State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970
Oct 09, 2011 - Jan 22, 2012
State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, co-organized by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) and UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), is the most comprehensive exhibition to date to focus on Conceptual art and related new genres in both Northern and Southern California during this pivotal period in contemporary art. Featuring more than 150 works of art, the exhibition includes installations, photographs, works on paper, videos and films, artists鈥� books, extensive performance documentation, and other ephemera. This includes newly discovered work as well as materials culled from archives that have rarely been viewed.
Some of the highlights of the exhibition include the important early surveillance installation Being Photographed, Looking Out, Looking In, February 4-20, 1971 by Chris Burden, currently in a private collection and not exhibited since the 1970s; the most comprehensive installation of artifacts, photographs, and the original soundtrack from Allen Ruppersberg鈥檚, Al's Grand Hotel (1971); the most complete documentation ever presented in a museum of Bonnie Sherk鈥檚 street performances Sitting Still Series (1970); and archival photographs from William Wegman鈥檚 studio, recently discovered at the BAM/PFA and never before seen in California. Other artists featured in State of Mind whose practices deserve greater attention are Gary Beydler, Nancy Buchanan, Adam (the late Paul Cotton), Lowell Darling, Stephen Laub, Darryl Sapien, Susan Mogul, Ilene Segalove, Fred Londier, and Robert Kinmont.
In conjunction with State of Mind there will be public programs that bring together a range of artists, scholars, and curators for opening weekend symposia, lectures, and performances. The exhibition is accompanied by a 250-page catalog with essays by exhibition curators Constance Lewallen and Karen Moss, as well as additional contributions by UC Irvine Art History Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson and Anne Rorimer, an independent scholar. The catalog, published by the University of California Press, will feature 70 color plates and more than 125 black-and-white images.
Some of the highlights of the exhibition include the important early surveillance installation Being Photographed, Looking Out, Looking In, February 4-20, 1971 by Chris Burden, currently in a private collection and not exhibited since the 1970s; the most comprehensive installation of artifacts, photographs, and the original soundtrack from Allen Ruppersberg鈥檚, Al's Grand Hotel (1971); the most complete documentation ever presented in a museum of Bonnie Sherk鈥檚 street performances Sitting Still Series (1970); and archival photographs from William Wegman鈥檚 studio, recently discovered at the BAM/PFA and never before seen in California. Other artists featured in State of Mind whose practices deserve greater attention are Gary Beydler, Nancy Buchanan, Adam (the late Paul Cotton), Lowell Darling, Stephen Laub, Darryl Sapien, Susan Mogul, Ilene Segalove, Fred Londier, and Robert Kinmont.
In conjunction with State of Mind there will be public programs that bring together a range of artists, scholars, and curators for opening weekend symposia, lectures, and performances. The exhibition is accompanied by a 250-page catalog with essays by exhibition curators Constance Lewallen and Karen Moss, as well as additional contributions by UC Irvine Art History Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson and Anne Rorimer, an independent scholar. The catalog, published by the University of California Press, will feature 70 color plates and more than 125 black-and-white images.
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State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, co-organized by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) and UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), is the most comprehensive exhibition to date to focus on Conceptual art and related new genres in both Northern and Southern California during this pivotal period in contemporary art. Featuring more than 150 works of art, the exhibition includes installations, photographs, works on paper, videos and films, artists鈥� books, extensive performance documentation, and other ephemera. This includes newly discovered work as well as materials culled from archives that have rarely been viewed.
Some of the highlights of the exhibition include the important early surveillance installation Being Photographed, Looking Out, Looking In, February 4-20, 1971 by Chris Burden, currently in a private collection and not exhibited since the 1970s; the most comprehensive installation of artifacts, photographs, and the original soundtrack from Allen Ruppersberg鈥檚, Al's Grand Hotel (1971); the most complete documentation ever presented in a museum of Bonnie Sherk鈥檚 street performances Sitting Still Series (1970); and archival photographs from William Wegman鈥檚 studio, recently discovered at the BAM/PFA and never before seen in California. Other artists featured in State of Mind whose practices deserve greater attention are Gary Beydler, Nancy Buchanan, Adam (the late Paul Cotton), Lowell Darling, Stephen Laub, Darryl Sapien, Susan Mogul, Ilene Segalove, Fred Londier, and Robert Kinmont.
In conjunction with State of Mind there will be public programs that bring together a range of artists, scholars, and curators for opening weekend symposia, lectures, and performances. The exhibition is accompanied by a 250-page catalog with essays by exhibition curators Constance Lewallen and Karen Moss, as well as additional contributions by UC Irvine Art History Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson and Anne Rorimer, an independent scholar. The catalog, published by the University of California Press, will feature 70 color plates and more than 125 black-and-white images.
Some of the highlights of the exhibition include the important early surveillance installation Being Photographed, Looking Out, Looking In, February 4-20, 1971 by Chris Burden, currently in a private collection and not exhibited since the 1970s; the most comprehensive installation of artifacts, photographs, and the original soundtrack from Allen Ruppersberg鈥檚, Al's Grand Hotel (1971); the most complete documentation ever presented in a museum of Bonnie Sherk鈥檚 street performances Sitting Still Series (1970); and archival photographs from William Wegman鈥檚 studio, recently discovered at the BAM/PFA and never before seen in California. Other artists featured in State of Mind whose practices deserve greater attention are Gary Beydler, Nancy Buchanan, Adam (the late Paul Cotton), Lowell Darling, Stephen Laub, Darryl Sapien, Susan Mogul, Ilene Segalove, Fred Londier, and Robert Kinmont.
In conjunction with State of Mind there will be public programs that bring together a range of artists, scholars, and curators for opening weekend symposia, lectures, and performances. The exhibition is accompanied by a 250-page catalog with essays by exhibition curators Constance Lewallen and Karen Moss, as well as additional contributions by UC Irvine Art History Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson and Anne Rorimer, an independent scholar. The catalog, published by the University of California Press, will feature 70 color plates and more than 125 black-and-white images.
