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Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living

Hammer Museum

October 1 – December 31, 2023

View Exhibition at hammer.ucla.edu

Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living is the sixth iteration of the Hammer’s biennial exhibition highlighting the practices of artists working throughout the greater Los Angeles area. These practices embrace the value of craft, materiality, performance, and collectivity. The biennial situates art as an expanded field of culture that is entangled with everyday life; community networks; queer affect; and indigenous and diasporic histories.

Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living takes its title from a quote by the renowned Los Angeles artist Noah Purifoy, which is inscribed on a plaque at the Watts Towers: “One does not have to be a visual artist to utilize creative potential. Creativity can be an act of living, a way of life, and a formula for doing the right thing.” The history of Watts Towers—built by Simon Rodia over the course of 33 years and then preserved by the local South L.A. community, including Purifoy, to become a hub for arts education—embodies this ethos and offers a salient metaphor for this biennial.

Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living is organized by Diana Nawi and Pablo José Ramírez, with Ashton Cooper, Luce Curatorial Fellow.

Exhibited Works

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Ishi Glinsky, Inertia—Warn the Animals, 2023. Canvas, resin, wood, foam, pigment, ink, industrial adhesives, steel, aluminum, fiberglass, goat skin rawhide, deerskin rawhide, bear grass, yucca, wool, shell, cotton, Astro turf, clay, beads, willow, yarn, dentalium, nylon, wire, redwood. 132 x 96 x 96 in. (335.3 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm). 

Ishi Glinsky, Inertia—Warn the Animals, 2023. Canvas, resin, wood, foam, pigment, ink, industrial adhesives, steel, aluminum, fiberglass, goat skin rawhide, deerskin rawhide, bear grass, yucca, wool, shell, cotton, Astro turf, clay, beads, willow, yarn, dentalium, nylon, wire, redwood. 132 x 96 x 96 in. (335.3 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm). 

Ishi Glinsky, Inertia—Warn the Animals, 2023. Canvas, resin, wood, foam, pigment, ink, industrial adhesives, steel, aluminum, fiberglass, goat skin rawhide, deerskin rawhide, bear grass, yucca, wool, shell, cotton, Astro turf, clay, beads, willow, yarn, dentalium, nylon, wire, redwood. 132 x 96 x 96 in. (335.3 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm). 

Ishi Glinsky, Inertia—Warn the Animals, 2023. Canvas, resin, wood, foam, pigment, ink, industrial adhesives, steel, aluminum, fiberglass, goat skin rawhide, deerskin rawhide, bear grass, yucca, wool, shell, cotton, Astro turf, clay, beads, willow, yarn, dentalium, nylon, wire, redwood. 132 x 96 x 96 in. (335.3 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm). 

Installation Views

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Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White

Courtesy of the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Charles White