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Doug Humble / El Salvador

July 22 - August 22, 1981 A multimedia environment consisting of an 800-square-foot labyrinth depicting everyday life in the war-torn capitol city, San Salvador. Made by Doug Humble in conjunction ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, Exhibition, Installation, LACE Tagged With: 1981, CISPES, Committee in Solidarity, Doug Humble, Doug Humble / El Salvador, El Salvador, installation, multimedia environment, multimedia installation

Recent Painting Constructions by Stephen Grossman

July 22 - August 22, 1981 Relief constructions by Stephen Grossman examining two-dimensional spatial relationships into real space, part of the Downtown Artists series. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, Exhibition, LACE Tagged With: 1981, Downtown Artists, Downtown Artists series, painting, Recent Painting Constructions, Recent Painting Constructions by Stephen Grossman, Stephen Grossman, two-dimensional

Daniel Aulagnier / Performance Mechanism: Black and White System

July 14, 1981 Presentation by French artist Daniel Aulagnier which consisted of a set of black circular volumes representing and opposing the technological element and the body. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1981, Daniel Aulagnier, Daniel Aulagnier / Performance Mechanism: Black and White System, multimedia presentation, performance, Performance Mechanism: Black and White System

Mike Kelley / Meditation on a Can of Vernors

June 10, 1981 Performance by artist Mike Kelley that utilized props and language to illustrate concepts of materialism and humanism.     ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1981, Meditation on a Can of Vernors, Mike Kelley, Mike Kelley / Meditation on a Can of Vernors, performance

Site Projects: Downtown L.A.

June 3 - July 3, 1981 Exhibition of plans of works executed concurrently in downtown Los Angeles. Artists included: Anna Bresnick, Andrew Chambers, Jon Peterson, and Anthony Stephenson. Artists ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, Exhibition, LACE Tagged With: 1981, Andrew Chambers, Anna Bresnick, competition, installation, John Peterson and Anthony Stephenson, Lloyd Hamrol, Phyllis Plous, site installation, Site Projects: Downtown L.A., Terry Shoonhoven

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