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All But The Obvious

November 2 – December 23, 1990

An exhibition of fifteen lesbian artists from Los Angeles, New York, New Hope, Penn., and London. This show examines the construction of lesbian identity, offering a selection of work that, like the lesbian community, defies an easy interpretation or simple summary. Though the strategies of representation differ, this combination of artwork asserts a lesbian subject, and in so doing, it refuses the monolithic definitions that distance, mythologize, restrict, or exclude lesbian expression.

 

Curated by Pam Gregg with a catalogue designed by Susan Silton and edited by Catherine Lord. Arists featured: Laura Aguilar, Laurel Beckman, Kaucyila Brooke, Gaye Chan, Janet Cooling, Della Grace, Monica Majoli, Tracy Mostovoy, Catherine Opie, Beverly Rhoads, Nancy Rosenblum, Catherine Saalfield and Jackie Woodson, Collier Schorr and Millie Wilson. Videos and films presented in conjunction with this exhibition featured the work of Mary Ann Capehart, Silvana Afram, Pratibha Parmar, Julie Zando, Azian Nurudin, Abigail Child, Ellen Spiro, Cecilia Dougherty and Tommie Saeli.

LA Weekly article Vol 13 NO. 1, December 7- 13 1990 By Ralph Rugoff

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LA Weekly review of All But the Obvious
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Barbara Osborn review of All But the Obvious
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November 1990 flyer for All But the Obvious in Lesbian News

Filed Under: 1990-1994, Exhibition, LACE, Screening, Video Tagged With: 1990, Abigail Child, All But The Obvious, Azian Nurudin, Beverly Rhoads, Catherine Lord, Catherine Opie, Catherine Saalfield, Cecilia Dougherty, Collier Schorr, Della Grace, Ellen Spiro, Exhibition, film, Gaye Chan, homosexuality, Jackie Woodson, Janet Cooling, Julie Zando, Kaucyila Brooke, Laura Aguilar, Laurel Beckman, lesbian, Mary Ann Capehart, Millie Wilson, Monica Majoli, Nancy Rosenblum, Pam Gregg, Pratibha Parmar, Screening, Silvana Afram, Susan Silton, Tommie Saeli, Tracy Mostovoy, Video

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Construction for LACE’s new home is in full swin Construction for LACE’s new home is in full swing — we’re one step closer to unveiling an exciting new chapter. Stay tuned…🚜

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On Saturday, August 2 from 2–7pm, join LACE for On Saturday, August 2 from 2–7pm, join LACE for this year's Artists’ Film International (AFI'25) at the Philosophical Research Society (@philosophical_research_society).

This touring film program is collectively curated and presented by 16 international arts organizations and convened by Forma (@formaartsmedia). AFI’25 introduces the work of talented moving image artists to worldwide audiences, and will be live over 300 days, with exhibitions, screenings and public programs hosted across 4 continents.

LACE’s selection for AFI’25 is "Leymusoom Garden: New Sun" (2024) by Heesoo Kwon (@leymusoom). Kwon’s oneiric visual language and unique animation style allow her to create memoryscapes of personal and community liberation. The film rewrites mythical matrilineal histories through utopian and whimsical abstractions of time, space, and memory to ultimately bring forth healing and transformation. 

Admission is free! RSVP at the link in our bio.

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Still from Heesoo Kwon, Leymusoom Garden: New Sun, 2024. Courtesy the artist
Join LACE for “Obsidian Reflections” happening Join LACE for “Obsidian Reflections” happening Saturday, July 19, 2–5 PM at the Philosophical Research Society (@philosophical_research_society).

Curated by Selene Preciado and Andrea Acuña, this film program presents a selection of video works that integrate ancestral knowledge and indigenous storytelling, imagining futures where the past and present connect through the power of ruins and resilience. Followed by a musical performance with multimedia NeoCumbia artist El Keamo (@el_keamo).

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We are excited to announce LACE's 11th Emerging Cu We are excited to announce LACE's 11th Emerging Curator! Meet Semaj Peltier (@horsebreath87) and pom*pom (@__pom____pom__), collaborators in a curatorial collective and experimental film archive organizing community-based events since 2022. For the Emerging Curator Program, Semaj Peltier and Pom Pom curate "No Loneliness Like This," a film and food event showcasing experimental films that traverse the many manifestations of state-sanctioned isolation.

Peltier, a projectionist, archivist and filmmaker, brings a praxis shaped by her studies at the University of Amsterdam’s Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image Masters program, specializing in ephemeral histories shaped by coloniality and otherness. pom*pom, developed by Russell Hartling and Crystal Dawana, is an experimental food collective whose sensory-driven dining experiences intersect with film programming to evoke memory, storytelling, and connection. Together, they build worlds where film and food become tools of resistance—rituals that evoke memory, incite dialogue, and nurture solidarity through shared sensation and subversion. 

This year’s panel included Jheanelle Brown (@jheaneeeeeelle), faculty member at CalArts and Curator of Film at REDCAT; Carrie Chen (@carriechen01), artist, curator, and educator; and Heber Rodriguez (@hebereatschips), Coordinator for the City of Lancaster’s Parks, Recreation and Arts Department in the Arts and Museums Division. 

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