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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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Digital Archive Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology

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Press Release: The Hammer Museum Presents "Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology" [PDF, 5 pp, 615 KB]
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An Appropriate Time for Appropriation Art at Hammer
Los Angeles Times
Review: "Take It or Leave It" Reflects Time of Choice in the '80s
Los Angeles Times
"Take It or Leave It" at the Hammer
KCRW
SFAQ Review: "Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology" at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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Hammer Museum Features Two Provocative Exhibits
Orange County Register
Culture-War Holdout
Wall Street Journal
Hammer Museum's "Take It or Leave It," Reviewed
LA Weekly
“Take It or Leave It”
Art in America
#Hastags: Institutionalized Critique
Daily Serving
Expanding Criticality
Los Angeles Review of Books
Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology
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