Suppression, Subversion and the Surreal – The Art of Czechoslovakian Resistance

Selections from the Dr. Eugene Rogolsky Collection March 9-April 13, 2019 (T-F, 12-5pm, Sat, 12-4pm)ANDApril 30-May 10, 2019 (M-F, 12-5pm) USC Fisher Museum of Art is pleased to present Suppression, Subversion and the Surreal: The Art of Czechoslovakian Resistance. This student-curated exhibition features a selection of prints and photographs from the Dr. Eugene Rogolsky Collection, which was…

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…

Graciela Iturbide meets Fisher’s Chief Preparator Juan, nephew of Tío Roque, famously pictured in “La frontera”

“I prefer to photograph the man in a more dignified manner, independently of the injustices.” – Graciela Iturbide (Art21 2015) Graciela Iturbide, one of Mexico’s most distinguished photographers, has spent more than four decades documenting the diverse people, cultures and traditions of her native country. Her iconic images are widely circulated, including La frontera, Tijuana,…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…