, IAN GITILER).
HENRI COLE.
New AmericanWriting
A series of contemporaryfiction and poetry readingsorganized
by BenjaminWeissman,author of two books of short fiction,
most recently Headless,and professor of creative writing at
Art CenterCollegeof Designand Otis Collegeof Art+ Design.
This series is made possible, in part, with support from Bronya and
Andrew Galef.
Bret Easton Ellis
Sunday, September24, 6pm
Bret Easton Ellisis the LosAngeles-bornauthor of the cultclassics Less than Zero, AmericanPsycho, and The Rules of
Attraction. He reads from LunarPark, his recent semi-autobiographicalworkthat interweavestrue-life experienceswith
a tale of inexplicable murder.
YannickMurphy& LynneTillman
Sunday, October29, 6pm
YannickMurphyreads from her most recent novel, HereThey
Come. She is author of three books of fiction, including
Stories in Another Languageand The Sea of Trees.In 2007,
she will publish a fictional account of the life of Mata Hari.
Lynne Tillman reads from her new novel, AmericanGenius:
A Comedy. She has been a finalist for the National Book
CriticsCircleAwardand is the author of many novels as well
as collections of short stories and essays.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o & Sesshu Foster
Sunday, November5, 6pm
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is the author of many novels, plays, and
essays, including WeepNot, Child,TheRiverBetween,A Grain
T. Cooper & Adam Mansbach
. Hisworkhas been translated into more
of Wheat,and Matigari
Sunday, October1, 6pm
than 30 languages,and he was elected as an HonoraryMember
T. Cooperand AdamMansbachread from their jointly edited of the AmericanAcademyof Arts and Letters. Sesshu Foster's
A FictionalHistoryof the United States (with Huge Chunks recent novelAtomikAztex is the winner of a BelieverMagazine
Missing),which features the writings of an eclectic array of Book Award. He has been a professor of writing at the
celebrated authors and cartoonists presented in a patchwork University of Iowa and the University of California, Santa
of historical anecdotes ranging from the Chinese discovery Cruz, and has taught composition and literature in East LA
of Americain 1426 to the new McCarthyismof a post-9/11 for 20 years.
world. Cooperis the author of the novels LipshitzSix, or Two
AngryBlondesand Some of the Parts.Mansbachis the author
Henri Cole
of two novels, Angry Black White Boy and Shackling Water,
Sunday, November12, 6pm
and the poetry collection genius b-boycynicsgetting weeded
HenriColehas published numerouscollections of poetry. His
in the gardenof delights.
work Middle Earth was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in
Poetry in 2004. He has received many awards, including the
Rome Prize, the Berlin Prize, and a National Endowmentfor
the Arts Fellowship.His new collection, Blackbirdand Wolf,
is forthcoming.
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HAMMERSCREENINGS
HAMMER READINGS
SundayAfternoons
Poetry
A series of readings organized and hosted by Stephen Yenser,
poet and professor at UCLAand author of A BoundlessField:
AmericanPoetryat Largeand, most recently, Blue Guide.
Jay Wright
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Presented in collaboration with 826LA,this series of workshops for children ages 8 to 13 encourages creative ways of
writing and thinking about visual art. Space is Limitedto 20
students, and reservations are required.
[email protected] call 310-305-8418 by the Thursday
prior to each workshop.
This series is made possible by The Claire and Theodore Morse
Foundation.
Thursday, October12, 7pm
826LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting stud,ents
Jay Wright'smost recent volume of poems is Transfigurations: with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping
CollectedPoems.HisearlierworksincludeBoleros,Explications/ teachers inspire their students to write.
Interpretations, Elaine'sBook, The HomecomingSinger, and
others. A playwright as well as a poet, he has received a Jona Frank
MacArthurFellowship,an Ingram MerrillFoundation Award, Sunday, October1, 12pm
and Yale University's Bollingen Prize, among many other Jona Franktalks about her experience as a photographer and
honors.
leads a portrait-making workshop.
Stephen Burt
Jordan Rater
Thursday, November9, 7pm
Stephen Burt is the author of the critical work RandallJarrell
and His Age and the poetry collections PopularMusic and
ParallelPlay. He is also an influential critic of poetry, genre
fiction, rockmusic,and comicsand graphic novels. Heteaches
at Macalester Collegein St. Paul, Minnesota.
Sunday, November5, 12pm
Author of the young adult novel Girlin Development,Jordan
Roter reads from her book and Leads a fiction writing workshop.
Joshua Clover
Thursday, December7, 7pm
Joshua Cloveris the author of TheTotalityfor Kids,TheMatrix,
and Madonna anno domini and is Associate Professor of
Englishat the Universityof California,Davis. He contributes
to TheNew YorkTimesand maintains the culture weblogjane
dark'ssugarhigh!at www.janedark.com.
