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ART ON THE ROADVIJA CELMINSTHE X STOREJENNIFER STEINKAMP> MATCHSTICK NECKLACEBY KIEL MEADRegular $85 / Members $76.50KEITH HARING> YELLOW BANANA BOWLBY HARRY ALLENRegular $140 / Members $126JOHN MCCRACKENDANIEL RUANOVA (MeXICO)LLYN FOULKESMCASD’s COLLECTION GETS AROUNDBetween The Very Large Array and Behold, America!, we have recently had hundreds of worksof art from our permanent collection displayed in San Diego. But did you know that objects fromour collection are also on view across the country?Last fall our Keith Haring portrait of Elvis Presley was on display at the Metropolitan Museumof Art. That show, Regarding Warhol, has closed in New York but is on view in Pittsburgh atThe Warhol Museum until April 28. If you find yourself in Omaha, you’ll recognize JenniferSteinkamp’s Madame Curie at the Joslyn Art Museum through May 12.On your next visit to L.A., you may see some familiar sights: four of our works by funk artistLlyn Foulkes will be on view at the Hammer Museum through May 19, and John McCracken’sblack plank is on loan to LACMA through June 30 for their Stanley Kubrick exhibition.Works have even ventured south of the border: Daniel Ruanova’s NOW PL@YIN is currentlyat MACRO in Monterrey, Mexico through April 12.And, finally, Eggs by Vija Celmins recently traveled to Minneapolis and New Orleans, andreturned to us last month for the opening of Lifelike, the highly acclaimed exhibition organizedby the Walker Art Center.Keith Haring, Elvis Presley n.d., sumi ink and gold paint on Elvis poster, 38 x 26 1 /2 inches.Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Gift of Lannan Foundation. Keith Haringartwork © Keith Haring Foundation. Photo: Pablo Mason.> FLAT LIFE LIGHTBY Finn MageeRegular $150 / Members $135That’s soLifelike(able)!The artists of Lifelike aren’tthe only ones inspired bycommonplace objects. Thesedesigners have a knack formaking functional objects inunusual forms or materialsthat have an uncanny likenessto something familiar, butare used in unexpected ways.They’re a little surreal andwhole a lot of fun.PURCHASE THESE PRODUCTS IN THE X STORE INLA JOLLA OR ONLINE AT MCASD.ORG/STORE.2829