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Meaning/Meaning Staged

Exhibition

January 22-April 13, 2019

“Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged” is an exhibition that honors our donors over the last 80 years – since Fisher’s founding at USC in 1939. Beginning with selections from our first major gift from Elizabeth Holmes Fisher, this show displays works from our growing collections. Through the prism of landscapes, from the seventeenth-century into the present, we are examining visual and ideological shifts in pictorial meaning.

Individually, each artwork embodies the aesthetic and pedagogic trends of its original historical context. As an aggregate, the works reflect changing approaches to representing and interpreting art and societal values. Staged Meaning surveys how the old master artists in our collection utilized landscape imagery to stage meaning prescribed by religion, history, allegory, and a nationalist/expansionist ideology. The second part of the exhibition, Meaning Staged, adopts the concept of using landscapes as a vehicle for more individualized meaning, meaning removed from the requirements of these historical contexts. This art shifts meaning making in the way of the art of the modern world and places a heavier responsibility on the viewer. That is, it leaves the viewer no choice but to collaborate individually with the artist in meaning-making, unburdened by conventions of the past.

Among the artists featured are Jacob van Ruisdael, Thomas Cole, Théodore Rousseau, Carlos Almaraz, and Mary Weatherford. Each artist in the exhibition approaches landscape with different intentions but with a pronounced inclusion of what we are calling “the scape.” Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged is the first of two exhibitions celebrating our permanent collections. It is mounted in celebration of Fisher’s 80th anniversary.

The artists featured in Staged Meaning are:

Albert Bierstadt
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Jean Charles Cazin
Thomas Cole
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Charles-François Daubigny
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña
Asher Brown Durand
William Hart
Henry Inman
George Inness
Charles-Émile Jacque
David Johnson
Claude Lorrain
Jean-François Millet
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Théodore Rousseau
Jan Steen
Aert van der Neer
Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael
Jacob Salomonsz. van Ruysdael
David Vinckboons

The artists featured in Meaning Staged are:

Gustavo Acosta
Carlos Almaraz
Madeleine Avirov
Sergio Belinchón
Kate Ingold
Michael Kalki
Karla Klarin
Jesús Lugo
Arturo Mallmann
Marta Palau
Luis Serrano
Mary Weatherford

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So lucky to have witnessed the performance by Abigail DeVille. Loved the discussion after with Edgar Arceneaux where they got into migration, family, borders, north, south, countries, the homeless, colleges, majors and so much more. Thanks edgar_three for getting me out there! Thrilled to have also seen and met a Creative Capital grantee 2015!!🙌🙌 #abigaildeville #art #performance #uscfisher #creativecapital creative_capital

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Saw the Kara Walker Exhibit at USC today with silk_kittenn & I highly recommend it. Walker’s work explores Black American history, and she uses silhouettes, historic illustrations, classic mythology and much more to create her vision. Sobering & arresting artwork from one of the greats 🤘☮️
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Amazing exhibition of works by Louise Bourgeois now on view at USC Fisher Museum of Art.

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Our newest exhibition, “Louise Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem?” is officially OPEN!

On view Tuesdays-Fridays from 12:00-5:00 PM, and Saturdays from 12:00-4:00 PM.

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It was a little hard to get pictures once it got dark outside, but here`s a couple from the event. Almost all the seats were filled 🤍✨ Always a pleasure to sit down, relax and create with others.
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Ayeee, got a Paint Night Tonight for my Black Trojan family! A couple years ago, I had my exhibition "Black Girl Blues," but for this project, I was tasked with visually expressing the other end of the spectrum – Black JOY! I`m so excited for you all to see the image you`ll be recreating. We will be at the Fisher Museum of Art from 6pm to 8pm 😆 So thankful to the Most High Yah for this opportunity! Fight On, and all glory goes to God. 💯 I hope to see y`all there.
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Today is the last day to see pamdouglasart work in "Art and Hope at the End of the Tunnel" at fishermuseum