DIY Holiday Party
Sunday, December10, 12pm
826LAtutors and surprise guests help children create an
original do-it-yourself holiday celebration.
LEFT, JONA FRANK.
JORDAN ROTER.
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT,
JAY WRIGHT (PHOTO,
DON USNER).
STEPHEN BURT (PHOTO,
JESS ICA BENNETT) .
JOSHUA CLOVER.
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HAMMER LECTURES
UCLASymposium
On Love
LunchtimeArt Talks
41st Annual UCLAArt History Graduate Student Symposium
Friday
, October 13, 9am- 5pm
Organized by the UCLAArt History Graduate Student Association, the symposiumbrings together emerging scholars to
share their research on an aspect of the visual arts relevant
to a selected theme. This year the symposiumaddresses love
in the visual arts with a keynote lecture by George Baker,
Assistant Professorof Art Historyat UCLA,critic for Artforum
magazine, and an editor of Octobermagazine and October
books. For more information on the participants and the
schedule of events, please visit www.hammer.ucla.edu.
Wednesdaysat 12:30pm
Aperture West Lecture
Panel Discussion
Los Angeles Forumfor
Architecture and Urban Design
Nicholas Kahn & RichardSelesnick
Wednesday
, October18, 7pm
Nicholas Kahn and RichardSelesnick were born in NewYork
Wednesday,November8, 7pm
City and London,respectively. Their work has been exhibited
The publication of Zoe Crosher's monograph,Outthe Window: internationally and is in many important permanent collecLAX, marks the relaunch of the architectural journal series tions, including the BrooklynMuseumof Art, the LosAngeles
ForumPamphlets. Crasher, whose images document planes County Museumof Art, the Museumof Fine Arts, Houston,
arriving and departing at LAXas seen through motel and and the Smithsonian Institution.
hotel windows,joins writers Norman Klein, Pico Iyer, and
urbanist Doug Suisman for a discussion on the evolution of UCLARegents' Lecture
the built environment, moderated by LAForum Director of
MarciaTucker
Pamphlets Tom Marble.
Thursday
, October19, 7pm
Founded in 1987, the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban
MarciaTuckeris a freelance writer, art critic, and lecturer.
Design is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of
She was the founding director of the New Museum of
innovative architecture and urbanism using the city of Los Angeles as
a Laboratory. Please visit www.Laforum.org for more information.
Contemporary Art, New York, from 1977 to 1999. She is
currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at Otis College of
LEFT ZOE CROSHER.
Art+ Design.
LAX RADISSON , 2001.
LIGHTJET PRINT MOUNTED
ON ALUMINUM. COURTESY
DCKT CONTEMPORARY,
September 13
Gert & UweTobias's
HammerProject, 2006
September 20
Aernout Mik's
Refraction,2005
October 11
October 18
Marsand Venus(anonymous, Emile Bernard's
after Rosso Fiorentino), 1575 WheatHarvest,1889
Join Hammercurators each week for
insightful, 15-minutes talks about works
of art on display and from the collections.
September 27
John Singer Sargent's
Dr.Pozzi at Home, 1881
October 4
Christine Nguyen's
HammerProject, 2006
October 25
Gustave Moreau's
Salome DancingBefore
Herod,1876
November1
RichardTuttle's
Colors,1997
This Lecture is made possible by the University of California Regents
and the UCLADepartment of Art.
NYC. ABOVE, WILLIAM
CHRISTENBERRY.
THE BAR-B-Q INN ,
GREENSBORO, ALABAMA,
1971. PHOTOGRAPH
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(PHOTO, COURTESY
APERTURE).
Aperture West Lecture
WilliamChristenberry
Thursday
, November 30, 7pm
A pioneerof Americancolorphotography,WilliamChristenberry
has plumbed regional identity of the American South since
the early 1960s. Beginning in 1968, Christenberry returned
annually to photograph distinctive locations of his native
Hale County, Alabama. These works were published for the
first time in a self-titled collection in April 2006.
November8
November15
November29
Kendell Carter's
WolfgangKilian's Festivitiesin Domenicodel Barbiere's
Skeletonsand Ecorches,c. 1550 HammerProject, 2006
Nuremberg... , c. 1649
December6
DarrylCurran's
Priestsin a Temple,1967
The Aperture West Collaborative Series is generously supported by
Freestyle Photographic Supplies.
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HAMMER COLLECTIONS
HAMMERmembership
HammerFellowsDinner
Hammer Fellows and special guests enjoyed the annual
Fellowsdinner at MonicaBonvicini'sinstallation in Pasadena
for West of Rome, a series of site-specific artists' projects
organizedby EmiFontana. Highlightsof the evening included
an engaging tour and discussion of the installation with
HammerSenior CuratorGaryGarrels,Fontana, and Bonvicini
followed by cocktails and dinner catered by The Kitchenfor
ExploringFoods.
