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The LA Look: Selections from the Collection
By the mid-1960s, Los Angeles had become the locus of a loosely structured art movement, referred to variously as Light and Space, Finish Fetish, or California minimalism. This art form was concerned primarily with how geometric shapes and the use of light could affect the environment and perception of the viewer. The artists employed space-age fabrication processes from industry and non-traditional media such as glass, fluorescent lights, cast acrylic, and sprayed paint. Light and Space artists were also influenced by…
Find out more »Gisela Colon: Pods
Los Angeles-based artist Gisela Colon is well regarded for her meticulously fabricated, glowingly iridescent wall sculptures, referred to as “pods.” These are large-scale, three-dimensional, non-representational objects, asymmetrical and biomorphic in shape, with perfectly smooth surfaces. The sculptures are made from blow-molded acrylic plastic, laminated and layered with iridescent and fluorescent pigments. They provide a perceptual experience of light, color, and space. On display will be 13 of Colon’s ellipsoids, spheroids, wedges, and skewed squares—luminous and colorful objects that unify the…
Find out more »Daum Museum closed for Winter Break
The Daum Museum will be closed for winter break Wednesday, December 19, 2018-Tuesday, January 1, 2019. The museum will return to normal hours Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Happy Holidays!
Find out more »The Hill Becomes the ValleyAmerican Landscape Photography from the P. John Owen Collection
A recent bequest to Daum Museum of Contemporary Art greatly expands the museum’s holdings in the area of twentieth century American landscape photography. The gift comes from the late P. John Owen, a native Sedalian, who left the artworks to the Daum in memory of his parents, P. Cecil Owen and Marceille F. Owen, also former residents of Sedalia. Owen’s bequest includes 132 prints by 45 photographers that primarily portray the sublime beauty of the American West and Southwest in…
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