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Sculpture and the decorative arts, Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis, Selected Shorts, the SITI Company performs Antigone, family festival at the Getty Villa, and more

May 2009

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Visit Us at the L.A. Times Festival of Books!
Come meet us and browse all the latest Getty publications and gifts this weekend, April 25 and 26, at UCLA. Enter our drawing to win a prize package related to the current exhibitions Jo Ann Callis: Woman Twirling and Paul Outerbridge: Command Performance. Find us at booth #515. Learn more about the festival.

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Current Exhibitions

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Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts
Through July 5
The Getty Center
Take a fresh look at the decorative arts, works of functional art that combine ingenuity with utility. Featuring richly ornamented furniture, candlestands, tables, lights, statuettes, clocks, and other exuberant objects made in the 1600s and 1700s from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and Temple Newsam House in Yorkshire, England, Taking Shape removes decorative objects from their period settings to showcase their sculptural power.

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A fresh look at the decorative arts
Wall Light (detail), French, about 1745–49. Banner image: Wall Clock (detail), movement by Jean-Jacques Fiéffé, 1735–40

Made for Manufacture
Through July 5
The Getty Center
This companion exhibition to Taking Shape investigates the role of drawing in the design of three-dimensional objects. Featuring beautiful sketches for decorative objects, stained glass, tapestries, and sculpture and architecture, the exhibition shows how artists from the 1400s to the 1700s visualized three-dimensional form and how they collaborated with the craftsmen who realized the final creations.

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Investigating the role of drawing in the design process
Drawing for a Wall Light, attributed to Jean-Louis Prieur, about 1775

Paul Outerbridge: Command Performance
Through August 9
The Getty Center
A pioneer in applying Modernist principles to commercial photography, Paul Outerbridge (1896–1958) helped close the great divide between art for art's sake and commercial art. This exhibition brings together over 100 photographs from his long career, including Cubist still life images, staged magazine photographs, and controversial nudes.

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Paul Outerbridge's still lifes and nudes
Images de Deauville, Paul Outerbridge, 1936. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. Ralph Seward Allen, 1942. Digital image courtesy the Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, New York. Paul Outerbridge, Jr. © 2008 G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Beverly Hills, California

Jo Ann Callis: Woman Twirling
Through August 9
The Getty Center
Jo Ann Callis creates sly and unsettling "fabricated photographs," often depicting domestic interiors that are as beautiful as they are mysterious. This companion exhibition to Paul Outerbridge presents an overview of three decades of Callis's work, exploring her inventive working process, provocative imagery, and expressive use of color.

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Jo Ann Callis's unsettling domesticity
Woman with Blue Bow, Jo Ann Callis, 1977. Gift of Gay Block. © Jo Ann Callis

Current Exhibitions

Japanese Lacquer closes May 24
The Mazarin Chest, Japanese, about 1640. Image courtesy of and © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Last Chance for Captured Emotions, Manuscripts, Lacquer
Three exhibitions close this month at the Getty Center: Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575–1725 (through May 3), which explores the story of a group of creative rebels who changed the course of art history after the Renaissance; German and Central European Manuscript Illumination (through May 24) celebrating a thousand years of book painting; and Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer for European Collectors (through May 24) showcasing the art and craft of Japanese lacquer.

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Future Exhibitions

Walls of Algiers opens May 19
Women of Algiers (detail), Circle of Charles Marville, 1858

Opening in May: Walls of Algiers
Opening May 19 at the Getty Research Institute is Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City, which examines the complex history of Algiers through diverse 19th- and 20th-century visual sources, including photographs, posters, and postcards.

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Explore the Ancient Roman World Two Ways!
The Getty Villa and LACMA
Explore the riches of Pompeii two ways: at the Getty Villa and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, presenting the exhibition Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples from May 3 to October 4, with tickets on sale now at www.lacma.org. Focusing on the breadth and richness of cultural and artistic life in this region, the exhibition includes objects from the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, upon which the Getty Villa is modeled. Bring your Pompeii ticket to the Getty Villa to receive instant admission and 20% off most items in the Museum Store.

Join LACMA and get two free tickets to Pompeii and the Roman Villa! e-Getty subscribers who join by April 30 will also receive an invitation to an after-hours reception and exhibition viewing. To join, call LACMA at (877) 522-6225 and mention promo code egetty.

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Performances and Films

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Selected Shorts: Unforgettable Journeys
Saturday, May 2, 3:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 3, 3:00 p.m.
The Getty Center
The annual series is back with readings of short fiction by actors of stage and screen. Travel takes center stage this year, with wild literary rides to destinations real and imaginary, far-flung and close at hand. Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors.

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Selected Shorts goes on the road: May 2, 3, and 4
Alec Baldwin reads Hunter S. Thompson on Saturday night.

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Performances and Films

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Villa Theater Lab: The SITI Company presents Antigone
Friday, May 15, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 16, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 17, 3:00 p.m.
The Getty Villa
Director Anne Bogart and the members of her New York City-based ensemble bring to the Getty Villa the first public presentations of their latest project, an adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone by Irish dramaturge and translator Jocelyn Clarke. Tickets are $7 and are available beginning Thursday, April 23, at 9:00 a.m.

