Art 101—Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone
- Thu, Oct 5, 2023
- 7 pm - 8 pm PT
- Online
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LACMA members only. Invitations sent via email.
This event will take place online via Zoom.
Join us for an exclusive members-only lecture on Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone with Rosie Mills, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Associate Curator, Decorative Arts and Design.
This exhibition brings together diverse works that utilize the natural features of striking stones, and displays them alongside comparative examples in other media. Eternal Medium invites visitors to look for themselves as well as consider the works in their wider visual contexts. What individuals see in stone depends on their culture, unique experiences, and imagination. We can get closer to what people in the past saw by also looking at these ingenious creations alongside other examples of art from the same time and place.
Guests will have an opportunity to participate during the conversation’s question and answer period via Zoom’s Q&A function.
Image credit: Snuffbox in the shape of a dog, c. 1740–50, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and the 2022 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA²), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Pair of Bowls with Narcissus, China, Late Qing dynasty, about 1800–1911, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Isadore Familian, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Ben Gaskell, Breakbox with Split Crystal, 2016, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of the 2020 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA²) in memory of Peter Loughrey, © Ben Gaskell, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Image credit: Snuffbox in the shape of a dog, c. 1740–50, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and the 2022 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA²), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Pair of Bowls with Narcissus, China, Late Qing dynasty, about 1800–1911, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Isadore Familian, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Ben Gaskell, Breakbox with Split Crystal, 2016, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of the 2020 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA²) in memory of Peter Loughrey, © Ben Gaskell, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA