George Baker on Richard Hawkins

MAR 02 WED: March 2 2011, 07:00pm; Hammer Lectures

: Richard Hawkins The Last House 2010 Altered dollhouse, lighting, and table. 89 x 36 x 36 in. (226 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm). Ivan Moskowitz, Chicago, Illinois.; Richard Hawkins Crepuscule #1 1994 Collage on Chinese lantern. 28 x 24 x 24 in. (71.6 x 61 x 61 cm). Collection of Laurence A. Rickels, Los Angeles.; Richard Hawkins Shinjuku Labyrinth 2007 Wood, collage, and table. 40.1 x 37 x 37 in. (102 x 94 x 94 cm). Collection of Sam and Shanit Schwartz.; Richard Hawkins disembodied zombie george green 1997 Inkjet print. 47 x 36 in. (119.4 x 91.4 cm) Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchase.

George Baker on Richard Hawkins

George Baker is associate professor of Art History at UCLA, where he has taught modern and contemporary art and theory since 2003. A New York and Paris-based critic for Artforum magazine throughout the 1990s, he also works as an editor of the journal October. Baker is the author, most recently, of The Artwork Caught by the Tail: Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris and several other books, including James Coleman: Drei Filmarbeiten and Gerard Byrne: Books, Magazines, and Newspapers.

In conjunction with the exhibition Richard Hawkins: Third Mind

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00pm.

Public programs are made possible by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, and an anonymous donor.