Lee Bontecou.UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM In 1965, Donald Judd proclaimed Lee Bontecou "one of the best artists working anywhere." The sole woman in the early-'60s Castelli stable, Bontecou creatively bridged masculine and feminine, human and machine in her sculpture and drawing, exploring a kind of abstract cyborgian androgyny 1. sexual ambiguity, either physical or psychological. 2. female pseudohermaphroditism.androg´ynous an·drog·y·ny (  n-dr j years ahead of its time. But by 1975, she dropped out, barely exhibiting since (though making new work all along) and refusing cooperation when others tried surveying her past. Now, in her first retrospective (curated by UCLA Hammer's Elizabeth A.T. Smith, James Smith, James, American political leaderSmith, James, c.1719–1806, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Ireland. He settled in Pennsylvania in his youth and practiced law at York. He served in provincial assemblies and conventions and advocated independence early. He was (1776–78) a member of the Continental Congress. W. Alsdorf, and Ann Philbin), she's cooperating--and we all have some happy catching up to do. Oct. 5-Jan. 11; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Feb. 14, 2004-May 23, 2004; MOMA Moma (mō`mä), town, E central Mozambique. It is important mainly as a harbor for the export of tropical produce. QNS QNS - QoS Network ServerQNS - Quantity Not Sufficient QNS - Queens County (New York), New York, July 28, 2004-Sept. 27, 2004. |
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