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• Advancing the Movement: Recent Works by California Photographer" presents work produced from 2000 to 2005 by some of the artists whose much earlier photographs are in the Norton Simon Museum's "Collectible Moment" exhibition. Planned in collaboration with the Simon and organized by guest curator Donna Stein. "Advancing the Moment" offers more than 60 photographs, many of them large and in color, by artists such as: Donald Blumberg, Darryl Curran, Judy Dater, Robert Flick, Anthony Hernandez, Ellen Land-Weir and Henry Wessel Jr. Pasadena Museum of California Art. Ended - See the current exhibit at - www.pmcaonline.org

• "A Fine Experiment: A tribute to Robert Heinecken" celebrates the contributions of an influential artist, teacher, curator and collector. While forming UCLA's photography department, Heinecken helped to build a collection at the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. The exhibition features works by artists represented in the collection, including Walker Evans, Imogen Cunningham and Garry Winogrand. UCLA Hammer Museum. Ended - See the current exhibit at www.hammer.ucla.edu

• "Wolfgang Tillmans" is the first U.S. retrospective of a prominent German photographer known for reflecting upon ordinary objects and everyday experiences often overlooked in fine art. His trademark pieces are sprawling installations of photographs, inkjet prints and photocopies posted on walls in seemingly haphazard arrangements, open to may interpretations. The show about 300 works includes a video piece and prints covering the artist's entire career. UCLA Hammer Museum. Ended - See the current exhibit at www.hammer.ucla.edu

• "Masquerade: Role-Playing in Self-Portraiture-Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection" presents about 30 works by photographers who transform themselves into fictional characters with the help of costumes, masks, wigs and props. Covering a broad swath of history, the show includes works by 19th century masters Roger Fenton and Francis Frith and contemporary photographers Cindy Sherman, Yasumasa Moriura, Claude Cahun and Pierre Molinier. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ended - See the current exhibit at www.lacma.org

• "Bill Owens: Suburbia" recalls a period when many ordinary Americans fled the pollution, congestion and crime in big cities, hoping to find a better quality of life in suburban communities. Images of tract homes, Tupperware parties and nuclear families distinguish a body of work drawn from a portfolio complementing the artist's 1973 book "Suburbia." MOCA Pacific Design Center. Ended - See the current exhibit at  www.moca.org

• "Ruby Satellite" examines excessive and perverse behavior linked to personal beliefs; photographs, videos and installation by an international slate of contemporary artists, including Paul Chan, Kota Ezawa, Wei Guanqing and Yoshua Okon. California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside. Ended - See the current exhibit at  www.cmp.ucr.edu

• "Samurai" is projected by Chilean artist Edgar Endress and American artist Mark Stockton, inspired by Japanese anime and culture. They have produced a series of large anaglyphs - stereo photographs printed in color and designed to be viewed in three dimensions through a chromatic lens - depicting fancifully costumed members of a Japanese animation club in Trenton, N.J. California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside. Ended - See the current exhibit at www.cmp.ucr.edu

• "Ken Gonzales-Day: Hang Trees" continues the artist's investigation into the representation - and absence - of Latinos in historical documentations of the American West. His new works were inspired by photographs of Latino men condemned to death by lynching depicted on postcards he has erased the men and retained the landscapes. Pomona College Museum of Art. Ended - See the current exhibit at  www.pomona.edu/museum

• "Photography Unbound" reminds viewers that photographs can be much more than factual documents of memory catchers. Photo-based works by Robert Markovich, Mary Younakof, Rusty Scruby and Matt Lipps invite a variety of interpretations. Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, Cal State San Bernardino. Ended - See the current exhibit at  www.rvf-artmuseum.csusb.edu

• Norton Simon Museum Collector and art expert Norton Simon traveled the world to bring Pasadena one of the world's finest art collections. His namesake museum's permanent collection holds Western and Asian art that dates back some 2,000 years. It's in the eye of the world every year as the launch point of the Rose Parade. One of the most respected photography collections resides here too.  - See the current exhibit at  www.nortonsimon.org

• Pacific Asia Museum  As one of four US Museums dedicated solely to the art of Asia and the Pacific Islands, Pacific Asia Museum stands proudly in Pasadena's garden of art - See the current exhibit at  www.pacificasiamuseum.com

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