"My work is very quiet. But in some ways I see lots of inner movement in my art."
Made in L.A. artist Kenzi Shiokava is inspired by music and movement. Did you catch him dancing at one of our concerts this summer?
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the Mohn Awards presented in conjunction with Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only. Dancer and choreographer Adam Linder receives the $100,000 Mohn Award honoring artistic excellence; Wadada Leo Smith receives the $25,000 Career Achievement Award honoring brilliance and resilience; and Kenzi Shiokava receives the $25,000 Public Recognition Award as determined by a public vote.
The Mohn Awards are funded through the generosity of Los Angeles philanthropists and art collectors Jarl and Pamela Mohn and the Mohn Family Foundation. Learn more about the artists: http://bit.ly/2b1zl1p
Martine Syms draws on early cinema history and the language of television for "Laughing Gas," the pilot episode for an ongoing conceptual project featured in Made in L.A.
"Everybody should be able to have a say on how the history of the world should be written, no?"
Made in L.A. artist Gala Porras-Kim joins us for a conversation and screening with filmmaker Jesse Lerner on August 2.
“Can’t tell if you have been hacked or I have.”
“I highly dislike the advertisements at the bottom of your website.”
“ABSOLUTELY HATE THEM!!!” These are just a few of the responses we’ve been getting about the M&M’s on our website—a work by artist Guthrie Lonergan as part of Made in L.A. 2016. We reached out to Guthrie to learn more about the reasoning behind the M&M's—and to find out just how he feels about your reactions to them (hint: he’s amused). Read the full interview over on our blog!
For one year, the artist Todd Gray wore the clothes of his friend and mentor the late Ray Manzarek, a founding member of The Doors. An act that went beyond artistic homage or memorial impulse, Gray’s gesture is being restaged for Made in L.A. 2016.
Todd Gray visits the Hammer next week: http://bit.ly/29YpsnH
Eckhaus Latta is a fashion design label that takes an experimental approach to the production of clothing. The designs are also part of a network of distribution and circulation that includes the tools of marketing and promotion. In addition to the clothing on view in Made in L.A. 2016 that surveys the brand’s past collections, Eckhaus Latta produced a promotional video, available only online, which exists exclusively in the realm of advertising. They also produced a shirt for the exhibition, available for sale in the Hammer Store. Eckhaus Latta. Installation view, Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only, June 12 – August 28, 2016, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Brian Forrest.
"Work with passion, with lots and lots of happiness, with gratefulness."
Watch Made in L.A. 2016 artist Kenzi Shiokava talk about his life and work.
In 1923, Cecil B. DeMille filmed The Ten Commandments outside Santa Barbara in Guadalupe, California. The set attempted to re-create an ancient Egyptian city. After filming, DeMille had the set blown up and buried, lest others try to use it.
Today the site—and a series of paintings produced for the Luxor Las Vegas—forms Made in L.A. 2016 artist Daniel R. Small’s project, investigating representations and re-presentations that seek to reclaim a past that never occurred in the first place.
Made in L.A. 2016 artist Silke Otto-Knapp created this piece for the Lobby Wall, which she relates to Georgia O’Keeffe’s monumental Sky Above Clouds IV (1965), an iconic work situated in the stairwell of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Representing sea, islands, sky, and moon amid an evasive horizon line, Otto-Knapp’s painting floats in all its dimensions, much like O’Keeffe’s canvas.
Photo by Brian Forrest.
Made in L.A. 2016 artist Daniel R. Small's installation includes artifacts from the destroyed set of Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments.
Hear even more about Small's excavation of the site at a talk on June 30: http://bit.ly/1UAQIHY
“An individual word can be like an invention in itself, an object of its own, and those four words occurred to me in that sequence—a, the, though, only—and I thought, what the hell is this? And in my experience that’s often a good first reaction.” —Aram Saroyan, the author of Made in L.A. 2016′s subtitle
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A Conversation with Michael Ned Holte
Get to know Michael Ned Holte, Co-Curator of the Hammer’s Made In LA 2014 exhibition. Michael along with Curator Connie Butler put together a roster of 35 of LA’s most renowned artists – A mixture of young, old, mid-career, unheralded and everything in between. In an age where its easy to get caught-up with art celebrities Made In LA reminds us of the importance of supporting and nurturing local arts communities.
To make room for Made in L.A. 2014, we've had to say goodbye to our permanent collection for the first time in Hammer history.
Don't worry–it will be back in October!
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Detail of California by Made in L.A. artist Meg Cranston. Currently on View on our Lobby wall.
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Made in L.A. artist Sarah Cain walks us through the Huntington Gardens.