A multi-pronged approach to educational programming to ensure that diverse populations benefit from participatory experiences that encourage creative expression, self-awareness, and dialogue.
Sex Objects: Art and the Dialectics of Desire
$25.00 general / $21.25 members
By Jennifer Doyle (2006)
Jennifer Doyle proves that sex in art is as diverse as sex in everyday life: exciting, ordinary, emotional, traumatic, embarrassing, funny, and even boring. Sex Objects examines the reception and misunderstanding of sexualized images, words, and performances. Sex Objects challenges simplistic readings of sexualized art and investigates what such works tell us about the nature of desire through discussions on the "boring parts" of Moby Dick, the scandals that plagued the painter Thomas Eakins, the role of women in Andy Warhol's films, "bad sex" and Tracey Emin's evocative line drawings, and L.A. artist Vaginal Davis's pornogrpahic parodies of Vanessa Beecroft's performances.
William Basinski: Vivian & Ondine
$20.00 general / $17.00 members
By William Basinski (2009)
Curated by Steve Roden.
The new CD by William Basinski, originally performed as part of LACE’s Resonant Forms festival earlier this year, and not available in stores!
Mr. Toast, Shaky Bacon, and Joe the Egg Plush Dolls
$6.00 each general / $5.10 each members
By Dan Goodsell
Curated by Steve Roden.
Dan Goodsell's wacky characters from his Imaginary World of Mr. Toast comic book series come alive in soft plush. Meet Mr. Toast, Shaky Bacon, and Joe the Egg. Pick your favorite or buy all three!
James Luna: The History of the Luiseno People DVD
$35.00 general / $29.75 members
By James Luna, from I Feel Different, LACE (2009)
A short film of James Luna's "The History of the Luiseno People: La Jolla Reservation Christmas 1990" examines depression, isolation, and contemporary Native American cultural identity and misrepresentation. Part of Luna's installation in the I Feel Different exhibition curated by Jennifer Doyle. Running time: 27 minutes 40 seconds.
Celer: Sieline
$30.00 general / $25.50 members
By Will and Danielle Baquet-Long
Curated by Steve Roden.
A limited edition set of four CDs on 3" discs in a hand-crafted case by music duo Celer (Will and Danielle Baquet-Long)
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Lara Odell: Bad Nuns
$25.00 general / $21.25 members
By Lara Odell (2009)
“I believe that anyone who does not know how to stay put and remain in a cell ought not go anywhere." This satirical picture book is composed of 28 nun portraits with corresponding quotes from mystical nuns' writings.
Animal Shelter: Art Sex & Literature
$10.00 general / $8.50 members
By Various Contributors (2008)
Contributions by David Askevold, Bruce Benderson, Erik Bluhm, Gary Lee Boas, Claude Collins-Stracensky, Rachel Detroit, Jennifer Doyle, Tony Duvert, Hedi El Kholti, Matt Fishbeck, Mark Flores, Paul Gellman, Giovanni Jance, Dave Jones, William E. Jones, Iris Klein, Alice Könitz, Chris Kraus, Elke Krystufek, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Jonathan Meese, Erik Morse, Theresa Pendlebury, Ariel Pink, JC Rees, Ariana Reines, Rebekah Rutkoff, Abdellah Taïa, Masha Tupitsyn, Sarah Wang, Goody-B Wiseman, Bobbi Woods and others.
This intellectual journal looks towards non-privatized forms of sexuality as a cultural conduit. With a focus on the underground sex culture of the 70s, Animal Shelter implies real freedom for the present.
Steve Roden: one stone. and arcs and ears
$20.00 general / $17.00 members
Audio by Steve Roden (2007)
Inspired by a film by Robert Bresson
Originally part of the installation "Invisible Other," this 7" is the audio from the film Proces de jeanne d'arc. Roden edited out all of the dialogue leaving the listener with a fragmented and abstract experience.
Yann Novak: Relocation.Catalog
$20.00 general / $17.00 member
Music by Yann Novak
Essay by Christopher DeLaurenti
ed. of 100
Curated by Steve Roden.
This booklet and CD contain the rare field recordings of Yann Novak. He believes that the sounds found in our noisy and chaotic environments offer a rich starting point for transformation. His music is a balance between the raw field recordings and digital processing.
Imaginary World Comics #2 With Mr Toast
$3.00 general / $2.55 members
By Dan Goodsell (Concept & Illustration)
Curated by Steve Roden.
Mr. Toast is just one of the characters in this colorful story. Along with Shaky (bacon), Joe (an egg), and Lemonhead & Clem (lemons), Mr. Toast finds himself in many different situations, both juvenile and adult, in this nostalgically animated comic book.
Jeffrey Roden: Seeds of Happiness
$12.00 general / $10.20 members
Music by Jeffrey Roden (2006)
Cover painting by Syd Solomon
Curated by Steve Roden.
Striving for "perfect beauty," Roden offers the listener a new musical experience. The bass is the starring instrument, used to express the deepest human feelings.
Reinscribing Hollywood
$20.00 general / $17.00 members
Concept & Photography by Sara Wookey (2008)
Illustration & Design by Gregory Jacobson
ed. of 100
A coloring book consisting of 10 illustrations made from photographs taken in
Hollywood, California between 2004-2006, this book reveals the spaces
devoid of advertising imagery and text. Reinscribing Hollywood highlights spaces of visual absence, re-imagining them as spaces of creative opportunity.
Imagine the city as a canvas, a page... What would Hollywood look like?
Heuristics: Impossibility Made Easy
$10.00 (or $15.00 when combined with Heuristics)
from aporia : aporia, LACE (2007)
About Impossibility Made Easy
Produced by the dBfoundation and LACE
Printed April 2006 by the dBfoundation and the EFA
Featuring works by: Aaisha, Joan Banach, Daniel Bozhkov, eteam, Rochelle Feinstein, Carl Ferrero, Monika Goetz, Nakazawa Hideki, Tianna Kennedy, Karen Margolis, Sarah Oppenheimer, Jim Skuldt, Allyson Spellacy, Peter Wegner, Treva Wurmfeld
Support for this publication provided by the Peter Norton Family Foundation and the Pasadena Art Alliance
Karaoke Ice Temporary Tattoo
Any 5 for $1.00, combined with stickers
from Karaoke Ice, LACE (2007)
About Karaoke Ice
This public art project, an ice cream truck-turned-mobile-karaoke-unit, was deployed throughout Los Angeles to unite people in a collective quest to perform and record new versions of pop songs using the vernacular of ice cream truck music. Karaoke Ice introduced people to the playful ways in which technology can be used to give voice to personal and collective concerns, as well as enable meaningful social interaction between groups, both large and small.
Karaoke Ice Sticker
Any 5 for $1.00, combined with temporary tattoo
from Karaoke Ice, LACE (2007)
About Karaoke Ice
This public art project, an ice cream truck-turned-mobile-karaoke-unit, was deployed throughout Los Angeles to unite people in a collective quest to perform and record new versions of pop songs using the vernacular of ice cream truck music. Karaoke Ice introduced people to the playful ways in which technology can be used to give voice to personal and collective concerns, as well as enable meaningful social interaction between groups, both large and small.
Karaoke Ice CD
$10.00 general / $8.00 members
from Karaoke Ice, LACE (2007)
About Karaoke Ice CD
Lucci's Home Tinklepop Karaoke Kit
A project by Nancy Nowacek, Katie Salen and Marina Zurkow
Featuring music by Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Outkast, and more!
Fallen Fruit Poster
$25 general / $21.25 members
from United Fruit, LACE (2009)
About Fallen Fruit Poster
Poster designed by Fallen Fruit for United Fruit at LACE, the collectives' first solo show by the artists collective Fallen Fruit (David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young), premiering a new body of work generated during Fallen Fruit's recent residency in Colombia, South America which features a series of photographs and video installations exploring the social, political and pop history of the banana.
