California African American Museum Exhibition; 'The Legacy of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company: More Than a Business'

"The Negro in California History by Charles Alston." Image via Modernica.For an off-the-beaten-path experience of Los Angeles art and architecture tradition (and maybe some conservation-minded learning experiences), the California African American Museum is in the midst of an exhibition of well-earned appreciation for the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance’s (GSM) collection of corporate art. The exhibition, titled “The Legacy of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company: More Than a Business,” was recently recommended by William Poundstone over at Blouin ArtInfo. Poundstone is quick to differentiate the value of this collection of corporate art from other lesser collections, even while bearing in mind its limitations: “The quality is wildly uneven, but that’s part of the interest. This is a core sample of one of the first systematic collections of its kind.” 

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