October 2014
Beyond Environment
Opening reception: Thursday, September 4, 2014 Exhibition Dates: September 4, 2014 – November 9, 2014 Curator Talk: September 5, 2014 Featuring works by Gianni Pettena, Allan Kaprow, Robert Smithson, UFO, 9999, Gordon Matta-Clark. Beyond Environment explores the potent interchange between architecture, Land Art, and Performance Art that emerged through Italian architect Gianni Pettena’s idealized collaboration with American artists Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson in the 1970s. Captivated by a journey to Salt Lake City in 1972, Pettena created Tumbleweeds Catcher,…
Find out more »January 2015
The Heart is the Frame
January 7 - February 14, 2015 Opening reception - Wednesday January 7, 2015 - 7-10pm with works by Leidy Churchman, Harry Dodge, William E. Jones, Sharon Lockhart, Emily Roysdon, Anna Sew Hoy, and Tris Vonna-Michell The Heart is the Frame is a group exhibition that questions the practice of everyday living by breaking down the cinematic guise of commonplace existence into a series of still images. It aims to surface the scripts that direct one's daily course, and address the ways…
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Hollywood Boulevard The 70’s
July 1 - September 13, 2015 Opening Wednesday July 1, 2015 - 7-10PM Closing Wednesday September 16, 2015 - 7-9 PM A Storefront Installation Photography by Ave Pildas Today, the neighborhood is overrun with buskers in superhero outfits, but 40 years ago, real Angelenos wandered the sidewalk with the stars under their feet. Pildas spent more than two years walking up and down Hollywood Boulevard taking photos of the homeless, the star obsessed, the old ladies and the prostitutes that…
Find out more »Rafa Esparza: i have never been here before
July 8 - September 13, 2015 Opening reception: Wednesday July 8, 2015, 7-10PM Exhibition dates: June 9-September 13, 2015 RELATED PROGRAMS August 26 - Performance by Dorian Wood September 11-13 - Resonant Forms, a weekend-long series of performances featuring Simon Scott, Bethan Parkes, Lawrence English, John Chantler, Raquel Gutiérrez with Adam Garcia, Nikki Darling and Rafa Esparza, among others. In collaboration with VOLUME--schedule to be posted shortly. For his summer residency at LACE, Los Angeles based artist Rafa Esparza transforms the architecture of…
Find out more »Michelada Think Tank: Chats About Change Part II
July 8 - September 13, 2015 Upcoming: August 31, 2015 - Final Forum at LACE This event will focus on intergenerational dialogue as a strategy for survival. Attendees are also invited to contribute to Michelada Think Tank's project, a "POC Survival Guide," by lending their thoughts and words to a participatory graphic outline. Are we so busy surviving that we forget to be radical? This summer Michelada Think Tank (MTT), an artist collective organized by Noé Gaytán, Mario Mesquita, Shefali Mistry, and Carol Zou, will inhabit…
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