John Mason (United States, born 1927), Red X, 1966, Gift of the Kleiner Foundation
DeWain Valentine, Red Concave Circle, 1970. Gift of Bank of America Corporation. © DeWain Valentine, photo © Harry Drinkwater
Mark Rothko (Latvia, active United States, 1903-1970), White Center, 1957, David E. Bright Bequest]
Headdress, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th to early 20th century, Marcel & Zaira Mis Collection
Jesús Rafael Soto (Venezuela, 1923-2005), Penetrable, 1990, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Ed Moses (United States, born 1926), Avilda, 1963, Collection of A. Garrigues, Los Angeles, courtesy of Louis Stern Fine Arts © 2015 Ed Moses, photo courtesy of Louis Stern Fine Arts
Larry Sultan (United States, 1946-2009), My Mother Posing for me, 1984 © Estate of Larry Sultan
Stanislav Libensky (Czechoslovakia, 1921-2002) and Jaroslava Brychtova (Czechoslovakia, born 1924), Green Eye of the Pyramid, 1993, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Nasser Al Salem (Saudi Arabia, born 1984) , God is Alive, He Shall Not Die (blue), 2012, Purchased with funds provided by the Al-Ammar Family
James Turrell (United States, born 1943), Breathing Light, 2013, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Kayne Griffin Corcoran and the Kayne Foundation © James Turrell
“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family.“ —Supreme Court of the United States
Celebrating #MarriageEquality today and every day at LACMA. The works above are on view in our permanent collection galleries and current exhibitions.
From left to right (click images above for full caption):
John Mason | Red X | 1966
— on view in the Ahmanson Building, floor 2
DeWain Valentine | Red Concave Circle | 1970 — on view in 50 for 50: Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA’s Anniversary: http://bit.ly/1Hl2POz
Mark Rothko | White Center | 1957 — on view in the Ahmanson Building, floor 2
Headdress | Democratic Republic of Congo | late 19th to early 20th century — on view in African Textiles and Adornment: Selections from the Marcel and Zaira Mis Collection: http://bit.ly/1dmMqBh
Jesús Rafael Soto | Penetrable | 1990 — on view in the courtyard between the Ahmanson, Hammer, and Art of the Americas Buildings
Ed Moses | Avilda | 1963 — on view in Ed Moses: Drawings from the 1960s and 70s: http://bit.ly/1Kj3Htw
Larry Sultan | My Mother Posing for me | 1984 — on view in
Larry Sultan: Here and Home: http://bit.ly/1K0WJHU
Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova | Green Eye of the Pyramid | 1993 — on view in the Art of the Americas Building, floor 3
Nasser Al Salem | God is Alive, He Shall Not Die (blue) | 2012 — on view in
Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East: http://bit.ly/1JaUmB2
James Turrell | Breathing Light | 2013 — on view in the Resnick Pavilion
Plus, a couple more bonus rainbows from our collection below:
[Above: Frank Stella (United States, born 1936), Whom Sketch, 1967,
Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council & Ai-Ō (Japan, born 1931), Two Carp, 1976, Gift of Thomas P. Dengler]