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H.C. Westermann.


MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

H.C. ("Cliff") Westermann had everything a real artist needs: a taste of the dark side (as a marine in World War II and Korea), technical skills (carpentry, woodcarving, stone masonry), art-historical grounding (Surrealism), and an engaging, original style--think R. Crumb but less worked. Oh, and he had a great art-party shtick shtick also schtick or shtik  
n. Slang
1. A characteristic attribute, talent, or trait that is helpful in securing recognition or attention:
: He'd walk around on his hands--chomping a cigar. Organized by the MCA's own Lynne Warren and Michael Rooks Rooks can refer to:

People:
  • Albert Harold Rooks (29 December 1891 - 1 March 1942), Captain in U.S. Navy, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
  • Lowell W. Rooks, Maj Gen U.S.
, the first major Westermann show since his 1979 Whitney retrospective brings together 131 sculptures from the '50s until the artist's death in 1981. June 30-Sept. 23; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, Feb. 14-May 12, 2002; MOCA MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art
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MoCA Museum of Chinese in the Americas
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MOCA Montezuma Castle National Monument (US National Park Service) 
, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , June 9-Sept. 8, 2002; Menil Collection, Houston, Oct. 4, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003.
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Author:Plagens, Peter
Publication:Artforum International
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 1, 2001
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