Added: 12/28/2005 |
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is the place where cultures crossThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art, established as an independent institution in 1965, has assembled a permanent collection that includes approximately 100,000 works of art spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present, making it the premier encyclopedic visual arts museum in the western United States. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art offers an outstanding schedule of special exhibitions, as well as lectures, classes, family activities, film programs, and world-class musical events.
The permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Art Museum includes many art directions. Ancient and Islamic Art presents ancient arts from Egypt, West Asia, Greece, and Rome; pre-Columbian art; African art; and Islamic Art. Chinese and Korean Art includes arts of China, Korea, and the ceramics of Southeast Asia; comprises paintings, metalwork, lacquers, jades, and Buddhist art ranging from the Stone Age to the 20th century.
There are also American Art, South and Southeast Asian Art, Japanese Art, Decorative Arts, Modern and Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings, Costume and Textiles,European Painting and Sculpture and Photography, comprising approximately 5,000 international examples of the medium from its invention in 1839 to the present.
Now, get to know about some knew exhibition and events at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship explores the development of divine kings and their roles in the emergence of complex urban society 2,000 years ago in the Maya region. It presents 150 objects, many of which have never been shown in the United States, including works from the national museums of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and Costa Rica.
Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro 1865-1885. Curated by Joachim Pissarro and organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, this exhibition consists of approximately 60 paintings, focusing on the years 1865-1885 when Cezanne and Pissarro worked together, often painting literally next to each other.Throughout their extensive collaborative efforts, the two artists transformed the longstanding master/student relationship to one of equals, simultaneously serving as both master and student to each other. This created a new artistic language, paving the way for generations of modern artists.
Contemporary Projects 9: Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo. This project room highlights the work of two young artists who are gaining increasing international recognition. Gajin Fujita (Los Angeles) and Pablo Vargas Lugo (Mexico) address notions of cultural and stylistic appropriation in the twenty-first century. By borrowing forms from Asian art (i.e., Japanese, Tibetan, Chinese, and Korean), as well as contemporary Latino graffiti, the artists, in radically different ways, exemplify how artistic traditions are referenced back and projected forward across what are normally thought of as both stylistic and national borders. Artistic process and meticulous craftsmanship underlie the works of these fascinating artists. The exhibition comprises approximately 20 works exhibited for the first time at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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