A Fine Experiment:
A Tribute to Robert Heinecken
September12 - December31, 2006
Robert Heinecken (1931-2006) left a significant mark on
the world of photography,as an artist, teacher, curator, and
collector. Whileforming the department of photography at
UCLA,
he had the foresightto build a resourcefulphotography
collection for his students at the GrunwaldCenter for the
GraphicArts. This exhibition celebrates Heineckenand his
collection of works by such artists as WalkerEvans,Imogen
Cunningham,GarryWinogrand,Heineckenhimself,and many
of his students.
This exhibition was organized by CarolynPeter, Directorof the Laband
Art Gallery,LoyolaMarymountUniversity,and former Associate Curator
at the HammerMuseum.
The ArmandHammerCollection
Aselection of paintings and workson paper fromthe A mand
HammerCollectionis permanently on view and provi es an
impressiveoverviewof the major movementsof 19th-c~ntury
Frenchart. Portraitureand landscape both figure promi ently
in the collectionin addition to a smallbut wide-ranginggroup
of European old master paintings and works by Am,erican
artists from the 18th to 20th centuries.
For moreinformation about the HammerFellows, please call
Sarah Stifler at 310-443-7046.
FROM TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT HAMMER PROJECTSCURATORJAMES ELAINE WITH MICHAEL
GOLD; DAVIDWASSERMAN, LANA BILZERIAN, AND MICHAEL FLANAGAN;TOUR OF
INSTALLATIONLEO BY GARYGARRELS, EMI FONTANA, AND MONICA BONVICINI;
LIBBY KAUPER, ERIN WRIGHT, AND BETTINA KOREK; MIKE KELLEY, KATHRYNGARCIA,
AND EMI FONTANA.
Franklin D. MurphySculpture Garden
One of the most distinguished outdoor sculpture collettions
in the country, the Franklin D. MurphySculpture arden
spans more than five acres on UCLA's
campus with o er 70
sculptures.
Video Libraryand Viewing Room
GrunwaldCenter for the GraphicArts
The GrunwaldCenter's holdings comprise more than 45,000
workson paper dating from the Renaissanceto the present.
Aprimaryresourcefor teaching and research,the Centerserves
UCLA
students and faculty and the public. Call310-443-7078
to schedule an appointment.
Dedicatedto the study of video art, the VideoLibraryorollection features seminal worksfromthe late 1960s to the 980s
as well a selection of Hammerpublic programs.The Uibrary
is available to all visitors during regular Museumhams.
ABOVE, LEWIS BALTZ. NEW INDUSTRIALPARKS. 1974 . GELATIN SILVER PRINT.
COLLECTIONOF THE GRUNWALDCENTER FOR THE GRAPHICARTS. UCLA HAMME
MUSEUM. PURCHASEDWITH FUNDS PROVIDEDBY THE NATIONALENDOWMENTFOR
THE ARTS AND THE KRESS FOUNDATION, WASHINGTON,DC.
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UPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS
Thanksto Our Members& Supporters
We are grateful to numerous individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies for their crucial support of the Hammer'sacclaimed exhibitions,
program series, and special projects. Thanks also to the generosity of our donors
and members,the HammerMuseumis able to continue offering a full slate of free
public programs.
We thank the following for their generous support of the Hammer
Museumbetween January 1 and July 31, 2006:
$100,000+
The Annenberg Foundation, LloydE. Cotsen, J . David Haft Family,The
James Irvine Foundation, Wernerand Sarah-AnnKramarsky,EileenHarris
Norton, Patrick Painter, Peter Norton FamilyFoundation, DavidTeiger
$5,000-$9,999
The Brotman Foundation of California,The GreenbergFoundation, Mary
and Robert Looker, Merle and Gerald Measer, Nimoy Foundation,
ParamountVantage, and anonymousdonors
$1,000-$4,999
Roy H. Aaron and Linda Carpenter, LeonardApt, Ray Azoulayand Kirk
Blaschke,Lynneand LouisBabier, PamelaBerg, Ellenand TomCalcaterra,
Philippa Calnan, Nancy Chaikin, Cherry and Martin, Zoe and Donald
$50,000-$99,999
Cosgrove, DarrylCurran,BillDamaschkeand John Mcilwee, Euniceand Hal
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Broad Art
Foundation, Edythe and Eli Broad, The Buddy Taub Foundation, Fox David, Hunter Drohojowska-Philpand David Philp, Ann and WillliamP.
