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…
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…
Roberto Gil de Montes Lunchtime Art Talk
Enjoy the complete footage from our “Lunchtime Art Talk” program with Roberto Gil de Montes on 10/21/2016….
Dan McCleary Lunchtime Art Talk
Enjoy the complete footage from our “Lunchtime Art Talk” program with Dan McCleary on 10/07/2016….
Homegrown Art Shines Through Then and Now at the Fisher
The Fisher Museum has maintained a fascination with local and emerging artists and you can’t get more local than your own backyard. In January of 1978, a gardener on campus mustered up the courage to take a small drawing of his composed using markers to an unsuspecting Professor Susan Larsen. Leopold Enriquez may have been…
Dr. Selma Holo Becomes Keynote Speaker at MUAC
Dr. Selma Holo, Director of the USC Fisher Museum of Art and International Museum Institute, was in Mexico City between October 19-21 to attend a series of conferences at the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico’s leading contemporary art museum. Dr. Holo, who was the keynote speaker for the conference series, talked about “hyphenated museums” (museums dedicated to…
Sergio Hernández on view in Bogotá!
#flashbackfriday — Congratulations to artist Sergio Hernández for his wonderful new exhibition “De Sangre Y De Plomo” on view in Bogotá, Colombia! He was first exhibited in the United States as part of Fisher Museum’s “17 Contemporary Mexican Artists” show in 1989. The objective of “17 Contemporary Mexican Artists” was to highlight the diversity of Mexican visual expression, while presenting young artists living…
Where is Ana Mendieta?
For those who are asking “Where is Ana Mendieta?” we have an answer: Aquí ! In response to what has been going on at the Tate Modern throughout the past few days, we wanted to remember our 1983 exhibition Aquí, which showcased the work of 27 Latin American artists living and working in the United States, including Ana Mendieta. This…