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Sunday, February 6th

11 am- 5 pm [LA]
exhibit: 'Thing: New Sculpture from LA'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: Including work by 20 Los-Angeles-based artists, THING uncovers the most innovative contemporary sculpture from the up-and-coming generation. Probing the formal and conceptual trajectories of sculpture in Los Angeles, THING includes a broad selection of works and addresses a wide range of sculptural practices, attempting to make sense of new materials, forms, methods, and concerns of this promising generation of emerging Angeleno artists. THING offers viewers a chance to examine how the vital and provocative sculpture being produced by L.A.’s younger set extends local traditions and lineages, and also taps into and shapes broader cultural streams. As Los Angeles has become a defining force in international contemporary art, the exhibition, though focusing on Los Angeles, provides a compelling view into the state of sculpture today. More info at the exhibit site. Through June 5th, 2005.

11 am- 5 pm [LA]
exhibit: 'Adam Cvijanovic'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: Adam Cvijanovic's large-scale landscape painting spans the Hammer's lobby walls, evoking the Hudson River School and 19th-century cycloramas. His room-sized installations (made of Tyvek panels) portray beautiful, yet charged natural scenes that challenge the seemingly sacred divisions between the mass-produced and the unique, the decorative and the profound. Through August 7th.

3 pm [LA]
conversation: 'Thing: New Sculpture from LA'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: Gallery talk in relation to the exhibit. With artists Jedediah Caesar, Rodney McMillan, Kristen Morgin, Lara Schnitger.