The Undiscovered Country
- – This is a past exhibition
The Undiscovered Country examines various approaches to the question of representation in contemporary painting, addressing both formal and content issues in painting after photography and after abstraction. The exhibition begins in the 1960s with paintings by Vija Celmins, Gerhard Richter, John Baldessari, and Neil Jenny, and advances to the present via work by Philip Guston, Thomas Lawson, Jochen Klein, and Luc Tuymans. About half the exhibition will be devoted to recent work, including paintings by Silke Otto-Knapp, Enoc Perez, Kirsten Everberg, Richard Prince, and Thomas Eggerer.
The Undiscovered Country includes over 60 works by about 25 artists, and is organized by the Hammer Museum's chief curator, Russell Ferguson.
Artists
- Mamma Andersson
- John Baldessari
- Edgar Bryan
- Vija Celmins
- Peter Doig
- Lukas Duwenhögger
- Mari Eastman
- Thomas Eggerer
- Kirsten Everberg
- Philip Guston
- Richard Hamilton
- Neil Jenney
- Jochen Klein
- Silke Otto-Knapp
- Laura Owens
- Thomas Lawson
- Kerry James Marshall
- Lucy McKenzie
- Enoc Perez
- Fairfield Porter
- Richard Prince
- Gerhard Richter
- Luc Tuymans
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Fairfield Porter, Amherst Campus No. 1, 1969Oil on canvas. The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Gift of the Estate of Fairfield Porter. -
Laura Owens, Untitled, 2004Oil and acrylic on linen. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York. -
Philip Guston, Untitled, 1975Oil on canvas. Collection University of California, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum; Bequest of Musa Guston. -
Enoc Perez, Normandie, 2003Oil on canvas. Courtesy The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York. -
Gerhard Richter, Waterfall, 1997Oil on canvas. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. -
The Undiscovered Country. Installation view at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. October 3, 2004-January 16, 2005. Photo by Joshua White. -
Vija Celmins, Hand Holding a Firing Gun, 1964Oil on canvas. Collection of Jack and Joan Quinn, Beverly Hills. -
Thomas Eggerer, Sweet Valley High, 1998Acrylic on canvas. Collection Janice and Mickey Cantin. Photo courtesy Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles. -
Richard Hamilton, Soft Pink Landscape, 1971-72Oil on canvas. Ludwig Museum Budapest - Museum of Contemporary Art. -
The Undiscovered Country. Installation view at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. October 3, 2004-January 16, 2005. Photo by Joshua White. -
Richard Prince, Nurses' Dormitory, 2002Ink jet print and acrylic on canvas. Private Collection. Photo courtesy Barbara Gladstone, New York. -
Kirsten Everberg, Bar, 2003Oil and enamel on canvas over panel. Collection of Brian Biel, Photo courtesy of the artist and 1301PE, Los Angeles. -
Luc Tuymans, Egypt, 2003Oil on canvas. Private collection, courtesy of Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. -
Mamma Andersson, We Do Boring Things Together, 2003Oil, acrylic, and varnish on board; diptych. Michael and Judy Ovitz Collection, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.
The Undiscovered Country is generously supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Eileen Harris-Norton and the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Beth Swofford, Maria Hummer and Bob Tuttle, David Teiger, Gail and Stanley Hollander, and The Broad Art Foundation.
In-kind support provided by W Hotel Los Angeles-Westwood.