Williamson Gallery construction, 1991


Williamson Gallery / Art Center
Selected Exhibitions, 1980 — 2005



Reverence
Poetics and Polemics of Sustainability
October 8 — December 21, 2005


Michael Naimark
Interactive and Immersive
Film Environments, 1977 - 1997
May 22 — August 20, 2005


The Tender Land
Three Williamson Gallery/Caltech collaborations:

ear(th)
Steve Roden with AnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas
in collaboration with Mark Simons
October 9 — December 22, 2004 (Williamson Gallery)

Dr. Crump's Geothermal Imaging Field Lab
Michael McMillen
October 9, 2004 — March 31, 2005 (Caltech)

Stellar Mapping
Lita Albuquerque
October 9, 2004 — March 31, 2005 (Caltech)

sELECTIONs
A Presidential Rogues Gallery
and
Kim Abeles: Presidential Commemorative Smog Plates
satirical posters and presidential environmental policies.
July 4 — September 5, 2004

Superstudio: Life Without Objects
March 13 — May 30, 2004
Retrospective of the avant-garde 1960s Italian architecture group.

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Architecture
November 23, 2003 — February 8, 2004

Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution
July 27 — September 28, 2003
Artists whose work engages with biotechnology and genetic engineering.

NEURO
April 13 — June 29, 2003
Art and science at the Williamson Gallery and Caltech.

Space Invaders
October 13 — December 22, 2002
Fifteen of the UK's most creative architectural practices.

Reactions
July 14 — August 25, 2002
Artists nationwide respond to 9/11

Situated Realities: Where Technology and Imagination Intersect
May 12 — July 6, 2002
Digital-based explorations in image manipulation.

GHz: The Post-Analog Object in L.A.
February 10 — April 21, 2002
Artists using digital tools for conception and fabrication of objects.

dePictured: A Bitwall Installation by Christian Möller
October 14 — December 21, 2001
Site-specific installation for the Williamson Gallery.

The Theater Posters of James McMullan
July 22 — September 23, 2001
Retrospective of New York theater posters.

Telematic Connections: The Virtual Embrace
May 13 — July 1, 2001
Artists who use telecommunications technology to connect remote networks.
Guest curator, Steve Dietz, Walker Art Center

Russell Crotty: The Universe from My Backyard
February 4 - April 22, 2001
Solo exhibit of artist-astronomer Russell Crotty
Part of The Universe eight-venue exhibition of humankind's observation of the cosmos.

Paul DeMarinis: the Edison Effect and other works
October 22 - December 22, 2000
Digital multi-media sound-based installations.

Mathematica…A World of Numbers and Beyond
July 30 - October 1, 2000
Charles and Ray Eames tribute to mathematics.

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May 14 - July 9, 2000
an exhibition of art fabricated on the internet

Stiffs: An installation by Jennifer Steinkamp and Jimmy Johnson
February 13 - April 23, 2000
Light/space/sound installation.

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

Kenneth Tyler:
30 Years of American Prints

July 25 - September 19, 1999

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

Radical P.A.S.T.*
Contemporary Art in Pasadena, 1961 - 1974
February 7 - April 25, 1999
Four-venue history of Pasadena contemporary art.

Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #886, Black Bands
October 25 - December 23, 1998
Site-specific installation for the Williamson Gallery

Archigram 1961 - 74
August 9 - October 4, 1998

Physical Fiction
Interactive Electronic Media Installions bySara Roberts
May 24 - July 19, 1998

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

Masterworks: Italian Design, 1960 - 1994
October 19 through December 23, 1997
Drawn from the collection of the Denver Art Museum

Video Art: The First 25 Years
August 5 through September 21, 1997
Organized by the Museum of Modern Art

Memory, Recollection, Transformation:
Reactive Works by Jim Campbell

May 18 through July 13, 1997
Digital reflections on time, memory, and change.

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

February 16 through April 27, 1997

Open House
October 20 through December 20, 1996
John Obrien, guest curator

Anthropropulsion
July 14 through September 22, 1996
An exhibition of human-powered vehicles

Drawn from L.A.
April 21 through June 22, 1996
Co-curators: Jay Belloli, Josine Ianco-Starrells, Stephen Nowlin

New to L.A.: Dagmar Demming
January 28 through March 24, 1996
Digital sound installation (with Jimmy Johnson)

From Ear to Ear: An Installation by Judy Pfaff
October 8 through December 17
Site-specific installation for the Williamson Gallery

Digital Mediations
July 30 through September 17, 1995
Five international digital-installation artists.

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

The Art of the Motorcycle
1995
Guest curator, Jon Thompson

Romance
1994
Guest curator, Irit Krygier

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

1994

Robert Morris: The Fallen and the Saved
1994
Site-specific installation for the Williamson Gallery

Xu Bing: Cultural Negotiations
and
Dan Qing Chen: Recent Paintings
1994

Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front, 1941-1945
and
Voices of Protest: Underground Graphics Since 1980,
1994

Objects: Sixteen L.A. Sculptors
1993
Jay Belloli, Stephen Nowlin, co-curators

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

1993

Road Rebel: The California Hot Rod
1993

James Rosenquist: Recent Paintings
1993

Art as Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe;
and
America Today, 500 Years Later :An International Poster Commentary;
and
The Art of Propaganda: Smuggled Posters from Mainland China,
1993

Hollywood, Hollywood:
Identity Under the Guise of Celebrity

1992
Guest curator, Fred Fehlau

Siege: An Installation by Michael C. McMillen
1992

Facing The Finish: Some Recent California Art
1992
Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Contact: Photojournalism Since Vietnam
and
Artists of The Nation
1992

Christopher LeBrun: Recent Paintings
1992
Williamson Gallery inaugural exhibition

The Perennial Illusion of a Vulnerable Principle:
Another Mexican Art

1991

Russian Graphic Design Before The Revolution, 1880-1917
1991

In Perfect Silence
1990
Abstract painting in Los Angeles.

Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Sketches for Japanese Prints
1990

Good Offices
1990
Product design for the office place.

Horace Bristol, Photojournalist
1989

Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs
1989

Fauxtography
1989
Guest-curated by Nora Halpren

Pentagram Portfolio: A Thousand and One Images
1989

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

After Abstract
1988
Abstract painting in Los Angeles.

Josef Muller-Brockmann
1988

A Devil's Gate Transformation/A Refuge for Pasadena
by Helen and Newton Harrison, 1988
Jay Belloli, Stephen Nowlin, co-curators

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

1988

Changing Light
1987
Contemporary lighting products.

Atlantic Sculpture
1987

Duane Michals Photography
1987

Advertising Photography in Japan
1987

Apple Graphic and Product Design
1986

Pasadena Collects: The Art of our Time
1986

David Hockney Photocollages and Prints
1986

Milton Glaser Retrospective
1985

The New York Art Director's Club Show
1985

Donald Judd/Robert Venturi Furniture Design
1985

Selected Works from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection
1985

Helmut Krone
1984
Advertising design retrospective.

Selected Works from the Leo Castelli Gallery
New York, 1984

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

Ivan Chermayeff Posters
1984

Meis van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion and Furniture Design
1983

Recent Acquisitions: The Robert Rowan Collection
1982

Decade: Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies
1981

James Miho/James Cross, Graphic Design
1980

Wayne Theibaud, A Retrospective
1980

Selections From the Robert A. Rowan Collection
1979

Massimo Vignelli
1979

Selected Works From the John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1979



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