Hammer Highlights 2015: Curatorial Jams
Hammer Highlights is a blog series that features the past year's most memorable moments and stories from each of our departments.
This playlist was inspired by the Hammer's 2015 exhibition calendar and compiled by our junior curatorial team: January Parkos Arnall, Leslie Cozzi, Emily Gonzalez-Jarrett, Marcela Guerrero, Jamillah James, Phil Leers, Kirk Nickel, Michael Nock, Courtney Smith, Lauren Sorenson, and MacKenzie Stevens.
Track List
Hammer Projects: This is the End
January 8–June 7, 2015
Song: Backstreet Boys, Everybody
Hammer Projects: Pedro Reyes
January 31–May 24, 2015
Song: Las Cafeteras, La Bamba Rebelde
Hammer Projects: Maria Hassabi
January 31–March 1, 2015
Song: Trey Songz, Slow Motion
Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989
February 7–May 24, 2015
Song: LL Cool J, The Boomin’ System
Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now
February 7–May 31, 2015
Song: Rage Against the Machine, The Ghost of Tom Joad
Hammer Projects: Lily van der Stokker
February 7–June 3, 2015
Song: Blue Orchids, Work
Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio
February 20–May 24, 2015
Song: Dead or Alive, You Spin Me Round (like a record)
Hammer Projects: Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio
March 7–May 10, 2015
Song: Tony! Toni! Toné!, It Never Rains in Southern California
Hammer Projects: Mary Reid Kelley
May 23–September 27, 2015
Song: Shamir, Make a Scene
Hammer Projects: Joseph Holtzman
June 6–September 20, 2015
Song: Felt, The World is Soft as Lace
The Afghan Carpet Project
June 13–September 27, 2015
Song: Afghan Wigs, Gentlemen
Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition
June 20–September 13, 2015
Song: Jack Johnson, Pictures of People Taking Pictures
Mark Bradford: Scorched Earth
June 20–September 20, 2015
Song: Sublime, April 29, 1992
All the Instruments Agree: an exhibition or a concert
September 26–27, 2015
Song: David Robbins, Theme Song for an Exhibition
Hammer Projects: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
October 3, 2015–January 10, 2016
Song: Dump, The Beautiful Ones
Hammer Projects: Avery Singer
October 6, 2015–January 17, 2016
Song: Tel Aviv, We’ve Got the Computers
The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris
October 11, 2015–January 24, 2016
Song: Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby
UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015
October 11, 2015–January 24, 2016
Song: Talking Heads, Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
