Representing past, recent, and future gifts to the Museum鈥檚 permanent collection, this exhibition features an eclectic range of works created in the 1980s. The installation comprises paintings and drawings associated with several notable movements of the decade including Neo-Expressionism, Pattern and Decoration, and appropriation. It also brings together a diverse array of styles and artists: from intimately-scaled
works by Susan Rothenberg,
Richard Tuttle, as well as
Francesco Clemente and
Enzo Cucchi (two of the 鈥淭hree Cs鈥 of Italian contemporary art); to immense paintings by New York
artists Richard Bosman,
Richmond Burton, and
Al Held; along with iconic works by Southern California
artists Peter Alexander,
Charles Arnoldi, and
Jill Giegerich.