The Hammer Museum Introduces Houseguest: New Series Invites Artist to Curate From the Collections
May 21
Houseguest: Jennifer Bornstein Selects from the Grunwald Collection
On view June 8 – September 14, 2008
Los Angeles, CA – The Hammer Museum presents a new series called Houseguest, in which artists are invited to curate a show from among the Museum’s diverse collections, which comprise works dating from the Renaissance to the present. For the first exhibition of the series, Los Angeles-based artist Jennifer Bornstein visited the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts over a period of six months, browsing through works on paper, and selecting prints, drawings, and photographs. Her scholarly nature and studious eye drew her through a historical landscape of works, from the masterly engravings of Albrecht Dürer, to the sharp and spontaneous etchings of Rembrandt van Rijn, to the dark eighteenth-century satirical scenes of Francisco de Goya, to Sister Corita Kent’s bold screen prints reflecting the activism of the 1960s, through to a mysterious photograph by contemporary artist Kiki Smith. The exhibition also contains works by Philip Guston, Katherine Diehl, Barbara Morgan, Lewis Baltz, Mel Bochner, Dennis Cooper, and James Welling. Bornstein’s affinity for form, her flair for muted tones but also for striking contrasts, and the stories and inspirations she finds in works from past and present can be traced throughout her selections.
Jennifer Bornstein was born in Seattle and lives in Los Angeles. She received her BA from UC Berkeley in 1992, and her MFA from UCLA in 1996. Bornstein has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Greengrassi, London; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; Blum and Poe, Los Angeles; and Studio Guenzani, Milan. Group exhibitions of her work include the 2nd Moscow Biennale; the Biennale d’art contemporain in Le Havre, France; and exhibitions at the ICA, London and the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco.
May 21
Houseguest: Jennifer Bornstein Selects from the Grunwald Collection
On view June 8 – September 14, 2008
Los Angeles, CA – The Hammer Museum presents a new series called Houseguest, in which artists are invited to curate a show from among the Museum’s diverse collections, which comprise works dating from the Renaissance to the present. For the first exhibition of the series, Los Angeles-based artist Jennifer Bornstein visited the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts over a period of six months, browsing through works on paper, and selecting prints, drawings, and photographs. Her scholarly nature and studious eye drew her through a historical landscape of works, from the masterly engravings of Albrecht Dürer, to the sharp and spontaneous etchings of Rembrandt van Rijn, to the dark eighteenth-century satirical scenes of Francisco de Goya, to Sister Corita Kent’s bold screen prints reflecting the activism of the 1960s, through to a mysterious photograph by contemporary artist Kiki Smith. The exhibition also contains works by Philip Guston, Katherine Diehl, Barbara Morgan, Lewis Baltz, Mel Bochner, Dennis Cooper, and James Welling. Bornstein’s affinity for form, her flair for muted tones but also for striking contrasts, and the stories and inspirations she finds in works from past and present can be traced throughout her selections.
Jennifer Bornstein was born in Seattle and lives in Los Angeles. She received her BA from UC Berkeley in 1992, and her MFA from UCLA in 1996. Bornstein has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Greengrassi, London; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; Blum and Poe, Los Angeles; and Studio Guenzani, Milan. Group exhibitions of her work include the 2nd Moscow Biennale; the Biennale d’art contemporain in Le Havre, France; and exhibitions at the ICA, London and the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco.