Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

October 15, 2011 - January 15, 2012

: Glenn Kaino Untitled (Ricky Jay) 2010 Playing cards. Variable. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of the Artist and LAXART, in honor of Ricky Jay.; Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection October 15, 2011-January 15, 2012 Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo by Brian Forrest.; Ginny Bishton Untitled (#9) 1995 Acrylic on paper. 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm.) Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Marc Selwyn.; Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection October 15, 2011-January 15, 2012 Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo by Brian Forrest.; Louise Bourgeois Untitled 1948-1951 Ink and charcoal on wove paper. 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (49.5 x 36.8 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Sally and Wynn Kramarsky in honor of Ann Philbin.; Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection October 15, 2011-January 15, 2012 Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo by Brian Forrest.; Kristen Morgin Piano Forte 2004 Unfired clay, wood, wire, salt, cement, glue. 71 1/2 x 46 x 97 in. (181.6 x 116.8 x 246.4 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchase.; Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection October 15, 2011-January 15, 2012 Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo by Brian Forrest.; Ed Moses Vailumumum 2007 Acrylic on canvas. 78 x 60 1/8 in. (198.1 x 152.7 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Cedd Moses.; Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection October 15, 2011-January 15, 2012 Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo by Brian Forrest.; Nancy Rubins Drawing 1975-2010 Graphite on rag paper. 152 x 124 in. (386.1 x 315 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchase.; Lee Bontecou Untitled 1987 Graphite and colored pencil on paper. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (24.1 x 31.8 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of the artist in honor of Ann Philbin. © Lee Bontecou. Courtesy Knoedler & Company, New York.

In 2005, the Hammer launched an exciting initiative to build a collection of contemporary art through both purchases and gifts. Acknowledging the breadth of mediums engaged by contemporary artists, this growing collection is comprised of works in drawing, film, painting, photography, sculpture, and video. While the Hammer Contemporary Collection has focused particular attention on artists from Southern California, it is also dedicated to the acquisition of works by artists working throughout the United States and internationally. In this installment of our series of exhibitions of works from the collection, the Hammer is proud to present several significant recent acquisitions including Glenn Kaino’s Untitled (Ricky Jay) (2010), Ordinary Magic (2010) by Siobhan Liddell, and Nancy Rubins’s monumental Drawing from 1975.

Organized by Ann Philbin, director; and Corrina Peipon, curatorial associate.