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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Wallace Shawn & Bruce Wagner

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Besides his career as one of America’s most beloved character actors in films from My Dinner with Andre, which he co-wrote, to Clueless, Wallace Shawn has a parallel career as a writer and playwright. His latest book, Essays, takes readers on a revelatory journey through high art, war, culture, politics, and privilege. Bruce Wagner is a novelist, screenwriter, and producer based in Los Angeles. He is the author of the novels The Chrysanthemum Palace, a PEN Faulkner fiction award finalist, and Still Holding; I'll Let You Go, a PEN USA fiction award finalist. Wagner currently produces and writes for the Emmy award-winning Showtime series “Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union.”

 

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