"Bringing the Past to Light" recap

I had a blast curating this show. The artists were great and I was very happy with my own piece, too. To start with, here are some pictures (thanks, Kevin Hass) of my installation, "Dirty Laundry" -- it is a clothesline hung with domestic linens covered with photos of some of the various women in Charles Lummis's life, "acknowledging the experience and points of view of the many women who comprised Lummis's domestic circle, supporting the household with their work and devotion."

Lummis had three wives and was a notorious womanizer. Harvard educated, Lummis is best known as a man of letters in love with the West and a founder of the Southwest Museum in Highland Park. He launched his career during the 1870s by walking from Ohio to Los Angeles in street shoes, on his own, and writing a book about the experience. He also married three times, brought a daughter from another liaison to live with him, and collected dozens of photographs of the women in his life who entertained him and kept him on track. I wanted to bring their contributions to light by including their words and images in my installation.