Tag: university of southern california
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Curator’s Walkthrough
Join us for a walkthrough of “Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged” led by Assistant Curator Madelyne Gordon.
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Artist Talk with Karla Klarin
Thursday, February 21, 1 pm Meet Los Angeles artist Karla Klarin, who depicts expressionist cityscape paintings.
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Yoga @ Fisher
Thursday mornings at 10am Enjoy free yoga in galleries surrounded by landscapes from Fisher’s permanent collection. Yoga mats and blocks will be provided. Space is limited.
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Ofri Cnaani at Tate Modern
The Fisher Museum would like to honor artist Ofri Cnaani, who exhibited The Sota Project at Fisher in the Fall of 2012. The Sota Project was a multi-layered and interactive video exhibition depicting the tale of two sisters, Sota and Bekhorah from the Bible. The story was told through a series of room-sized panoramas. The…
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Albert Contreras
Series of fifteen untitled works, 2002-2005, acrylic on canvas, collection of the USC Fisher Museum of Art, gift of the artist. Photo by Magnus Stark. As if he never stopped, Albert Contreras took up painting once again in 1997, twenty five years following his departure from the artworld. In 1960, Contreras moved to Stockholm, Sweden…
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Women’s History Month
As women’s history month comes to a close, the Fisher Museum would like to honor our only female artist-in-residence, Jessica Cuautle. Cuautle has been training with Art Division for three years, and currently has two pastel portraits, Fluid and Breathe The Fire that debuted in Fisher/Art Division: Artists in Residence show. We sat down with…
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A Message from the Past: Is the First Amendment Stronger Since the Trials of the Hollywood Ten?
For 17 years, Blacklist by Jenny Holzer has entertained many passers-by and preserved the memory of those who were questioned in the controversial hearings by the House Committee on the un-American Activities. The quotes from Herbert Biberman and others bring the fear of the Hollywood ten alive: “I do not consider this committee to be…
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Art Division’s Newest
Roberto Ortiz sat in a small library in MacArthur Park among a cluster of his peers, recounting the first time he ever sat down in front of a canvas. The entrance blends in with laundromats and markets but if one looks closely, a small banner says “Art Division” above the door. Art Division is the…
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A One-Man Audience
For two weeks, hundreds of visitors collaborated to create thousands of unique sounds and songs in our installation, Sound Maze. Our goal for our collaboration with Visions and Voices was to challenge our visitors to perform on Paul Dresher’s experimental instruments and to engage with his creations as both art pieces and tools of music.…
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How an Art Library Is Changing Lives in L.A.
ARTSY EDITORIAL BY ISAAC KAPLANDEC 28TH, 2016 5:00 PM In 2004, Dan McCleary’s mother passed away. “My parents were avid book readers and collectors of art books,” the artist told me. “So instead of buying flowers, I told everyone to buy me books.” That was the early genesis for a library of art books that…