ART/SNEAK PEEK : CENTURIES COLLIDE IN EXHIBIT OF ASIAN ABSTRACT ART.In the yawning gulf between V-E Day V-E Day Allies accept Germany’s surrender in WWII (May 8, 1945). [World Hist.: Van Doren, 506] See : Victory and Andy Warhol Noun 1. Andy Warhol - United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987) Warhol , Abstract Expressionism abstract expressionism, movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school. defined American art American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture, . Bold, brash and self-obsessed, it was the perfect form in which an overnight world power could assert its artistic potency. Or so we've been told. Now get ready to revisit some of those old cultural assumptions as a large traveling exhibition, ``Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions: Asian-American Artists and Abstractions, 1945-1970'' settles in for a two-month stay at USC's Fisher Gallery. It runs Wednesday through Feb. 14. Curated by Jeffrey Wechsler of Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. , the exhibition presents 150 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by a generation of Asian-American artists who merged traditional forms of East Asian art Asian art can refer to art amongst many cultures in Asia. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is the only museum in the world that systematically collects and exhibits Asian modern and contemporary art. with Abstract Expressionism. Fifty-seven artists of Chinese, Japanese and Korean descent are represented. The exhibition will be supported with a variety of auxiliary programming, including lectures, film screenings, poetry readings and workshops. The Fisher Gallery is located at 823 Exposition Blvd. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. On-campus parking is $6. Call (213) 740-4561. Seeing's not believing Defenders of artistic purity have long insisted that a straight photographic image should tell the truth. No manipulation, no staged events, no nada. Just unadulterated un·a·dul·ter·at·ed adj. 1. Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure. See Synonyms at pure. 2. Out-and-out; utter: the unadulterated truth. , literal-minded ``reality.'' That view has pretty much been exploded by contemporary shutterbugs like Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall Jeff Wall (born Vancouver September 29 1946) is a Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art-historical writing. Overview . Through Dec. 12, five photo artists continue the myth-demolishing process in the Century Gallery's group exhibition ``The Physically Altered Photograph.'' The five - Don Cole, Lydia Dickerson, Mark Kienholz, Janet Mackaig and Willie Middlebrook - all work in the Southland. The Century Gallery is located on the grounds of Veterans Memorial Park at 13000 Sayre St., Sylmar. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission and parking are free. Call (818) 362-3220. Drive-by viewing Westbound Valley motorists take note: You now have an extra weekend to catch ``Off the Ramp II ... Small Works,'' a group exhibition of five local painters at Tara's Gallery in Woodland Hills (not, as this column absent-mindedly reported last week, ``Off the Ramp'' gallery). Works by Marilyn English, m. Rheuban, Sherry Sims, Robert Stoller and gallery owner Tara Mozafarian are included in the show, which runs through Dec. 13. The gallery lies just north of the Ventura Freeway, a sharp right turn off the ramp at La Plaza Center, 22311 Ventura Blvd., No. 118. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Wednesday through Friday, or by appointment. Call (818) 992-0809. Between the stacks Libraries aren't just for reading anymore. Increasingly, they're for looking at art. A site-specific installation by Los Angeles artist Art Domantay is still on view at the Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: ``Twin Trees,'' a bronze, copper and steel sculpture from 1961 by Satoru Abe, is part of the collection in ``Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions'' at USC's Fisher Gallery. |
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