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| John Divola, Vandalism Series: 75V02, 1975, archivally processed black and white photograph, 20 x 16 inches, courtesy of the artist and LAXART, Los Angeles |
John Divola: The Vandalism Series, 1973-1975
LAXART Galleries One and Two
December 10, 2011-January 21, 2012
Opening Reception: December 10, 2011, 7-9pm
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Since 1975, Divola's work has been featured in more than sixty solo exhibitions in the United States, Japan, Europe, Mexico, and Australia, including Galerie Marquardt, Paris, 1990; Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, 1987; the University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1982; The Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, 2000; and Janet Borden Gallery, New York, 2001. Since 1973 his work has been included in more than two hundred group exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Japan, including: "Mirrors and Windows," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1978; "1981 Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1981; "California Photography: Remaking Make-Believe," Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1989. "The Photographic Condition," The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, 1995; "Photo Biennale, Enschede (Obsessions: From Wunderkammer to Cyberspace)," Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enchede, Netherlands. 1995; "Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2000; "Architecture Hot and Cold," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, and "Los Angeles 1955-85," Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2006. In 2011, Divola presented a solo exhibition at Wallspace Gallery, New York, and his work is currently featured in the group exhibition Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Divola has been a Professor of Art at the University of California, Riverside since 1988.
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