Exhibits

Associate curator Melissa Ho discusses works by Cai Guo-Qiang, Jan Dibbets, Richard Long, and Brice Marden.

Curator Evelyn Hankins discusses Lawrence Weiner’s "A RUBBER BALL THROWN ON THE SEA, Cat. No. 146," 1969 on view in "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection."

Spencer Finch works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. Often recreating the experience of natural phenomena through artificial constructions, Finch’s work raises questions about perception, memory, experience, and time. The artist is known for his light-based installations, including "Cloud (H2O)," 2006, on view in the Hirshhorn’s 40th anniversary exhibition "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection." Mimicking the molecular structure of water through an arrangement of suspended light bulbs, the sculpture is a glowing representation of water vapor that hovers between representation and abstraction. Join us as Finch speaks about his work as part of the Museum’s ongoing Meet the Artist series.

Over the past forty years, New York–based artist Charles Simonds has been creating an imaginative body of work investigating the relationship between humans and their environment. Combining sculpture, architecture, performance, and community planning, Simonds’s oeuvre centers on an exploration of the way people’s beliefs are reflected in the structures they build. His sculpture "Rock Flower" will be on view in "Speculative Forms." Join us as the artist discusses his inventive practice, from his miniature dwellings to his large-scale installations.

Artist Jae Ko discusses her abstract sculpture "Untitled (JK 103)," made from rolled paper and sumi ink.

Assistant curator Melissa Ho leads a tour of "Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler," providing an overview of the artist’s career.

In conjunction with the 40th anniversary exhibition "Days of Endless Time," the Hirshhorn is pleased to collaborate with "Lapham’s Quarterly" on its Fall 2014 issue, Time. The magazine, which serves as the companion publication to the Hirshhorn’s exhibition, includes a broad range of writing related to the focus of the exhibition, as well as images from many of the time-based installations on view at the Museum. Join us for an engaging conversation moderated by "Lapham’s Quarterly" founder and editor Lewis H. Lapham, who will be joined by Jay Griffiths, author of "A Sideways Look at Time," and Jim Holt, author of "Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story."

Assistant curator Mika Yoshitake leads a tour of "Days of Endless Time," with artists David Claerbout, Flatform, Siebren Versteeg, Clemens von Wedemeyer and Matthew Weinstein.

Assistant curator Mika Yoshitake gives a tour of "Gravity’s Edge."

Whether as rebellion or protest, as spectacle and release, or as an essential component of re-creation and restoration, destruction has for generations of artists served as an essential means of considering and commenting upon important artistic and social issues. "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950" offers an overview of this pervasive motif in contemporary culture.