In the 1960s and 1970s, various Southern California artists began to create works that investigate perceptual phenomena: how we come to understand form, volume, presence, and absence through light, seen directly through other materials, reflected, or refracted. Many used newly developed industrial materials—including sheet acrylic, fiberglass, and polyester resin—in their work. Light, Space, Surface: Selections from LACMA’s Collection reveals the vibrancy and diversity of this aspect of American art history. See the exhibition now!
Now On View
Light, Space, Surface: Selections from LACMA’s Collection
Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982
Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938–1945
The Five Directions: Lacquer Through East Asia
New Abstracts: Recent Acquisitions
Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection
Yassi Mazandi: Language of the Birds
LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives (Collection II)
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Mark Bradford: 150 Portrait Tone
Barbara Kruger: Untitled (Shafted)
LACMA Around L.A.
Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany
Charles White Elementary School
Museum Hours
Monday and Tuesday: 11 am–6 pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 11 am–6 pm
Friday: 11 am–8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am–7 pm
Events
Member Previews—Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing
Thu, Apr 6–Sat, Apr 8 | Museum hours | BCAM | LACMA members only
Boone Children's Gallery
Sat, Apr 8 | 11 am–5 pm | LACMA
Printmaking Taller: Activist Graphics
Sat, Apr 8 | 1–3:30 pm | Charles White Elementary School