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Permanent Exhibitions

Although the Armory is well-known for art exhibitions in our beautiful 3,000 square foot gallery, when visiting you may also notice artworks on view in front of the Armory, in hallways and other locations around the building. On permanent display are a few wonderful examples of art we would like you to know more about.

Where: In Electric Alley behind the Armory building and the back of the Courtyard by Marriott.

Kim Abeles
Illuminated Fig Leaves, 2001
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Accord Interests, LLC
Administered by the Armory Center for the Arts
City of Pasadena Public Art project

Illuminated FigLeaves is a public artwork by Kim Abeles with the involvement of 26 artists and 6 art institutions associated with Pasadena. The artworks exposed behind the fig leaves represents the historic and cultural activity in the community. All of the artists honored have lived, worked, or exhibited in Pasadena.

Where: The first floor, on the wall down the southward hallway.

 

Sigrid Burton
Paradise Sweets, 1979
Oil on canvas
67” x 84”
Courtesy of Peggy Phelps

Where: In the front of our building on the north side of the main doors.

 

Stan Hunter
Shard Tower, 2002
Clay, metal, cement, and sand armature
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the Artist

Where: First floor rear hallway, in the back of the Studio space.

 

Seth Kaufman
Crossing the Red Line, 1993
Automotive paint and decals, steel, wood, screws, adhesive
144” x 60”
Courtesy of the Artist

Where: First floor in the entryway between the staircases.

 

Michael C. McMillan
Motel Under the World, 2002
Mixed media installation including video created by the artist
53” x 123”
Courtesy of the Artist and L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

Where: Second floor at the entrance of the Drawing & Painting studio.

Gregory Michael Hernandez 
Hole in the Wall #15, 2006
Oil on linen / c-prints stapled to linen
24.5” x 58.5”
Courtesy of the Artist

Where: In the front of our building on the south side of the main doors.

ARTS monument sign, 2002
In 2002 Art Center College professor Leonard Konopelski worked with his design students to create proposals for a monument sign to go in front of the Armory’s newly renovated building. It is the word ARTS cut from the bullet dented metal plate that was once used for target practice when the Armory functioned as an Armory National Guard building.