This exhibition presents new and recent work by Los Angeles-based artist Catherine Opie, one of the essential figures in contemporary photography. Beginning in 2010, Opie spent six months taking photographs at the residence of Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), capturing the essence of the Hollywood legend through her personal objects and mementos. She portrays Taylor’s life experience and eccentricity as an illusory subject, one that cannot be specifically designated or precisely described. UMMA docents will explore Taylor’s celebrity and humanity through these images.