Michael C. McMillen

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Michael C. McMillen

Selected works by exhibition

Central Meridian
(The Garage)
LACMA, 2021

Michael C. McMillen /
The Central Meridian (The Garage) (detail), 1981 /
Los Angeles County Museum of Art /
Art Museum Council Fund /
art © Michael C. McMillen, photo © Fredrik Nilsen

A Theory of Smoke
L.A. Louver, 2021

Michael C. McMillen / Observatory, 2021 / installation

Installation photography /
Michael C. McMillen: A Theory of Smoke

Michael C. McMillen /
Cinema Futura, 1990-2021 /
mixed media wall installation /
26 x 14 x 6 in. (66 x 35.6 x 15.2 cm)

Outpost,
L.A. Louver, 2016

Michael C. McMillen /
The Pequod II, 1987 /
wood & metal kinetic sculpture /
96 x 77 x 206 in. (243.8 x 195.6 x 523.2 cm)

Michael C. McMillen /
Receiver, 2014-2016 /
mixed media constructions: reengineered chair, vintage military electronics, 'Tides' (03:10) /
dimensions variable

Michael C McMillen /
Outpost, 2015 /
reengineered chair, painted wood and metal, 19th century clock mechinism /
52 x 19 x 28 in. (132.1 x 48.3 x 71.1 cm)

Sideshow, Matrix 171
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT 2015

Installation photography /
Michael C. McMillen: Sideshow, Matrix 171

Train of Thought
Oakland Museum of California 2011

Michael C. McMillen /
Mike's Pool Hall, 1977 - 91 /
mixed media /
9 x 20 x 20 in (22.9 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm)

Michael C. McMillen /
Deliverance, 1992 /
mixed media /
144 x 144 x 144 in. (365.8 x 365.8 x 365.8 cm)

Michael C. McMillen /
Train of Thought, 1990 /
mixed media /
22' x 18' x 9' (6.7 x 5.48 x 2.74 m)

Lighthouse
L.A. Louver, 2010

Michael C. McMillen /
Neptune (Journey to the Surface), 1985 /
wood and metal construction /
34 x 67 x 13 in. (86.4 x 170.2 x 33 cm)

Michael C. McMillen /
Witch of Draconis, 1983 /
wood and metal construction /
72 x 24 x 36 in. (182.9 x 61 x 91.4 cm) /
Private collection

Michael C. McMillen /
Lighthouse (Hotel New Empire), 2010 /
mixed media with artist digital motion picture /
97 x 132 x 144 in. (246.4 x 335.3 x 365.8 cm)

Red Trailer Motel
L.A. Louver, 2004

Michael C. McMillen /
Red Trailer Motel, 2003 /
mixed media installation /
dimensions variable /
21 November 2003 - 3 January 2004

Dr. Crump's Mobile Field Lab
Installed at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 2005

Michael C. McMillen /
Dr. Crump's Mobile Field Lab /
mixed media installation /
dimensions variable

Skyroom installation
L.A. Louver, 1999

Michael C. McMillen /
Bathos, 1998 /
mixed media installation dimensions variable

The Laboratory of Sleep
L.A. Louver, 1997

Michael C. McMillen /
The Laboratory of Sleep, 1997 /
mixed media installation /
dimensions variable

Pavilion of Rain
California State University, Northridge 1987

Michael C. McMillen /
The Pavilion of Rain, 1987 /
installation /
132 x 288 x 210 in. (335.3 x 731.5 x 533.4 cm)

Bio

1946 Born, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education:
1969 BA, San Fernando Valley State College
1972 MA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1973 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

biography

Photo: Ari Young

Current exhibitions

L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years
1975 to Now

15 Feb - 26 Jul 2025

Gallery exhibition

Michael C. McMillen
Central Meridian (The Garage)

LACMA
Los Angeles, CA
13 Jun

Museum exhibition

Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions

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Michael C. McMillen
A Theory of Smoke

14 Sep - 16 Oct 2021

Gallery exhibition

Michael C. McMillen
Outpost

13 Jan - 13 Feb 2016

Gallery exhibition

Michael C. McMillen
Lighthouse

15 Sep - 30 Oct 2010

Gallery exhibition

Michael C. McMillen
Red Trailer Motel, an installation with film

21 Nov 2003 - 3 Jan 2004

Gallery exhibition

Selected museum exhibitions

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Michael C. McMillen<br>The Entropic Taxi; Final Destination

Michael C. McMillen
The Entropic Taxi; Final Destination

Palais de Tokyo
Paris, France
6 Jun - 8 Sep 2014

Museum exhibition

Michael C. McMillen
Train of Thought

Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
16 Apr - 14 Aug 2011

Museum exhibition

Michael C. McMillen
North Star

Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Weber State University
Ogden, UT
2 Sep - 1 Nov 2008

Museum exhibition

Michael C. McMillen
Speed's Place

UnMuseum, Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH
25 Aug - 25 Sep 2007

Museum exhibition

Selected public commissions/installations

Michael C. McMillen
Back Lot

West Hollywood Urban Art Program
West Hollywood, CA
20 Mar 2018

Public commission/installation

Video