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October 25–November 25, 1990 |
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Williams's installation of wall drawings, three-dimensional drawings, and
traditional sculpture focused on issues of identity and conformity. Bringing
her encyclopedic range of borrowed and created imagery to bear, Williams
created objects that offered a haunting sense of familiarity even as they
refused to be firmly anchored by memories of time or place. |
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September 16–November 4, 1990 |
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This exhibition offered a critical reappraisal of Lee Miller's work and
development as an artist. Her contributions, which until recently were
under-recognized, include being the first American female photojournalist
during World War II and the coinventor of the photographic process of
solarization (along with artist Man Ray). Until this exhibition, Miller's
work had not been on public view since 1932. Lee Miller: A Photographer
Rediscovered was curated by Jane Livingston (formerly at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.) and organized by the California
International Arts Foundation.
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September 27–October 5, 1990
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Leavitt transformed the Museum's main gallery into a theater with row
seating, a proscenium stage, and a set resembling a suburban living room for
this one-act play. An eccentric Rube Goldbergian contraption, engineered by
the main character to embody his personal cosmology, became a source of
conflict among the five characters, whose varying needs were contradictorily
affected by the protagonist's creation. |
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September 14–September 16, 1990 |
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Rachel Rosenthal, a legendary performer and preeminent performance artist,
created a new site-specific performance work for the Santa Monica Museum's
participation in the 1990 Los Angeles Festival. |
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July 26–September 5, 1990 |
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Tongues of Flame, the first comprehensive solo exhibition of the work of New
York artist David Wojnarowicz, included paintings, sculpture, photography,
film, video, and collage. Wojnarowicz's powerful works explored such issues
as AIDS, homophobia, ecological neglect, spirituality, and racial
intolerance. Organized by the Illinois State University Art Galleries, the
exhibition included a lecture by the artist and the curator, Barry
Blinderman, as well as an opening-night monologue by the artist. |
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June 30–July 15, 1990 |
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Dialogue: Prague/L.A. was an international artistic exchange between a group
of young artists from Czechoslovakia and California. During the first phase,
in the summer of 1989, nine American artists went to Prague; during the
summer of 1990, eleven Czech artists exhibited their work in Los Angeles at
the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Otis/Parsons, and the Arroyo Arts Gallery.
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May 31–June 3, 1990 |
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An installation and collaborative performance piece by sculptor Stephen
Glassman and choreographer/dancer Sarah Elgart, Zoo was commissioned by the
Museum specifically for the Frank Gehry—designed Edgemar courtyard. The
piece incorporated three large-scale ambulatory sculptures from Glassman's
Future Fossils series: Eagle, Bear, and Snake. An original score by New York
composer Ed Tomney accompanied the piece. |
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April 20–June 3, 1990 |
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This exhibition was the first one-person show of Garouste's work on the West
Coast. Garouste's large-scale acrylic paintings were created on panels of
linen that recall the textile materials used beginning in the Middle Ages
and known in Europe as "indiennes" in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. Curated by Marie Claude-Beaud, founder and Director of the
Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Les Indiennes also featured a
selection of the artist's bronze sculptures and smaller works in watercolor. |
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January 19–April 1, 1990 |
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This first large-scale museum exhibition of Albuquerque's work included
paintings, sculpture, installations, drawings, and documentation of the
artist's environmental and ephemeral work. The exhibition was initiated and
sponsored by the Fellows of Contemporary Art and organized by Henry T.
Hopkins of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation; it was accompanied by a
catalog featuring thirty-three full-color photographs.
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