State of Mind
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, from 5 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Sunday, January 12th
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the Imagists exhibited in Chicago and abstract painting held sway in New York, a distinct strain of avant-garde and conceptual art emerged in California.
State of Mind examines this formative period in California and the enduring legacy it has left for succeeding generations of artists. Organized thematically, it includes installations, photographs, videos and films, artists’ books, and extensive performance documentation by 60 well-known and lesser-recognized artists including Ant Farm, John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Lynn Hershman, Bruce Nauman, Martha Rosler, and Ed Ruscha.
Special opening-night event:
Thursday, October 3, 5–7:30 pm
At the Threshold
Get in a California state of mind at this special exhibition-opening edition of the Smart’s social Thursday series At the Threshold.
The evening will feature a talk by State of Mind curators Constance Lewallen and Karen Moss, creative interventions organized by Interpreter in Residence Matt Austin, as well as drinks, music, and conversation inspired by the conceptual art found in the exhibition.
Free admission, cash bar ($4 drinks). Must be 21+ to drink.
State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970 is an exhibition curated by Constance Lewallen and Karen Moss, and co-organized by the Orange County Museum of Art and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. The tour is organized by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, and is made possible, in part, by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Video Data Bank, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), and with the generous support of Robert Redd, LLC, and the ICI Board of Trustees.
The Smart Museum of Art’s presentation of State of Mind is made possible by Helen Zell. Additional support is provided by Barbara Fosco, the Fosco Family Foundation, and by Smart Partners.
Image: Robert Kinmont, 8 Natural Handstands (detail), 1969/2009, Nine silver gelatin prints, each: 8 x 8 in/ 21.5 x 21.5 cm. Photo: Joerg Lohse. Image courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York.
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