Curated by russianedward

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Gajin Fujita⁠
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How the pandemic has affected my art practice:⁠
During this pandemic, I found it that I have had more time to live with my art practice. So, I’ve been able to give and pay more attention to the paintings I’ve worked on. Also in this pandemic, I have been able to witness and experience the many social ills that we humans create and a lot of it has made for some great content to be used in my works.⁠
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A short statement about included pieces:⁠
In this painting, No Man’s Land, I’ve painted a particular corner of the LA inner city, where we call the cornfields. This area is mostly a commercial zone so there really doesn’t exist a residential neighborhood but there once was a thriving community that existed when the Tongva people used to call this area their home. I’ve also painted Bird/God (tengu) characters attacking a coyote on this street corner. In this painting, I wanted to capture the idea of evolution and the idea of time. I feel all the fighting, struggles, competition, and dominance that all life on this planet is constantly practicing make up natural evolution.⁠
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Gajin Fujita⁠
No Man`s LAnd⁠
2020⁠
Spray paint, paint markers, Sakura streak, 12K white gold leaf, and 24k gold leaf on wood⁠
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Courtesy of the Artist and L.A. Louver Venice, California⁠
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Copyright Gajin Fujita
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fishermuseum Join us for an exciting conversation on November 5th with three artists from Los Angeles: Gajin Fujita, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., and Devin Reynolds. Featured artists from the current exhibition Art & Hope at the End of the Tunnel will discuss their process and practice, inspiration, growing up in Los Angeles, and creating work during the pandemic. The evening’s discussion will be moderated by artist, curator, and USC Roski School of Art and Design alum Dulce Soledad Ibarra. Followed by Q&A and refreshments.⁠
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Register for this event at the LINK IN BIO!⁠
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Gajin Fujita⁠
"No Man`s LAnd"⁠
2020⁠
Spray paint, paint markers, Sakura streak, 12K white gold leaf and 24k gold leaf on wood⁠
Courtesy of the Artist and L.A. Louver Venice, California⁠
Copyright Gajin Fujita⁠
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Alfonso ⁠
"Air"⁠
2020⁠
Oil and enamel on canvas⁠
Courtesy of Thomas Johnson⁠
Copyright Alfonso Gonzales Jr.⁠
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Devin Reynolds⁠
"Chainlink⁠
2021⁠
Acrylic on panel⁠
On Loan from Artist ⁠
Copyright Devin Reynolds⁠

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Curated by my favorite Russian russianedward and up at the USC Fisher Museum fishermuseum in great company with kengonzalesday grantalexandra zcwalsh farrahkarapetian among many others
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How the pandemic has affected my art practice:⁠
Making art one is constantly reflecting and negotiating the process of creating. During the pandemic, I wrestled with how I could carve (and even maintain) a creative path through such uncertainty and mark the time we were in. I came to deeply appreciate the simplicity of making small drawings that weren’t connected to my past works or driven by deadlines of shows and completions of projects. Stripping down to the bare minimum as time stretched out during this period put me back in touch with how I was a creator as an art student. You just show up and see what happens.⁠
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A short statement about the included piece:⁠
`The Sun Burns My Eyes Like Moons` draws from solar eclipse expeditions, carvings on Egyptian temples, and the study of the sun up at Mt. Wilson Observatory at the solar observatory at the turn of the century.⁠
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Lia Halloran⁠
The Sun Burns My Eyes Like Moons (Prototype)⁠
2021⁠
Cyanotype from painted negative ink and acrylic on paper⁠
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Courtesy of the Artist and Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles⁠

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Gallery artists Mark Steven Greenfield, and Andy Moses are included in Edward Goldman’s curatorial group-show at USC’s Fisher Museum of Art, “ART AND HOPE at the end of the tunnel.” Forbes Magazine’s Tom Teicholz writes and interviews Goldman on the exhibition’s central theme convening on art created during the pandemic. Link in bio!

“As an artist, this pandemic has had some unexpected silver linings,” Andy Moses wrote in response. “It allowed my mind to slow down.”

On view September 10 to December 9 fishermuseum

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(1) Artwork: Mark Steven Greenfield, “Escrava Anastacia” (2020) Gold leaf and acrylic on wood panel, 24” x 24”
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