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Curatorial:
| All Exhibitions
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(a work in progress)





Russell Crotty: The Universe from My Backyard
February 4 – April 22, 2001
(Part of The Universe, a consortium of exhibitions, concerts, and
events taking place simultaneously at multiple Pasadena institutions)

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Resonant Messages: Media Installations by Paul DeMarinis
October 29, 2000 – January 10, 2001


Paul DeMarinis photo: Steven A. Heller


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Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond
July 30 - October 1, 2000
(Charles and Ray Eames' iconic exhibition, re-assembled)

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<img src>: an exhibition of art fabricated on the internet
May 14 - July 9, 2000

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Stiffs: An installation by Jennifer Steinkamp and Jimmy Johnson
February 13 - April 23, 2000


Jennifer Steinkamp photo: Steven A. Heller


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Anna Castelli Ferrieri: Architecture and Design
October 17 - December 19, 1999

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Kenneth Tyler: 30 Years of American Prints
July 25 - September 19, 1999

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Public Notice: Art and Activist Posters 1951 - 1997
May 9 - July 3, 1999

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Selections from the Modern Collection, Norton Simon Museum
(Part of Radical P.A.S.T. -- Contemporary Art in Pasadena, 1961 - 1974)
February 7 - April 25, 1999


Radical Past photo: Steven A. Heller


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Archigram 1961 - 74
August 9 - October 4, 1998

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Physical Fiction: Interactive Electronic Media Installions by Sara Roberts
May 24 - July 19, 1998

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Forbidden Art: Postwar Russian Avant-Garde
February 22 - May 3, 1998

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Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #886, Black Bands
October 25 - December 23, 1998


Sol LeWitt photo: Steven A. Heller


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Masterworks: Italian Design, 1960 - 1994
October 19 through December 23, 1997

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Video Art: The First 25 Years
August 5 through September 21, 1997

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Memory, Recollection, Transformation: Reactive Works by Jim Campbell
May 18 through July 13, 1997

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Czech Avant-Garde:
European Art and Photography in Book Design, 1922 - 1940

February 16 through April 27, 1997

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Open House
October 20 through December 20, 1996
(guest-curated by John O'Brien)

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Anthropropulsion: Human-Powered Vehicles
(Co-curated by Stephen Nowlin and Bill Gaines)
July 14 through September 22, 1996


Anthropropulsion photo: Steven A. Heller


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Drawn from L.A.
(Armory Center Gallery collaboration with Williamson Gallery,
Jay Belloli and Stephen Nowlin co-curators)
April 21 through June 22, 1996

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New to L.A.: Dagmar Demming
January 28 through March 24, 1996

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Judy Pfaff: From Ear to Ear,
A Site-Specific Installation for the Williamson Gallery

October 8 through December 17, 1995


Judy Pfaff: Ear to Ear

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Digital Mediations
(Co-curated by Erkki Huhtamo and Stephen Nowlin)
July 30 through September 17, 1995

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Selected Works from the Robert A. Rowan Collection
May 14 through July 9, 1995

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The Art of the Motorcycle
(Guest-curated by Jon Thompson, senior editor for Cycle World magazine)
February 26 through April 23, 1995

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Romance,
(Guest-curated by Irit Krygier)
1994

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Images of Penance, Images of Mercy:
Santos and Ceremonies of the Hispanic Southwest,

1994

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Robert Morris: The Fallen and the Saved
(Site-specific installation for Williamson Gallery,
co-curated by Debbie Goldstein and Stephen Nowlin)
1994


Morris photo: Steven A. Heller

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Xu Bing: Cultural Negotiations
and Dan Qing Chen: Recent Paintings,

1994


Xu Bing photo: Steven A. Heller

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Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front, 1941-1945
and Voices of Protest: Underground Graphics Since 1980,

1994

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Objects: Sixteen L.A. Sculptors
(Co-curated: John David O'Brien and Stephen Nowlin)
1993

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Telling Tales: Nineteenth Century Painting from the
Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts,

1993

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Road Rebel: The California Hot Rod,
(Guest-curated by Patrick Ganahl)
1993


Road Rebel photo: Steven A. Heller

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James Rosenquist: Recent Paintings
1993


Rosenquist photo: Steven A. Heller

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Art as Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe;
America Today, 500 Years Later :An International Poster Commentary;
The Art of Propaganda: Smuggled Posters from Mainland China,

1993

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Siege: An Installation by Michael C. McMillen,
1992

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Facing The Finish: Some Recent California Art,
1992

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Christopher LeBrun: Recent Paintings,
1992

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Contact: Photojournalism Since Vietnam
and Artists of The Nation,

1992

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The Perennial Illusion of a Vulnerable Principle: Another Mexican Art,
1991

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Russian Graphic Design Before The Revolution 1880-1917,
1991

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In Perfect Silence,
1990

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Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Sketches for Japanese Prints,
1990

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Good Offices,
1990

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Horace Bristol, Photojournalist,
1989

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Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs,
1989

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Fauxtography,
(Guest-curated by Nora Halpren)
1989

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Pentagram Portfolio: A Thousand and One Images,
1989

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South Africa in Black and White: The Photography of Dale Yudelman,
1989

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After Abstract,
1988

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Josef Muller-Brockmann,
1988

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A Devil's Gate Transformation/A Refuge for Pasadena
by Helen and Newton Harrison

(Co-curated by Jay Belloli and Stephen Nowlin)
1988

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Selections From the 1987 Whitney Museum Biennial Film/Video Exhibit,
1988

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Changing Light,
1987

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Atlantic Sculpture,
1987

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Duane Michals Photography,
1987

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Advertising Photography in Japan,
1987

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Apple Graphic and Product Design,
1986

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Pasadena Collects: The Art of our Time,
(co-curated by Melinda Wortz and Stephen Nowlin)
1986

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David Hockney Photocollages and Prints,
1986

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Milton Glaser Retrospective,
1985

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The New York Art Director’s Club Show,
1985

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Donald Judd/Robert Venturi Furniture Design,
1985

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Selected Works from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection,
1985

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Helmut Krone,
1984

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Selected Works from the Leo Castelli Gallery,
1984

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Art Center Sculpture Garden
including works by Mark di Suvero, David Smith,
Alexander Calder, Donald Judd, Bruce Nauman, Robert Lobe,
Richard Serra, Anthony Caro, Michael Heizer
1984

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Ivan Chermayeff Posters,
1984

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Meis van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion and Furniture Design,
1983

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Recent Acquisitions: The Robert Rowan Collection,
1982

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Decade: Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies,
1981

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James Miho/James Cross, Graphic Design,
1980

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Wayne Theibaud, A Retrospective,
1980

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Selections From the Robert A. Rowan Collection,
1979

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Massimo Vignelli,
1979

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Selected Works From the John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco,
1979

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(more to come . . .)