John Baldessari, Beethoven’s Trumpet (With Ear) Opus #131, 2007, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Margo Leavin, © John Baldessari 2007. Courtesy Estate of John Baldessari ©2021

John Baldessari, Beethoven’s Trumpet (With Ear) Opus #131, 2007, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Margo Leavin, © John Baldessari 2007. Courtesy Estate of John Baldessari ©2021

Yeesookyung, Translated Vase, 2013, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by AMOREPACIFIC Corporation, © Yeesookyung, courtesy of Locks Gallery, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Linda Nishio, Kikoemasu ka? (Can you hear me?), 1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © Linda Nishio, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Bowl, late 15th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Yeesookyung, Translated Vase, 2013, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by AMOREPACIFIC Corporation, © Yeesookyung, courtesy of Locks Gallery, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, Woman Making Rabbit Shadow for Small Boy, 1807, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift in memory of Mary Thayer Gruys, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA