January 16 - April 8, 2007
This exhibition in two parts premieres the Hammer Contemporary Collection. Part I, currently on view, highlights photography and abstract drawings, including works by such artists as John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Grotjahn, Sharon Lockhart, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Catherine Opie, and Ed Ruscha, among many others. Part II, which will be on view from mid-April to August 2007, will present works in a range of media, focusing on the figurative and the imagistic.
This exhibition in two parts premieres the Hammer Contemporary Collection. Part I, currently on view, highlights photography and abstract drawings, including works by such artists as John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Grotjahn, Sharon Lockhart, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Catherine Opie, and Ed Ruscha, among many others. Part II, which will be on view from mid-April to August 2007, will present works in a range of media, focusing on the figurative and the imagistic.
Above: Mark Grotjahn. Untitled (Color Butterfly 10 Wings), 2004. Colored pencil on paper. 66 3/4 x 47 in. framed. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchase. Inset: Catherine Opie. Self-Portrait/ Nursing, 2004. Chromogenic color print. 40 x 32 in. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Rosette Delug.