Off-Site Exhibition: John Outterbridge
Dec. 5 - Feb. 3 | Art + Practice
After growing up in the South and studying art in Chicago, John Outterbridge (b. 1933 Greenville, NC) moved to Los Angeles in 1963 and became a seminal figure in the California assemblage movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Like such peers as Noah Purifoy and John Riddle, he was deeply impacted by the Watts rebellion in 1965 and began to incorporate the detritus that littered the streets into his work. Raised in a community steeped in creativity as a part of everyday life and characterized by a strong ethos to save and recycle, Outterbridge has been composing sculpture from found and discarded materials and debris—including rags, rubber, and scrap metal—for more than 50 years.
John Outterbridge is organized by Hammer Museum senior curator Anne Ellegood with assistant curator Jamillah James.
Dec. 5—Feb. 13
Art + Practice Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Admission is Free
Art + Practice is located at 4339 Leimert Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90008.