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The SITI Company presents Antigone: May 15, 16, and 17
Anne Bogart, acclaimed director and co-founder of the SITI Company. Photo: Michael Brosilow

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Saturday Nights at the Getty: Dustin O'Halloran
Saturday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.
The Getty Center
The pianist performs poignant, eerily lovely compositions from his latest album. Free; reservations are required and are available beginning Thursday, April 23, at 9:00 a.m.

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Dustin O'Halloran: May 9
Ambient genius Dustin O'Halloran

Gordon Getty Concert: The Rose Ensemble
Saturday, May 16, 8:00 p.m.
The Getty Center
The virtuoso ensemble known for "blowing the dust off old music" presents sacred music from Central and Eastern Europe to complement the exhibition German and Central European Manuscript Illumination. Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors.

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The Rose Ensemble: May 16
The Rose Ensemble performs early music with passion and style.

Saturday Nights at the Getty: The Refugees
Saturday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.
The Getty Center
The trio weave killer harmonies set to an upbeat blend of country, rock, folk, and Americana. Free; reservations are required and are available beginning Thursday, April 23, at 9:00 a.m.

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The Refugees: May 30
The Refugees offer brilliant eclectica with a sense of humor.

L E C T U R E S   &   C O N V E R S A T I O N S

Lectures and Conferences

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Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa Uncovered
Tuesday, May 19, 7:00 p.m.
The Getty Center
Look beneath the surface of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa with scientist Michel Menu, who recently led an unprecedented scientific analysis of the painting. Menu reveals how the team investigated the fragile painting and what they discovered. Free; reservations required. Only a handful of seats are left for this popular event.

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Scientist Michel Menu explores the Mona Lisa: May 19
Infrared view of the Mona Lisa (detail). Photo: C2RMF / E. Lambert

Woman Twirling: A Conversation with Jo Ann Callis, Gay Block, and Catherine Opie
Thursday, May 21, 7:00 p.m.
The Getty Center
Photographers Gay Block and Catherine Opie join Jo Ann Callis, whose work is on view now in Jo Ann Callis: Woman Twirling, to discuss the works in the exhibition and the role domesticity plays in Callis's art making. Free; reservations required.

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Jo Ann Callis speaks with Opie and Block: May 21
Woman Twirling, Jo Ann Callis, 1985. Jo Ann Callis and Craig Krull Gallery. © Jo Ann Callis

40+ Years with Gemini G.E.L.
Wednesday, May 27, 7:30 p.m.
The Getty Center
For over 40 years, the pioneering lithography workshop Gemini G.E.L. has expanded the notion of printmaking and collaborated with a stellar array of contemporary artists. Participants in this lively panel discussion include cofounders Sidney Felsen and Stanley Grinstein, as well as surprise guest artists. Free; reservations required.

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Gemini G.E.L. founders and artists in person: May 27
Ed Ruscha (left) at Gemini G.E.L., 2003. Photo © 2003 Sidney B. Felsen

Comic Books, Cartoons, and Satire in Algerian Culture followed by The Provocative Place of Algiers in Contemporary Art
Thursday, May 28, 6:30 p.m.
The Getty Center
Explore two facets of contemporary Algerian art with two free scholarly lectures. Graphic artist Nadjib Berber takes on Algerian comic books, cartoons, and satire, and multimedia artist Dennis Adams discusses the role of Algiers in contemporary art. The talks cap off the afternoon colloquium Walls of Algiers: Reconsidering the Colonial Archive at the Getty Research Institute. Free; reservations are required and are good for both lectures as well as the colloquium.

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Talks about contemporary Algerian art: May 28
Double Feature, Dennis Adams, 2008. Courtesy Dennis Adams and Kent Gallery, New York

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Family Activities

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Family Festival
Sunday, May 31, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Getty Villa
Explore the ancient world from Apollo to Zeus at this day just for families. Go on a madcap mythological adventure with Hercules, tour the Mediterranean through song, and make your very own masterpiece for the ages. Free; a ticket is required. Each ticket allows you to bring up to three children ages 15 or under with you in one car.

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Family festival celebrates the ancient world: May 31
Make your own victory wreath at the art-making workshops, offered all day.

Event Calendar

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Event Calendar

Dozens of free events are yours on our event calendar.

Just for families—Art Adventures sparks kids' creativity every weekend through the end of summer, and storytelling sessions enliven the galleries on May 17 and 31.

In the mood to talk art? Art Circles discussion program continues on May 9. Survey the evolution of the portrait photograph on May 13 and examine African-American history memorials in the contemporary urban South on May 14. Plus, on May 31, see the compelling 1965 docudrama The Battle of Algiers, screening at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica.

Looking ahead, seats are available now for Barbara Isenberg and Frank Gehry in conversation on June 4 and Yvonne Rainer at REDCAT on June 25, 26, and 27.

Most events are FREE.

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