'Made in L.A. 2018': Curators announced for Hammer biennial
Hammer senior curator Anne Ellegood and independent curator Erin Christovale will organize the museu
The cross-disciplinary biennial features emerging and under-recognized artists in the Los Angeles area, spanning sculpture, painting, film and video, music, literature and performance, among other genres. Aram Moshayedi of the Hammer and Hamza Walker of the Renaissance Society in Chicago curated "Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only.”
"The Hammer Museum announced curators for its fourth biennial, “Made in L.A. 2018”: Hammer senior curator Anne Ellegood and independent L.A. curator Erin Christovale.“Each iteration of ‘Made in L.A.’ changes the way we think about art and artistic production in Los Angeles,” said Hammer Director Ann Philbin. “Anne and Erin bring complementary and diverse perspectives to next year’s biennial.”
Ellegood has overseen the museum’s Hammer Projects series and recently curated the first North American retrospective of the work of Jimmie Durham. Christovale brings her focus on film and video work and the African diaspora “as well as being deeply immersed in L.A.’s evolving artistic scene today,” Philbin said.
Most recently, she added, Christovale organized an exhibition of the work of filmmaker Cheryl Dunye around her film “The Watermelon Woman.”
“I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with together,” Philbin said."— Deborah Vankin, Feb. 13, 2017
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