2023/6/13 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art to present “Art & Conversation” program in conjunction with “Sam Francis and Japan” exhibition, June 13, 7-8PM, Free
LOS ANGELES (Cultural News: Forwarded for Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
7:00-8:00 PM
At BCAM
Free, RSVP required at https://www.lacma.org/event/art-conversation-richard-speer-and-bert-winther-tamaki
Art & Conversation: Richard Speer and Bert Winther-Tamaki
Independent curator and scholar Richard Speer and UC Irvine professor Bert Winther-Tamaki discuss the richness and complexity of cross-cultural expression in post-war Japanese art. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing, LACMA curators Hollis Goodall and Leslie Jones moderate the conversation.
This program includes access to Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing starting at 6:30 pm, and for 30 minutes after the conclusion of the conversation.
Masks are strongly recommended indoors for everyone. Learn more about all of the museum’s health and safety protocols.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
BCAM, Level 2
Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing
April 9 – July 16, 2023
In the work of American artist Sam Francis (1923–1994), Western and Eastern aesthetics engage in a profound intercultural dialogue. Francis first traveled to Japan in 1957, developing a lifelong affinity for Japanese art and culture that influenced his work.
His expressive handling of negative space shared pictorial and philosophical affinities with aspects of East Asian aesthetics, particularly the Japanese concept of ma, the dynamic between form and non-form.
With over 60 works from LACMA’s collection and key lenders, this is the first exhibition to explore the artist’s work in relation to ma and other aspects of Japanese aesthetics. It will include works by Francis in the company of historic Japanese works to illustrate stylistic priorities shared by both. Also on view are works of contemporary Japanese artists (many associated with Gutai and Mono-Ha) whom Francis knew from his extensive time in Japan in the 1960s and ’70s.
