Museum admission is free
galleries open today until 6PM
Hammer Channel

Watch 1,000+ talks, performances, artist profiles, and more.

Go to Hammer Channel
Collections
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

See 50,000+ objects, including prints, photographs, paintings, and more.

Go to Hammer Collections

The Hammer Museum and Lulu restaurant will be closed to the public on Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25.

Digital Archive Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology
Art Martha Rosler, Global Taste: A Meal in Three Courses
Global Taste: A Meal in Three Courses, by Martha Rosler, 1985

Martha Rosler, Artist
Global Taste: A Meal in Three Courses , 1985

Medium
3-channel video installation with wood and paint, color, sound
Dimensions
120 x 80 x 100 in. (304.8 x 203.2 x 254 cm). Video: 30:00 min.
Credit Line
Courtesy of the artist and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York. Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; photography by Brian Forrest

In this suite of videos, Rosler's take on the "global village" suggests that America's influence on taste—both gastronomic and personal or cultural taste—has an intentionally flattening effect. By exporting American foods and other cultural products to countries all over the globe, the United States exerts its economic and political power and participates in stripping ethnic populations of their cultural identities while assuring growth for American companies and the nation's continued dominance on the world stage.