Hello Again

Spanning more than a century of art making, Hello Again introduces the newly integrated holdings of UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art, showcasing the institution's deep strengths in California art history, with a particular focus on the 1960s and 1970s. Abandoning a rigid chronology in favor of thematic fluidity, the featured works highlight the many ways California's artists have bypassed literal documentation to treat their physical environments as mirrors for spiritual, internal, and social realities. Cross-generational dialogues collapse time, revealing how regional landscapes, domestic spaces, and urban culture remain fertile territory for material and conceptual experimentation. In its eclectic expanse, Hello Again reveals how California artists have returned to the region's diverse topography and everyday environments as fuel for internal expression, social commentary, and material innovation, creating a complex portrait of place. Featured artists: Lita Albuquerque, Peter Alexander, Martha Alf, Carlos Almaraz, John Altoon, Polly Apfelbaum, Robert Arneson, Ruth Asawa, John Baldessari, Romare Bearden, Robert Bechtle, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Bereal, Tony Berlant, Ben Berlin, Wallace Berman, Franz Bischoff, Jessie Arms Botke, Andrea Bowers, Joan Brown, Roger Brown, Conrad Buff, Karen Carson, Carolina Caycedo, Vija Celmins, Enrique Chagoya, Norman Chamberlain, Louisa Chase, Judy Chicago, Bruce Conner, Alonzo Davis, Ron Davis, Jay DeFeo, Roy De Forest, Niki De Saint Phalle, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Robert Dowd, Manny Farber, Llyn Foulkes, Michael Frimkess, Jack Goldstein, Joe Goode, Karl Haendel, George Herms, Pearl C. Hsiung, Mabel Hutchinson, Jess, Ynez Johnston, Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Suzanne Lacy, Glenn Ligon, Helen Lundeberg, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Narsiso Martinez, John Mason, Arthur F. Mathews, Rodney McMillian, Knud Merrild, Ron Miyashiro, Kristen Morgin, Yoshitomo Nara, Agnes Pelton, Gottardo Piazzoni, Jack Pierson, Hayal Pozanti, Ken Price, Noah Purifoy, Robert Rauschenberg, Charles Ray, Philip Rich, Frank Romero, Martha Rosler, Amanda Ross-Ho, Ed Ruscha, Betye Saar, Lawrence Schiller, Joan Semmel, Peter Shelton, Henrietta Shore, Alexis Smith, Therman Statom, George Stoll, Ed Templeton, Robert Therrien, Wayne Thiebaud, DeWain Valentine, Peter Voulkos, Gordon Wagner, Andy Warhol, Mary Weatherford, William Wendt, Beatrice Wood, Takako Yamaguchi, Amir Zaki, Norman Zammitt Hello Again is organized by Kathryn Kanjo, museum director, with support from Julia Pelletier, graduate student researcher. This exhibition is supported by Presenting Sponsor Visionaries in Art.