MERCE CUNNINGHAM,
CLOUDS AND SCREENS by Carol Kaufman Segal
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Merce Cunningham, Clouds and Screens
opened at the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA) on the same date as did the
Rauschenberg exhibition. Upon entering
the lobby of the presentation, visitors are met by Silver Clouds created by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) along with
scientist and engineer Billy Kluver.
Dozens of these large pillow-like “clouds,” mixed with air and helium,
float around the lobby. Warhol thought
of them as floating paintings that people could play with. Merce Cunningham saw an exhibition of Silver Clouds when it debuted in 1966 at
Leo Castelli Gallery in New York and asked Warhol to modify them as décor for
his dance Rain Forest.
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Curator of
this exhibition is Jose Luis Blondet, Curator of Special Initiatives. It will remain on view at LACMA through March
31, 2019, at the Los Angeles Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los
Angeles. The museum is closed on Tuesdays. For tickets and/or further information, go
online at lacma.org, or call (323) 857-6010.
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