Closer Look: Intimate-Scale Sculpture from the OCMA Permanent Collection

Closer Look: Intimate-Scale Sculpture from the OCMA Permanent Collection

April 7, 2019 – December 15, 2019

This exhibition provides a focused look at small sculpture in the OCMA permanent collection. Selected for their innovative materials, playfulness in scale and function, and historic importance within the context of significant art movements and artistic careers, each artwork in ​Closer Look​ is intended to be viewed at a close distance, providing the viewer with an intimate moment to make slow and careful observations about content and construction. Artists include Libby Black, Chris Burden, Vija Celmins, Judy Chicago, Joel Morrison, and Ken Price, among others.

This exhibition was organized by the Orange County Museum of Art and co-curated by Alyssa Cordova and exhibiting artist Hiromi Takizawa.

Closer Look: Intimate-Scale: Sculpture from the Permanent Collection (installation view), 2019; Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA. Photo: Bliss Photography.
Closer Look: Intimate-Scale: Sculpture from the Permanent Collection (installation view), 2019; Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA. Photo: Bliss Photography.