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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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Daria Martin & Anna Halprin

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Artist Daria Martin’s elusive and enigmatic films combine intense ritualistic performativity with a rigorous yet detached photographic approach. Her 16mm film Minotaur pays tribute to the work of dance pioneer Anna Halprin, whose life and work has had a profound influence on Martin. Anna Halprin established the groundbreaking San Francisco Dancers’ Workshop in the 1950s and was an early pioneer in the experimental art form known as postmodern dance. She has created 150 full-length dance theater works, which are extensively documented in photographs, books, and on film. Halprin’s books include Movement Rituals, Moving toward Life: Five Decades of Transformational Dance, and Dance as a Healing Art.

In conjunction with the Three Museum (3M) exhibition Daria Martin: Minotaur.

Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss.

Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelly, an anonymous donor, the Hammer Programs Committee, and Susan and Leonard Nimoy.

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