Entertainment Group, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, LLWW Edwards,Mandyand CliffEinstein,Judy BurnsFishmanand ArnieFishman,
Betty Freeman, Barbaraand MichaelGamson,Eileenand RichardGarson,
Foundation,MetLifeFoundation,Ann and Jerry Moss,Lynda and Stewart
Lindaand Bob Gersh, Susan and DavidGersh, DorothyGoldeen, 13arbara
Resnick,WolfenFamilyFoundation
Goldenberg, Marion and Ernest Goldenfeld, Homeira and Arnold
Goldstein, Lenore and Bernard Greenberg, Bobbie and Bob Gre,enfield,
$25,000-$49,999
DavidBohnett, Rosette Delug,LauraDonnelley-Morton,GeorgeFreeman, AgnesGundand DanielShapiro, Ann Harmsen,Ruth Hayward,Elizabeth
and Gunter Herman, Robert Hollander, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Kathleen
LarryGagosian,GagosianGallery,Bronyaand AndrewGalef, Harriett and
RichardGold, Lindaand Jerry Janger, KBHome,Aliceand NahumLainer, Kennedyand FrankMarshall,Phyllisand John Kleinberg,Bettina, Korek,
Eugenio Lopez, Los Angeles County Arts Commission,Susan and Larry Travisand Tom Kranz,Sandra Krauseand WilliamFitzgerald, Betty and
Marx, Morris and Julia Gold Charitable Foundation, Heidi and Erik Maury Leonard, Joan and Stuart Levin, Nancy and MyronLevi , Burt
Levitch, Vickiand Kent Logan, LouisStern Fine Arts, MarciaGoldenfeld
Murkoff,Murrayand Ruth GribinFoundation, NewLineCinema,Gailand
Maiten, Deborahand Joseph Mannis,Stavros Merjos,CindyMiscikowski
Jerry Oppenheimer,Lee and Lawrence Ramer,MichaelRubel, Ronnieand
and Doug Ring, Joy and Jerry Monkarsh, John Morace and Thomas
VidalSassoon, Christina and MarkSiegel, Sotheby's, Susan Steinhauser
Kennedy, Joan and Frederick Nicholas, Susan and Leonard Nimoy,
and DanielGreenberg,Marisaand Jeremy Zimmer
Northern Trust Bank, Marti and TonyOppenheimer,Joan Palevsky, Edie
and Robert Parker,Tina Petra and KenWong,Jennie Preborand Frederick
$10,000-$ 24,999
Fisher, Dallas Price-Van Bredaand BobVan Breda, Bill Resnickand Doug
Herta and Paul Amir,Art for Arts Sake, Mariaand Bill Bell, Barbara and
Cordell, Marc Richards, Robert MondaviWinery, Richard Rogers, Marc
Peter Benedek, Mrs.Sidney F. Brody,Deutsche Bank, Erika Glazer,The
Selwyn,SidneyStern MemorialTrust, Jane Siegal, Jennifer and Manfred
GrahamFoundationfor AdvancedStudies in the Fine Arts, Alan Hergott
Simchowitz,Julie and BarrySmooke,Sandraand Art Soares, Lisa Specht,
and Curt Shepard, Gail and Stanley Hollander,The Judith Rothschild
Janna and Jack Stern, Beth Swofford, Chip Tom and Michael Rabkin,
Foundation,Lillianand Jon Lovelace,MargoLeavinGallery,Steve Martin,
Deborahand DavidTrainer, Elinorand RubinTurner,GordonVeneKlasen,
Brenda Potter and MichaelSandler,ShowtimeNetworks,Inc., Catharine
Ellenand MarcVinciguerra,Patricia and RichardWaldron,Jill and John
and Jeffrey Soros, Sports Club/ LA, Kathinka and John Tunney, Andrea
Walsh,Sheila and WalterWeisman,GloriaWerner,Joni MoisantWeyland
and John Van de Kamp
Sidney B. Felsen, MiriamWosk,Bobbi and WalterZifkin
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Vija Celmins:A DrawingsRetrospective
January28 - April 22, 2007
Vija Celmins:A DrawingsRetrospectivehas been organized by Jonas
Storsve, Curatorat the Centre GeorgesPompidou,Paris where it will be
on view October 25, 2006, through January 8, 2007, under the title
VijaCelmins,/'Oeuvredessine.
The HammerMuseum'spresentation is made possible, in part, by
Susan and LarryMarxand Sotheby's, with additional support from the
DavidTeigerCuratorialTravelFund.
Mathias Poledna
January28 - April 22, 2007
The exhibition is organized by Russell Ferguson,Deputy Directorof
Exhibitionsand Programsand Chief Curator,HammerMuseum.
MathiasPolednais part of the Three M Project-a series by the
HammerMuseum,Los Angeles;the Museumof ContemporaryArt,
Chicago;and the NewMuseumof ContemporaryArt, NewYorkto
commission,organize, and co-present new works of art.
The exhibition is supported, in part, by the Austrian Cultural Forum
NewYork.
ABOVE, VIJA CELMINS.
WEB #5, 2000. CHARCOAL ON PAPER. PRIVATE COLLECTION.
COURTESY MCKEE GALL ERY, NEW YORK.