New Exhibition Coming Soon!

UPCOMING EXHIBITS  MARCH 31 - May 14

The Torrance Art Museum at the Joslyn Center (TAM) invites the public to attend the opening reception of Second Sight: New Representations in Photography and John Hyatt: My Brush with Angels on Saturday, March 28, 2015, from 6 – 9 p.m. The opening reception is free to the public and no RSVP is necessary. The exhibitions will be on view from Tuesday, March 31 – Thursday, May 14. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.   

GALLERY TWO:   John Hyatt -  My Brush with Angels

John Hyatt is a foremost British artist with an international profile. Hyatt has exhibited paintings, prints, digital movies and rapid prototype sculptures in the UK, Australia, China, Japan, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, USA and India. He is an influential educator and cult musician.    John Hyatt: My Brush with Angels, presents a new body of paintings that Hyatt describes as “beyond time and space.”

MAIN GALLERY : Second Sight: New Representations in Photography Curated by Chris Reynolds

Second Sight refers to the apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses. Conversely, this term is also adopted by theorist Roland Barthes in his criticism and theorization on photography, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Barthes states that the “photographer's 'second sight' does not consist in 'seeing' but in being there”. Second Sight: New Representations in Photography ventures beyond our preconceived perceptions of what is and what is not photography today. Whether they investigate photographic image-making as object, history, truth, or trompe l'oeil, these artists challenge, push, and ultimately expand upon the lexicon of photography.

Participating Artists

Kate Bonner
Chris Engman
Sean C. Flaherty
Megan Flanders
Ken Gonzales-Day
Valerie Green
Soo Kim
Nikki S. Lee
Joshua Mark Logan
Gina Osterloh
Nancy Popp