Nowhere Better than This Place
- – This is a past exhibition
Eight objects challenge assumptions about their own material, permanence, provenance, and authorship.
Nowhere Better than This Place explores the wayward lives embodied by artworks in the Hammer Contemporary Collection. Representing a range of media, the objects on view challenge assumptions about their own material, permanence, provenance, and authorship. Featuring works by Rebecca Morales, Gala Porras-Kim, and Analia Saban, as well as a generous loan of the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, this exhibition explores the radical potential offered by fluid, rebellious, and migratory bodies.
Nowhere Better than This Place is organized by Vanessa Arizmendi, curatorial assistant, with Connie Butler, chief curator.
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![Analia Saban's 'Draped Concrete (70 sq ft)']()
Analia Saban, Draped Concrete (70 sq ft), 2015Concrete mounted on wooden sawhorse. 39 x 69 3/4 x 39 in. (99.1 x 177.2 x 99.1 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of John Baldessari. © Analia Saban -
![Gala Porras-Kim's 'Reconstructed Southwest Artifact']()
Gala Porras-Kim, Reconstructed Southwest Artifact, c. 900/2015/2015Ancient southwestern sherd, ultracal, enamel. 10 × 2 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (25.4 × 5.7 × 18.7 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of the artist. © Gala Porras-Kim -
![Rebecca Morales' 'Untitled (dividing caps)']()
Rebecca Morales, Untitled (dividing caps), 2006Gouache and watercolor on organic vellum. 51 1/8 x 44 5/8 x 2 in. (129.9 x 113.3 x 5.1 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchased with funds provided by the Esper A. Petersen Foundation. © Rebecca Morales -
![Painting that resembles a fitted sheet half pulled over a mattress]()
Analia Saban, Fitted Bed Sheet, 2011Acrylic on canvas. 78 1/4 x 44 x 5 1/4 in. (198.8 x 111.8 x 13.3 cm). Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchase. © Analia Saban -
![White page that reads "Nowhere better than this place"]()
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled", 1989/1990(detail). Print on paper, endless copies. 26 in. at ideal height x 29 x 56 in. overall; original paper size: 29 x 23 in. Collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, Key Biscayne, FL. © Felix Gonzalez-Torres, courtesy of The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation -
![White page that reads "Somewhere better than this place"]()
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled", 1989/1990(detail). Print on paper, endless copies. 26 in. at ideal height x 29 x 56 in. overall; original paper size: 29 x 23 in. Collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, Key Biscayne, FL. © Felix Gonzalez-Torres, courtesy of The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation -
![Analia Saban's 'Broken Vase No. 5']()
Analia Saban, Broken Vase No. 5, 2016Acrylic matte medium and crushed paper construction. 28 × 20 in. (71.1 × 50.8 cm). Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Gift of Brenda R. Potter. © Analia Saban -
![Analia Saban's 'Broken Vase No. 4']()
Analia Saban, Broken Vase No. 4, 2016Acrylic matte medium and crushed paper construction. 28 × 20 in. (71.1 × 50.8 cm). Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Gift of Brenda R. Potter. © Analia Saban -
![Analia Saban's 'Broken Vase No. 2']()
Analia Saban, Broken Vase No. 2, 2016Acrylic matte medium and crushed paper construction. 28 × 20 in. (71.1 × 50.8 cm). Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Gift of Brenda R. Potter. © Analia Saban -
![Felix Gonzalez-Torres' "Untitled"]()
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled", 1989/1990Print on paper, endless copies. 26 in. at ideal height x 29 x 56 in. overall; original paper size: 29 x 23 in. Collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, Key Biscayne, FL. © Felix Gonzalez-Torres, courtesy of The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation -
![Nowhere Better than This Place, installation view]()
Nowhere Better than This PlaceInstallation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 23, 2019 – February 2, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane -
![Nowhere Better than This Place, installation view]()
Nowhere Better than This PlaceInstallation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 23, 2019 – February 2, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane -
![Nowhere Better than This Place, installation view]()
Nowhere Better than This PlaceInstallation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 23, 2019 – February 2, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane -
![Nowhere Better than This Place, installation view]()
Nowhere Better than This PlaceInstallation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 23, 2019 – February 2, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane -
![Nowhere Better than This Place, installation view]()
Nowhere Better than This PlaceInstallation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 23, 2019 – February 2, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane -
![Nowhere Better than This Place, installation view]()
Nowhere Better than This PlaceInstallation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 23, 2019 – February 2, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane -
![Nowhere Better than This Place, installation view]()
Nowhere Better than This PlaceInstallation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 23, 2019 – February 2, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane
