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Unframed Blog
| Sep 20, 2011
… Ibe’s work, featuring actors and an ensemble of musicians playing traditional Japanese instruments. Below, Goodall … and letters…
Unframed Blog
| Apr 16, 2020
… double-hulled canoe made using traditional techniques and materials. The boat was commissioned by LACMA for the … exhibition.…
Unframed Blog
| Feb 06, 2013
… Dynamic Display—Shinique Smith: Firsthand We often regard exhibitions … Museum Associates/LACMA SJ: Where do you find all of the…
Unframed Blog
| Jul 25, 2012
… White What questions animated the work currently on display in the exhibition? The question that resides beneath … by the almost…
Unframed Blog
| Dec 23, 2020
… as the city’s “assembled kind of culture,” from the material residue of its aerospace industries to the … leftover urban debris…
Unframed Blog
| Aug 07, 2017
… fiction novelist Bruce Sterling writes, "Cortright’s material is scraped from the abyss of Internet pop culture: … and…
Screen Credit: Artist Sabrina Gschwandtner on Filmmaking, Quilting, and the Forgotten Labor of Women
Unframed Blog
| Mar 08, 2022
… and traditional craft. Her video Screen Credit is currently playing on the monitors above LACMA’s Stark Bar through … of film, so…
Unframed Blog
| Sep 10, 2015
… design and technology as well as an innovative approach to materials in order to free architecture from its … Wright; additionally…
late 18th-19th century | Osseous material (bone, horn, or ivory), lacquer
currently on public view Artwork Medium: Osseous material (bone, horn, or ivory), lacquer Full Title: ... Playing Card Portfolio Orig Lang Title: Portfolio Translated Title: Edition Title: Manuscript Title: ...
1918 | Printed material and nine woodcuts on wove paper
currently on public view Artwork Medium: Printed material and nine woodcuts on wove paper Full Title: The ... Christ play Portfolio Orig Lang Title: Portfolio Translated Title: Edition Title: Manuscript Title: ...
1990 | Copper and cast epoxy resin
In conjunction, the two materials create a beautiful play of reflected and refracted light and an ... understand form, volume, presence and absence through light, seen directly through other materials ... sculpture highlights Pashgian’s mastery of plastic materials to create compelling visual experiences ...
2010 | Concrete, steel
conceptual design orientation and preference for everyday materials characteristic of many contemporary Dutch ... designers. The bench, which on first glance appears to be made of an inflatable material with a fabric ... to create outdoor furniture that deceives the senses and plays with oppositions: light and heavy, ...
2009 | Striped marble
handling of material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City ... to distance himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, ... is more intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced ...
2006 | Ironwood
material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City in 1993, ... himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. ... intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight ...
2006 | Onyx
material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City in 1993, ... himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. ... intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight ...
2008 | Belgian marble
material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City in 1993, ... himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. ... intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight ...
2009 | Ironwood
artist, Utah-born Alma Allen makes hand-carved sculptures that reflect an intuitive handling of material ... from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. Although he ... exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight and the ...
2006 | Turquoise
material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City in 1993, ... himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. ... intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight ...
2004 | Italian marble
material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City in 1993, ... himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. ... intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight ...
2005 | Carrera marble
artist, Utah-born Alma Allen makes hand-carved sculptures that reflect an intuitive handling of material ... from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. Although he ... exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight and the ...
2009 | Faceted marble
material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City in 1993, ... himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. ... intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight ...
2008 | Green stone
material and are usually characterized by gentle, organic curves. After moving to New York City in 1993, ... himself from the works and focus on the materials used–often bronze, gold, marble, wood, and stone. ... intimate, yet exudes playfulness and charm. Although small, it conveys integrity, evidenced by its weight ...
1970 | Vinyl, canvas, cardboard, painted with spray enamel | On View
of mundane objects. Playing with contradictions of material and form, he converts a wide variety of ...
2010 | Redwood, graphite and charcoal
Earliest Date: 2010 Latest Date: 2010 Curator Notes: Thomas Houseago playfully subverts the expectations ... aesthetic of plaster, wood, and various found materials. Houseago’s “monumental” structures can appear ... <i>Rattlesnake figure (carving)</i> one feels Houseago working directly in the material, where blow by blow ...
1995 | Nickel plated brass pins, compass, canvas, glue
plays with contradictions, such as hard and soft, pain and comfort, to suggest the menacing within the ... material qualities of artistic expression for a new generation. About The Era: Historical Commentary: ...
1954 | Cotton plain weave, printed
the playful styles of the era, and some even came with coordinating accessories for poolside comfort, ... fusible materials used for suits’ inner corsetry allowed women’s swimsuit-clad bodies to be molded into an ...
1958 | Wool knit
designs closely reflected the playful styles of the era, and some even came with coordinating accessories ... with fiber) and firm, fusible materials used for suits’ inner corsetry allowed women’s swimsuit-clad ...
early 19th century | Oil on canvas
painting, a scene plays out from the story of “Shaykh San‘an and the Christian Maiden,” recounted in Farid ... appear in other contemporaneous oil paintings of harem musicians. Small material details also aid in ... placing the scene in the Qajar material world. For instance, the wine bottle held by the Christian maiden ...