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Events for April 21, 2011

Taxing

taxing_sm Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late 19th-Century American Art

Jan. 29, 2011–May 30, 2011

Taxes, rent, economic depression, and financial inequity are the subject matter in the visually provocative paintings and works on paper explored in this focused exhibition.

Frame

johnframe Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame

March 12–June 20, 2011

Some three dozen intricately carved sculptures by Southern California artist John Frame take center stage in a new exhibition that brings together a body of work carefully assembled over the past five years, featuring sculpture, still photography, and stop-motion animation.

Chinese Garden Lecture - “Drink to Me Only With the Moon and My Shadow”: Li Bai as a Romantic and Daoist Poet

April 21 (Thursday)

7:30 p.m. Free

Dominic Cheung (張振翱), professor and chair of the department of east Asian languages and cultures at USC, will introduce the life of the Chinese poet Li Bai (李白, 701-762 A.D.) who was known for his drinking songs and rapturous odes to wine. No reservations required.

Blake

Born to Endless Night
Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by William Blake Selected by John Frame

March 12, 2011-June 20, 2011

A small selection of works by William Blake, selected by John Frame, complements “Three Fragments of a Lost Tale.”

Garden Talk and Plant Sale: Every Second Thursday of every month!