June 27 - October 19, 2008
Robert Rauschenberg's works in the collection of LBMA provide a glimpse into this prolific and world-renowned artist's large scale prints including his Surface Series: Currents and his large tongue-in-cheek Cardbirds. These works highlight Rauschenberg's frequent efforts to elevate the mundane, discarded and ephemeral to high art.
Artwork: Robert Rauschenberg, Surface Series from Currents #52, 1970, Black and white silkscreen on aqua B 844 paper, Gift of Mr. John Marvin
June 27 - October 19, 2008
To celebrate the recently completed Ceramics Access Project, the publicly-accessible online catalog of LBMA's ceramics collection, the Museum is presenting a selection of works spanning 300 years. In addition to seeing a selection of works in the galleries, visitors will be able to browse the entire ceramics collection at a new computer kiosk in the Masterson Lobby.
Artwork: David Gilhooly, Bread Frog as a Bake Sale, 1978, Purchased with funds of the National Endowment for the Arts
June 27 - October 19, 2008
Join us for the unveiling of this remarkable bequest of contemporary ceramic artworks from the collection of Frieda K. Bradsher. From the quirky to the fantastical to the downright gorgeous, these eighty-eight works of art will inspire, amuse and engage you.
Artwork: Deborah Kupinsky, Midnight Ride, 2006, Earthenware, Gift of Frieda K. Bradsher
April 11 - September 7, 2008
Subversive. Funny. Sinister.
Adjectives not normally used when describing furniture. But these are exactly the words one could use to describe the works of Canadian furniture maker, Gord Peteran, whose works are on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art from April 11 through September 7, 2008. Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets Its Maker, is a thought-provoking exhibition of 34 psychologically compelling pieces of, you guessed it, furniture.
It is furniture unlike any other. A table that doesn't hold objects, chairs not made for sitting, objects that appear to function as torture devices or for the sexually experimental. Despite the dubious functionality of many of the pieces in the exhibition, one can recognize, using Peteran's word, the "furnitural" quality of the object. The accompanying award-winning exhibition catalog expresses it this way, "at Peteran's hands furniture dies a fascinating death, without ever quite going away."
Don't miss your chance to experience this truly unique exhibition.
Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets its Maker is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Chipstone Foundation with generous support from The Windgate Charitable Foundation.
Gord Peteran Press Release (opens in a new window)
Artwork above, from left: Fault Line (detail), 2003, Framed Wilson Art (graphic laminate), Lent by Diane and March Grainer; A Table Made of Wood, 1999, Various woods, Lent by the artist; Ark, 2001, Stained oak, metal, velvet, glass, electrical cord, Lent by the artist; Untitled So Far, 1996, Found wood turning, red leather, linen thread, Lent by the Wood Turning Center Collection, donated by Albert and Tina LeCoff; 100, 1996, Machined bronze, ebony, custom-built oak and leather case, Collection of Sylvia and Garry Knox Bennett
May 23 - September 28, 2008
The Long Beach Museum of Art presents The Art of Commerce: William Livingston's Pinhole Photographs of the Port of Long Beach, from May 23 - September 28, 2008. The exhibition features a dozen, large breathtaking photos of The Port of Long Beach as never before seen. The photographer, William Livingston, was given exclusive access to capture everyday images of Port activity using a pinhole camera.
The photos in The Art of Commerce effortlessly capture the combination of industrial beauty and dynamic reality that exist at the Port. Lively shades of blue, yellow and green illuminate the shipping yards, ships, docks, cranes, containers, trucks, and trains; all set against brilliant blue skies. The photographs embrace the commotion and activity of daily port activities - a shipment being lowered onto a truck, a train crisscrossing vast terminals, or simply the silky rippling of the ocean below. Fittingly, The Art of Commerce is installed in the Museum's Jean and Charles Lane Oceanview Gallery, whose south-facing, second-floor wall of windows offers dramatic views of the Port of Long Beach. Also included in the exhibition are several of Livingston's hand-made pinhole cameras.
The Art of Commerce is made possible by the generous support of the Port of Long Beach. Additional support was provided by the B.C. McCabe Foundation and the Rudolph J. and Daphne A. Munzer Foundation.
William Livingston's Pinhole Photographs Press Release (opens in a new window)
Artwork above: SSAT Container Terminal II, 2006, Type C Lightjet print, 18 x 24 inches, Courtesy of The Port of Long Beach; Pacific Container Terminal, 2007, Type C Lightjet print, 60 x 48 inches, Courtesy of The Port of Long Beach.
The Museum's prized permanent collection includes approximately 3,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative arts objects (furnishings and accessories). Particular strengths lie in 300 years of ceramics, early 20th century European art, California Modernism and contemporary art of California.
If you're interested in supporting the Museum's exhibitions, contact Ed Fosmire, 562-439-2119 x336.
