calendar

Thursday, March 10th

11 am- 5 pm [LA]
exhibit: 'The Posters of Robert Rauschenberg'
LACMA (5905 Wilshire Boulevard; Los Angeles)
info: 323-857-6010; publicinfo@lacma.org
detail: In addition to being at the forefront of some of the most important artistic innovations of the 20th century – in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and printmaking – Robert Rauschenberg has been one of the most prolific poster artists of his time. This exhibition will focus on Rauschenberg’s mass-editioned, fine art posters, which are in many ways a culmination of that innovative spirit, presenting complex, often pre-existing imagery within a framework of technical experimentation that is central to Rauschenberg’s work. Since the pioneering achievements of Jules Chéret and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the 1890s, posters have been taken seriously as an art form. In addition to their inherent function as advertisement and propaganda, they have successfully translated the art movements of the 20th century into a popular medium of enormous power. The more than 100 posters in this exhibition not only illustrate the technical and artistic innovations of Rauschenberg’s work, they also serve to chronicle the artist’s career. Through June 12th.

11 am- 5 pm [LA]
exhibit: 'German Austrian Posters'
LACMA (5905 Wilshire Boulevard; Los Angeles)
info: 323-857-6010; publicinfo@lacma.org
detail: This selection includes highlights from a collection of more than 200 posters. Through June 12th.

6 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 Lauren Bon, Krysten Cunningham, Michael O'Malley.

630 pm [LA]
discussion: 'Visual Music'
MoCA (250 South Grand Avenue; downtown LA)
info: 213-626-6222; info@moca.org
detail: Art talk for the exhibit 'Visual Music'. With Vilayanur Ramachandran [Director; Center for Brain and Cognition; UCSD].

7 pm [LA]
lecture: 'Matthew Barney'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: Matthew Barney's internationally traveling exhibition, 'The Cremaster Cycle', was organized by the Guggenheim Museum in 2002. Barney's influential installations, photographs, videos, and sculptures have been exhibited widely after MoMA- San Francisco honored him with a solo exhibition at age 24. His many awards include the Guggenheim Museum's Hugo Boss Prize and Venice Biennale's Europa 2000 Prize.

7 pm [LA]
conversation: 'Ingrid Calame'
LACMA (5905 Wilshire Boulevard; Los Angeles)
info: 323-857-6010; publicinfo@lacma.org
detail: LACMA curator Howard N. Fox speaks with LA-based artist Ingrid Calame. A brilliant colorist, Calame bases her paintings on tracings of stains found on sidewalks and streets—the evidence of human activities.Her painting ffwsptffwsptffwspt (2000) and the preliminary drawing for the work are currently on view on the second floor of the Modern and Contemporary Art Building.