February 2018
Thank you
Thank you Patricio Bernal Morales On view through 2018 Thank you is an installation by Patricio Bernal Morales. Thank you utilizes the instance of exchange as a permeable stage for the definition of value. During its year-long residency at LACE, the installation will perform as a donation box, providing assistive funding for the sustainability of the institution. Thank you is an inaugural piece in a series of on-site interventions, surrounding LACE’s 40th anniversary. Patricio and LACE thank you for your contribution.
Find out more »New LACE Edition with Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Platter War), 2018 Barbara Kruger Glazed Earthenware, 15'' diameter Edition of 30 with 7 APs Ceramic Production: Creative Fire Studio Project Coordination: Eric Gero Editions Publisher: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) Launches 2018 LACE: Trailblazing for 40 Years Created especially for LACE by Barbara Kruger, sales of this edition support LA's longest-running artist space. Contact: Sarah Russin, Executive Director sarah@welcometolace.org
Find out more »March 2018
The Archival Impulse: 40 Years at LACE
The Archival Impulse: 40 Years at LACE Curated by Matias Viegener with Exhibition Design by Jeff Cain Opening Reception: March 15, 2018, 7-10 PM On view:March 16, 2018 - February 24, 2019 The Archival Impulse: 40 Years at LACE is a Project Room installation that pulls from material found in LACE’s archive that either highlights or disputes our conceptions of LACE’s history. Accumulated over 40 years, it has no organizing system beyond what LACE staff considered worth saving. It enfolds many stories about the space,…
Find out more »Ed Ruscha’s Hollywood Boulevard on Hollywood Boulevard
Ed Ruscha’s Hollywood Boulevard on Hollywood Boulevard Iconic Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha photographed iconic Los Angeles streets beginning in the 1960s. By mounting a camera to a moving car, Ruscha documented sequential storefronts on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard between McCadden Place and Hudson Avenue, and on the south side of the street between Wilcox Avenue and McCadden Place. The images in the top black and white “filmstrip” show what the Boulevard looked like in 1973, and the…
Find out more »September 2018
Emory Douglas: Bold Visual Language at Southern California Library
If you missed Bold Visual Language: Emory Douglas at LACE this summer, the show is now on view at the Southern California Library. Join us for the reception on October 20, 2018, from 12-1pm! Bold Visual Language: Emory Douglas Curated by Essence Harden and Daniela Lieja Quintanar Reception: October 20, 2018 - 12-1PM Exhibition Dates: September 12 - November 30, 2018 Visit by appointment archives@socalib.org 323.759.6063 www.socalib.org Southern California Library 6120 S. Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90044 Emory Douglas: Bold Visual Language considers the legacy and diasporic impact…
Find out more »The Mojave Project
THE MOJAVE PROJECT Exhibition Dates: September 15 – November 18, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday September 15, 2018, 4– 7PM Gallery Closed for Private Event: September 26– 27th, 2018 Conversation with Mojave Project director Kim Stringfellow and writer, activist and NPCA California Desert program manager Chris Clarke: Saturday September 15, 2018, 2:30 - 4PM The Mojave Project is an experimental transmedia documentary and curatorial project led by Kim Stringfellow exploring the physical, geological and cultural landscape of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave Project reconsiders and establishes multiple ways in…
Find out more »November 2018
Variety of Futurisms
Variety of Futurisms Saturday, November 17 2018, 12- 1:30PM Research Group Series Second Session featuring: Nasrin Himada Nasrin Himada is a Palestinian writer, editor, and curator based in Tio'tia:ke (Montréal), in Kanien'kehá:ka territory. Their writing on contemporary art has appeared in Canadian Art, C Magazine, Critical Signals, The Funambulist, Fuse Magazine, and MICE Magazine, among others. They are the co-editor of contemptorary.org Saturday, November 3 2018, 12- 1:30PM Research Group Series Second Session featuring: Letters to the Future: Black Women/Radical Writing:…
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