Capturing Motion and Sound: Performance on Paper at the Hammer Museum

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This summer, the Hammer Museum invites you to experience Performance on Paper—a compelling exhibition running from May 3 to August 10, 2025. Featuring works by over twenty groundbreaking artists from the 1960s to today, this exhibition blurs the boundaries between visual art, music, and dance.

Drawn primarily from the Grunwald Center and Hammer Contemporary Collections, Performance on Paper explores how paper can serve as a powerful medium to capture the intangible—sound, rhythm, gesture, and movement. From choreographic scores and graphic musical notations to prints and drawings that trace the physicality of performance, the exhibition transforms fleeting moments into lasting visual records.

The lineup includes iconic artists such as Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, and Christian Marclay, as well as innovative voices like Jennie C. Jones, Channa Horwitz, and Jason Moran. Through their diverse practices, these artists show how collaboration and experimentation across disciplines can give form to the ephemeral.

Whether you're passionate about dance, music, or visual art, Performance on Paper offers a rare glimpse into the poetic and performative potential of the drawn line. Don't miss this chance to witness art in motion—on the page.