Human Nature: Selections from the Permanent Collection, group exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2011)
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Human Nature: Selections from the Permanent Collection, co-curated with Franklin Sirmans at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2011, presented approximately 75 works of art in diverse media, including painting, drawing, photography, video, and audio from the museum's permanent collection of contemporary art. Borrowing its title from a work by artist Bruce Nauman, Human Nature surveyed work by artists who had made defining contributions to the recent art landscape, from 1968 to that time. Many of the works were on view for the first time since their acquisition, including pieces by Haegue Yang, Leslie Hewitt, Rachel Harrison, Glenn Ligon, Paul Pfeiffer, and Zhang Huan. The exhibition also included works by Larry Bell, Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd, Joseph Kosuth, Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci, George Herms, Betye Saar, Nam June Paik, Gerhard Richter, Mark Bradford, and others.

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Image: Bruce Nauman, Human Nature/Lief Death/Knows Doesn’t Know, 1983

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Human Nature: Selections from the Permanent Collection, co-curated with Franklin Sirmans, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011
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