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| Jul 07, 2023
… Fa'asisina), Samoa, Samoan, 1895, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, partial gift of Mark and Carolyn…
Unframed Blog
| Sep 30, 2021
… hosted its sixth Mellon Summer Academy, which, because of the continued COVID-19 pandemic, was a two-week virtual…
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| Jul 28, 2016
… Staff: Jessica Gambling Unframed is taking a look behind the scenes to profile the creative,…
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| Apr 29, 2020
… Moments of Stillness in Wolfgang Tillmans's "Los Angeles Installation" During these uncertain…
Unframed Blog
| May 10, 2016
… A Mexican Mural Study by Federico Cantú In 1928, the Mexican artist Federico Cantú (1907–1989) arrived in Los … … Federico Cantú,…
Unframed Blog
| Nov 20, 2012
… Romancing the Rock “O ‘tis a passionate Work!—yet wise and well.” … Work!—yet wise and well.” —William Wordsworth In the…
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| Sep 11, 2013
… Q & A with Christopher Hawthorne In advance of Christopher Hawthorne's talk at LACMA on Sunday, September 15 , Unframed …
Unframed Blog
| Jul 25, 2013
… swaying, beaches teeming, automobiles gleaming: such are the snapshots most commonly attributed to Los Angeles … on view around…
2014 | Inkjet print
past and present. The so-called sheriff seems to reference Mahmud Khan Kalantar Nuri, the mayor of ... the figure stands in front of a historical-looking entrance façade with surveillance cameras both to ... imply the police presence within the Qajar state and remind the viewer that this is a fantasy mixing ...
circa 1933-1934 | Oil on canvas attached to wood board
the day. Regionalists were particularly fond of idealizing the past and aggrandizing the present ... What resulted was a series of drawings and paintings in which the artist was able to convey the ... pants, and heavy shoes-characteristic of the rural American laborer. (Speicher thought of him as an ...
late 15th century | Copper, engraved and originally tinned
"How long will he find his useless presence in the palm of the silver-breasted beauties?" Alas, ... provided by the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky Artwork Accession Number: ... Date: 1467 Latest Date: 1499 Curator Notes: This bowl belongs to what is arguably one of the most ...
2009 | Neon and black paint
critic has succinctly noted, with the "presence of the past in the present." Ligon draws from ... images of the past few decades. Ligon is one of the most celebrated artists of his generation. LACMA ... Artwork Inscription: Culture Made: Artwork Date(s): 2009 Artwork Credit Line: Gift of the 2010 ...
circa 1862-1872 | Oil on canvas
stylistic source for the clarity and sculptural presence of Roesen’s fruit still-life compositions easily ... presence of a landscape background in the Fruit Still Life with Wine Glass and Coins in a Landscape, dated ... history paintings re-creating the glorious past of the relatively new country. Such idealizations ignored ...
1858 | Oil on canvas
mid-19th century offered no hint of this past conflict. Yet the 19th-century public would have been well ... landscapes. Even humans are absent, although the haystacks signify the presence of an important industry ... history paintings re-creating the glorious past of the relatively new country. Such idealizations ignored ...