Live and Let Lez Tank Top
$15.00 general / $12.75 members
By LACE
Women, 100% Cotton
Sizes Available: S, M, L
Karaoke Ice T-Shirt
$20.00 general / $17.00 members
from Karaoke Ice, LACE (2007)
Unisex, 100% Pre-shrunk Cotton
Sizes Available: S, L, XL, 2XL
About Karaoke Ice
This public art project, an ice cream truck-turned-mobile-karaoke-unit, was deployed throughout Los Angeles to unite people in a collective quest to perform and record new versions of pop songs using the vernacular of ice cream truck music. Karaoke Ice introduced people to the playful ways in which technology can be used to give voice to personal and collective concerns, as well as enable meaningful social interaction between groups, both large and small.
I Would Prefer Not T-Shirt
$30.00 general / $25.00 members
By LACE
Men & Women, American Apparel, 100% Cotton
Colors Available: White, Silver
Sizes Available: S, M, L
Fucking Fabulous Feminist T-Shirt
$25.00 general / $21.25 members
By LACE
Women, American Apparel, 100% Cotton
Colors Available: Pink, Black, Silver
Fallen Fruit T-Shirt
$25.00 general / $20.00 members
from United Fruit, LACE (2009)
Unisex, Hanes 100% Pre-shrunk Cotton
Sizes Available: S, M, L, XL
About Fallen Fruit: United Fruit
LACE is proud to present United Fruit, the first solo show by the artists collective Fallen Fruit (David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young). This exhibition premieres a new body of work generated during Fallen Fruit's recent residency in Colombia, South America which features a series of photographs and video installations exploring the social, political and pop history of the banana.
The Woman of the Crowd
$35.00 general / $29.75 members
By LACE (2006)
About The Woman of the Crowd
Features "Executive Style: Looking It...Living It" created by Mary B. Fiedorek, written by Diana Lewis Jewell and "The Woman of the Crowd: Susan Ciancolo and Cone Denim," essay by Patricia Mears
Special thanks to Woodbury University
The Art of Spectacle
$35.00 general / $29.75 members
from The Art of Spectacle, LACE (1984)
Executive Editor: Elizabeth Freeman
About The Art of Spectacle
The Art of Spectacle was a major interdisciplinary performance festival featuring dance, music, theatre and the visual arts. The participating Artists from Los Angeles and New York (including Glenn Branca, Remy Charlip, Ping Chong, Lin Hixson, Robert Longo, Rachel Rosenthal and Carl Stone) were among the most innovative in the country. THeir diverse artistic expressions exemplified the direction of performance art in the 80's.
Presented by Some Serious Business, Inc., LACE, and UCLA Center for the Arts
Funding provided in part by a grant from the Interarts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts
Resolution: A Critique of Video Art
$35.00 general / $29.75 members
from Resolutions, LACE (1986)
Editor: Patti Podesta
Featuring articles written by artists about their own work: Doug Hall, Dara Birnbaum, John Sanborn, Lyn Blumenthal and Bruce and Norman Yonemoto
About Resolution: A Critique of Video Art
Resolution: A Critique of Video Art included an exhibition of video tapes and a full-day symposium with artists, writers and critics a LACE. It brought together a representative group of influential video work, gave critics time to study the work and draw their conclusions and resulted in a body of writing and discourse that was both critical of specific work and affected the viewing and perception of media images in general.
Funded in part by The National Endowment for the Arts Museum Program, Special Exhibitions
Joe Sola: Taking a Bullet
$30.00 general / $25.50 members
from Joe Sola: Taking a Bullet, LACE (2005)
Editor: Erin Wright
Featuring an introduction by LACE Executive Director Carol Stakenas, essays by Irene Tsatsos and Jan Tumlir and an interview with the artist by Stuart Horodner
About Joe Sola: Talking a Bullet
LACE is pleased to present Joe Sola: Talking a Bullet, a solo exhibition of recent works by Los Angeles-based artist Joe Sola, organized by Karl Erickson, Program Coordinator, and consulting curator Irene Tsatsos. Armed with strategies of seduction, including humor, beauty, and the occasional jolt of spectacle, Sola's artworks explore the problems we face when navigating between the stylized images we consume from Hollywood film and the residue of them that we take with us.
