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30/9/2011

Two exhibitions

Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles

Monet/Lichtenstein: Rouen Cathedrals
BCAM, Level 3
October 1, 2011–January 1, 2012

Monet/Lichtenstein: Rouen Cathedrals presents a group of Monet’s Impressionist Rouen cathedral paintings together with Lichtenstein’s 1969 appropriation of the same subject.

Monet painted thirty views of the Rouen Cathedral from 1892–1895 from different viewing positions, all quite close to one another, at different times of day. The series stands as the hallmark of the revolutionary Impressionist movement. Over six decades later, Lichtenstein was inspired to paint his Cathedral series in the style of Pop art as a response to the exhibition Serial Imagery at the Pasadena Art Museum. Pop delved into the nature of repetition and seriality by taking an iconic image, cheapened by overexposure, and reinvesting it with renewed, ironic vigor and relevance.

For both Monet and Lichtenstein, the subject of the cathedral is less important than the act of seeing; the installation investigates the nature of this obsession with sight. These paintings by Monet and Lichtenstein, essential to the formation of modern and post-modernism, present a visual narrative that unites the thematic concerns and visual strategies of these chronologically disparate artists.

This exhibition is organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

This exhibition features exceptional loans from the Musée d'Orsay.

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CALIFORNIA DESIGN, 1930–1965
"Living in a Modern Way"
1 October, 2011 - 25 March, 2012

This exhibition will be the first major study of California mid-century modern design. With over 350 objects including furnishings, film, graphic design, industrial design, fashion, and jewelry, the exhibition will explore how California design shaped American material culture just before and after World War II, examining the roots of California modernism, the contributions of émigrés, the postwar transition to a Cold War economy, and the marketing and promotion of California throughout the US and the world.

The exhibition begins with the development of a distinctive California modernism in the 1930s and the contributions of émigrés such as Kem Weber, Paul Frankl, R.M. Schindler, and Richard Neutra. It then explores the design innovations made possible by the conversion of WWII technologies to peace-time use (such as Charles and Ray Eames' work for the U.S. Navy, which resulted in their famous fiberglass and molded plywood chairs after the war.)

The largest section of the show, "Living California Modern," focuses on the home, famously characterized by open plans and indoor/outdoor living. Created for a casual lifestyle, new types of furnishings were often produced by designers whose work, still largely unknown, will be seen for the first time by museum audiences. The exhibition's last section demonstrates—through exhibitions, magazines, shops, and film—how "The California Look" was disseminated throughout America and the world.

The exhibition's goal is to elucidate the 1951 quote from designer Greta Magnusson Grossman that is part of the exhibition's title: California design "is not a superimposed style, but an answer to present conditions… It has developed out of our own preferences for living in a modern way."

Image: Monet, Claude, Rouen Cathedral, the portal. Morning Sun, Blue Harmony, 1893, Oil on canvas, 91 x 63 cm, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France (Inv. RF2000), Photo courtesy Réunion des Musées Nationaux by Thierry Le Mage/Art Resource, NY.

Opening 1 October 2011

Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard - Los Angeles USA
Regular Hours: Mon-Tue 12 noon–8 pm, Tuesday 12 noon–8 pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 12 noon–8 pm
Friday 12 noon–9 pm
Sat-Sun 11 am–8 pm

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