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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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Ruth Asawa. BMC (BMC.76), n.d.
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Cage, Tudor, and the Visual Language of Indeterminacy

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The avant-garde composer and Black Mountain College teacher John Cage invented new performance methods and compositional processes. Nancy Perloff, curator of modern and contemporary collections at the Getty Research Institute, discusses Cage’s use of chance operations to develop works that would transform music in the 20th century. Pianist Aron Kallay performs elements from scores Cage collaborated on with David Tudor. 

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