Exhibition and accompanying publication made possible by The American CInematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Atlanta College of Art, California Community Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, LEF Foundation, LLWW Foundation, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Morris Family Foundation, the Wexner Center for the Arts and the members of LACE.
Heuristics
$10.00 (or $15.00 when combined with Heuristics: Impossibility Made Easy)
from aporia : aporia, LACE (2007)
Featuring commentary on works by: Aaisha, Joan Banach, Daniel Bozhkov, eteam, Rochelle Feinstein, Carl Ferrero, Monika Goetz, Nakazawa Hideki, Tianna Kennedy, Karen Margolis, Sarah Oppenheimer, Jim Skuldt, Allyson Spellacy, Peter Wegner, Treva Wurmfeld
About Heuristics
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Aporia and developed by dB foundation with the support of the Elizabeth Foundation and exhibited at the EFA Gallery.
Exhausted Autumn
$30.00 general / $25.50 members
from Sweet Oleander: An Exhibition of Works by Tony Greene, LACE (1991)
Editor: Richard Hawkins
About Exhausted Autumn
A Collection of Fiction, Criticism and Testimony with Plates from Paintings by Tony Greene.
Published by LACE, 1991
Democracy When?
$30.00 general / $25.50 members
from Democracy When? Activist Strategies in Los Angeles, LACE (2002)
About Democracy When?
LACE presented Democracy When? Activist Strategizing in Los Angeles, guest curated by independent curator Tone O. Nielsen, an exhibition, workshop and discussion series that brought together fifteen artists, activists, community organizations, and theorists from greater Los Angeles to explore six "problematics"--conditions, situations, and cultural challenges or biases that political and social activism is faced with today--through displayed artworks and projects, weekly talks, and actions.
Financial support provided by the Ruth Peskin Distinguished Artists Fund
Border Art Workshop
$35.00 general / $29.75 members
from Border Art Workshop / Destination LA, LACE (1991)
About Border Art Workshop
Border Art Workshop: 1984-1991; a continuing documentation of seven years of interdisciplinary art projects surrounding issues of the U.S./Mexico border.
Against the Grain
$27.00 general / $22.00 members
from Against the Grain, LACE (2008)
About Against the Grain
Against the Grain featured works by arists Tom Allen, Brian Bress, Robert Fontenot, Wendell Gladstone, Matt Greene, Julian Hoeber, Brian Kennon, John Knuth, Amy Sarkisian, Ryan Taber, Ami Tallman, Kelly Sears, Anna Sew Hoy and Cheyenne Weaver. Curator Christopher Russell looks back on a seminal exhibition from LACE's history, Against Nature: A Group Show of Work by Homosexual Men (1988), curated by Dennis Cooper and Richard Hawkins.
Russell looks at the influence of the original show and asks after the influence of radicality among a new generation of artists. Using Against Nature as a point of departure, Russell has selected 14 local artists that seek a similar critical position in our social climate today and undertake themes of decadence within a present day context.
Published with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Pasadena Arts Alliance.
Against Nature: A Show by Homosexual Men
$22.00 general / $19.00 members
from Against Nature: A Show by Homosexual Men, LACE (1988)
About Against Nature: A Show by Homosexual Men
Curators Dennis Cooper and Richard Hawkins' show looked at decadent seclusion and syphilitic deterioration as modes of social rebellion and was informed by J.K. Huysmans' novel À Rebours. This exhibition exposed the margins of the already marginalized world of gay men. The curators translated Huysmans through the lens of AIDS in a politically and socially conservative era, and displayed rich, decadent and inherently morbid work. They reacted against aesthetics that seemed polemically overwrought, privileging activism over the individual.
This catalog was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles.