Category: Luckman Gallery

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on March 13, 2026. A Tender Excavation approaches research-based artistic practices through propositions of alternative histories, bringing together a group of artists who work with historical and familial photographic archives as a point of departure to construct new narratives and to elicit transformation. Artists featured in the exhibition include Zeynep…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on November 9, 2025. For the first time ever, works from The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA’s Permanent Collection are being exhibited abroad. In collaboration with UNAM’s historic Casa del Lago in Mexico City, this landmark exhibition — developed over the past several years — showcases a…

Since the colonial era, artists in Latin America and Spain have confronted realities shaped by change and tumult: wars, dictatorships, revolutions, cultural rebirths, and social struggles. In this crucible of transformation, artistic expression documented a refuge for the spirit, a vision of what might be, and a space for redefining oneself. Layered Legacies explores these…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on February 15, 2025. In Los Angeles, as elsewhere in the United States, communities of color are often the populations most vulnerable to the toxic effects of industrial waste and soil contamination. Sinks: Places We Call Home highlights the environmental disparities created by manufacturing sites in two communities located near Self…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on August 19, 2024. Sculpted Light bridges the distance between architectural design, lighting engineering, and contemporary art, offering viewers an immersive experience that foregrounds light, color, and form. The exhibition features several distinctive bodies of work by Brian Zamora, including Color Wheel, New Lighting Devices, and the premiere of his latest series, Flowers for…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on April 6, 2024. Spooky Action at a Distance explores the intersections of migration, labor, and urban life. Incorporating paintings and prints on found surfaces, the works reflect on the fabric of the city, presenting narratives of resistance, resilience, and existence. Another integral part of the exhibition is a series…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on October 24, 2023. Cristina Salvador Klenz brings a collection of rare, intimate photographs featuring the Roma families living along the West Coast. The exhibition features the artist’s nearly 30-year documentation of Roma lives — captured on black-and-white 35mm film. Works exhibited in Hidden are featured in the artist’s book of the…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on September 29, 2022. Casper Brindle’s paintings are explorations of the expressive possibilities of color, light, and form. His palette ranges from spectacularly technicolor to subtly monochromatic, but ever present is the notion of center. Whether it’s a striking, hard-edge horizon line running through the painting or a metallic bar…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on April 30, 2022. This exhibition of over 70 works presents an expansive dive into Andy Warhol’s most renowned and prolific periods of creation via Polaroids, gelatin prints, and never-before-exhibited silkscreens. Andy Warhol’s contribution to the art world as a unique interpreter of American culture catapulted him to international fame…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on March 14, 2020. A survey of Taiwanese artist Tu-2’s early Mao-ology work, featuring select A survey of Taiwanese artist Tu-2’s early Mao-ology work, featuring selections from his 108 series of blue and silver portraits made through “meditative mark-making” using only one silver pencil on blue paper, as well as…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on March 9, 2019. Founded in 2006 in Ho Chi Minh City, The Propeller Group is a collaborative platform bringing together three multi-disciplinary artists: Phunam Thuc Ha, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and Matt Lucero, who joined the group in 2008. Working across film, photography, sculpture, and installation, the collective merges the…

Recelebration is a group exhibition of recent acquisitions from the Luckman Permanent Collection.  Over the years, the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA has received generous donations from various foundations, collectors, and artists. The selected work in Recelebration focuses on artists in the collection who emerged during Los Angeles’ vibrant art scene in…

Presented in conjunction with his stage show entitled The Best Seat In The House, a retrospective exhibition of acclaimed photographer Ethan Russell’s prolific career will be on display in the Luckman Gallery. In 1968, Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and aspiring to become a writer. A few…

Selected Work: 1968-1971Robert Hudson This exhibition was view on February 3 — April 14, 2018 The opening reception for this exhibition took place on Thursday, February 3, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Robert Hudson has been a force in the art world for more than 50 years. Uncharacteristic of the complex, illusionistic, polychrome constructions for which he…

Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on May 13, 2017. The Imaginary Line Around the Earth is an exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artist Bruce Yonemoto. The included installations and videos span the period between 1992 and 2017, drawing together a body of work created over 25 years of travel and research in South America.…