Norton Simon Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
411 West Colorado Blvd
626-449-6840
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Art: Lecture
A Meditation on the History of Los Angeles Art: Thinking through Dennis Hopper’s "Double Standard"
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Damon M. Willick
- When
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Saturday Nov 12, 2011 (4–5pm)
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Directions: Located on the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado at the intersection of the 210 and 134 freeways
- Price
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Free w/ Admission
Dr. Damon M. Willick, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at Loyola Marymount University, takes Dennis Hopper’s “Double Standard” (1961) photograph as the starting point for a series of case studies on the city’s art history. The gelatin silver print captures Hopper’s view of the three-way intersection of Melrose, Santa Monica and Doheny boulevards from the driver’s seat of his convertible. A close reading of the three vanishing points of the intersection along with the other elements of the photograph inspire a broader discussion of commercial culture, car culture, landscape and feminist art, each a significant component of the history of art in Los Angeles.
