Fowler and Hammer Museum Exhibitions named Best of 2018 by New York Times
The art critics of The New York Times named "Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths" as one of the most notable exhibitions of 2018, alongside Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965-2016, which is now on view at the Hammer Museum. Both shows are also recognized by the Los Angeles Times.
"In 2018, a politically shuddersome year, the international art world was both out to lunch and on the alert. Art fairs and auctions continued to serve as conveyor belts for investment capital. Cheerleading and celebrity chat passed for discourse. At the same time, a spirit of resistance was building, and some critical projects came to pass.
This exhibition at the Fowler Museum of Art and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, is the most beautiful sculpture show of the year. It touches on the myriad traditional uses of iron in Africa, and even the ordinary objects look magical: a sickle in the shape of a beast with a bristling mane; a hoe distilling the essence of elephant, all trunk and ears; an herbalist’s staff that trails a flock of tiny, tissue-thin iron birds. (Through Dec. 30.)"— Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter and Jason Farago, Dec. 5
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