Upcoming Exhibitions

• Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans

  May 24 – September 6, 2015

  This comprehensive exhibition features artist veterans whose contemporary artworks critique the motives and aftermath of the wars in which they served, from Korea to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Artists include Jenn Hassin, Jim Leedy, Thomas Orr, Pam DeLuco, Thomas Dang, and Ehren Tool among others.
  
  Curated by Emily Zaiden and organized in partnership with the Craft in America Study Center and the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco.

• Chris Francis: Shoe Designer

  May 24 – September 6, 2015

  Los Angeles-based shoemaker and designer Chris Francis combines global shoemaking traditions with references to high fashion, Cubism, and street art. His hand-constructed, one-of-a-kind pairs are equal parts contemporary art object, wearable shoe, and narrative device. Francis will relocate his shop to the Craft & Folk Art Museum during the course of the exhibition, working and demonstrating the methods he utilizes to design and craft his shoes.

  Made possible by the Antonia and Vladimer Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc.

• Fall 12: An Autobiography Considering Charles Ray's "Fall 91"

  May 24 – September 6, 2015

  Los Angeles-based sculptor Phyllis Green’s towering self-portrait reinterprets Charles Ray’s iconic sculpture Fall 91 by refashioning Ray’s intimidating career woman as a figure guided by the ancient Vedic principles of knowledge, service, meditation, and devotion. 

• Paperworks

  September 27, 2015 - January 3, 2016

  Curated by LACMA's Curator Emeritus of Contemporart Art, Howard Fox, the exhibition will feature the diverse range of contemporary artists who use papercutting to create large and small scale sculptural works. Tentative artists include Tm Gratkowski, Manfred Muller, Francesca Gabbiani, and Tam Van Tran.

• Binh Pho: Shadow of the Turning

  September 27, 2015 - January 3, 2016

  Vietnamese sculptor Bihn Pho has created a body of work to mirror his latest novel written in collaboration with curator Kevin Wallace. Working with wood and paint, Pho presents Shadow of the Turning as a literary adventure through visual art. The content of each sculpture draws upon the artist’s life story, Vietnamese history and myth, and an exploration of symbolism and philosophy. 

• Cathy Weiss: Love and Light

  September 27, 2015 - January 3, 2016

  Love and Light is a site-specific installation by Los Angeles-based printmaker Cathy Weiss. Featuring lanterns made from Weiss’ own handmade prints, the installation is inspired by the love poetry found in the book Song of Songs from the Old Testament. Light is an overarching theme in the artist’s work, symbolizing the cross-cultural significance of light’s ability to transform and heal.

• Little Dreams in Glass and Metal: Selections from the Enamel Arts Foundation Collection

  January 24 - May 8, 2016

  Organized by the Los Angeles-based Enamel Arts Foundation, Little Dreams in Glass and Metal is the first nationally traveling exhibition in more than fifty years to survey this dynamic field. The exhibition includes a wide range of objects from wearable jewelry to large enamel-on-steel wall panels, explores the history of enameling in this country from 1930 to the present through approximately 120 significant works from the foundation’s collection.