Richard Jackson's Accidents in Abstract Painting Free Public Event: Sunday, January 22, 4pm N Arroyo Seco Area H, southeast of the Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA In this outdoor spectacle, Jackson will crash a paint-filled, radio-controlled, model military plane with a fifteen-foot wingspan into a nineteen-foot wall that says “accidents in abstract painting.” This monumental event is part of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival. |
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Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976 Through January 22, 2012 The subsequent solo exhibition, entitled Accidents in Abstract Painting, the Armory, will be on view at the Armory from February 12 – June 10, 2012 and will feature detritus and video documentation of the event, along with other work. |
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Jason Lazarus Gone Through January 22, 2012 Jason Lazarus’ work address ways in which memory and memorialization are communicated through the photographic image. In his Heinecken Studies, Lazarus created a series of color photograms using a portion of the cremated remains of the late conceptual artist Robert Heinecken. |
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Curt LeMieux Their Ways Through January 22, 2012 Installation artist, sculptor and painter LeMieux creates a new series of work referencing the collision of cultures between birds and humans. LeMieux reflects on the BP oil spill and the broader ecological degradation that has unfolded over the course of his lifetime. |
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Katie Grinnan Attempts to stand on shifting currents Through January 22, 2012 This exhibition features older sculptures and new photograms that reference and re-create actual spaces, depicting the fractured way we see and interpret our world. |
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Artist Curated Projects My head is falling out so I'm standing on my stomach Through January 22, 2012 View and purchase works from the flat files of Artist Curated Projects (ACP) selected by founders Eve Fowler and Lucas Michael. |
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Founded in 1989, The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California, is a non-profit, donor-supported contemporary art center. The Armory believes that an understanding and appreciation of the arts is essential for a well-rounded human experience and a civil community. |  |
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The Festival is organized by the Getty Research Institute and LA><ART and made possible by a lead grant from the Getty Foundation
Additional funding for Accidents in Abstract Painting provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, with significant additional support from the Pasadena Division of Cultural Affairs and the City of Pasadena. Generous funding for the exhibition Accidents in Abstract Painting, the Armory and the exhibition catalogue comes from the Pasadena Art Alliance.
Richard Jackson (b. 1939)
ACCIDENTS IN ABSTRACT PAINTING, 2003
Color photograph mounted on aluminium (photo: Stefan Altenburger)
120 x 172 cm / 47 1/4 x 67 3/4 inches
Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles