• Upcoming Events

    • On Feb. 25th from 6-9pm, LAXART will host Big City Forum: Ginger Wolfe Suarez, Primitivo Wolfe Suarez, & Amy Pederso
    • On view through March 20, 2010: Kamrooz Aram & Artemio
  • Public Projects

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    LA><ART IS LOS ANGELES’ LEADING INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE, PRODUCING EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES WITH EMERGING AND MID-CAREER LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.

    FOUNDED IN 2005 TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF NEW WORK BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS, LA><ART OCCUPIES A CRITICAL SPACE IN THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF LA BETWEEN THE LARGER INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.

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    LA><ART Entryway: Artemio

    artemio
    Artemio, Mandala #17, 2010, Site-specific tiled wall mural, 102 x 121 inches, Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photo by Kelly Barrie.

    LA><ART Billboard: Shana Lutker

    Shana Lutker
    Shana Lutker, Ruin, Los Angeles, 2010, Stretched vinyl on billboard, 12 x 25 inches, Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photo by Kelly Barrie

    LA><ART WINDOWS: Mark Hagen

    Download the press release

    Mark Hagen
    Mark Hagen, Untitled, 2010, Mexican onyx (onyx marble), resin, 48 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 3/4 inches, Courtesy of the artist, Jeff Poe, and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photos by Kelly Barrie

    Mark Hagen
    Mark Hagen, Vapor Parade, 2010, Holographic double-axis diffraction grating film, 98 1/2 x 59 inches, Courtesy of the artist, Jeff Poe, and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photos by Kelly Barrie
    Mark Hagen
    Mark Hagen
    Mark Hagen, Vapor Parade, 2010, Holographic double-axis diffraction grating film, 98 1/2 x 59 inches, Courtesy of the artist, Jeff Poe, and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    LA><ART Mini-Wrong: Daniel Pelt

    Daniel Pelt
    Daniel Pelt, A Home Frozen and High (Hampen/Tundra), 2010, Polypropylene, latex, fiberboard, laminate (melamine foil), foil, 14 x 7 x 12 1/2 inches, Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    LA><ART at Art | Basel | Miami Beach | 2009

    Daniel Joseph Martinez at Miami Basel 2009
    Daniel Joseph Martinez at Miami Basel 2009

    Daniel Joseph Martinez at Miami Basel 2009

    Daniel Joseph Martinez, I HATE YOU AND ME FOR MAKING HATE NECESSARY, the report of my death is an exaggeration!, 2009, File Numbers MB, 2375-2379- 2009, 4 photographs printed on poly-silk, 3 sounds works, site dependent installation. From the series, The terrifying Things I Have Done in The Name of a God That Was Never My Own, 2009-, a new series of photographic images, made in collaboration with a U.S. government entity. (National security issues prevent release of additional information.)

    LA><ART Facade: Karl Haendel

    La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards, Los Angeles


    Part of LA><ART Public Art Initiatives with ForYourArt
    (L.A.P.D. – LA Public Domain)
    Artistic and Curatorial Interventions and Collaborations in Experimental Contexts




    Karl Haendel, Public Scribble #2, Painted facade, 18 x 64 feet, Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photos courtesy of Kelly Barrie

    This public exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

    LA><ART Billboard: Mungo Thomson

    La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards, Los Angeles
    October 28, 2009 - December 28, 2009


    Part of LA><ART Public Art Initiatives with ForYourArt
    (L.A.P.D. – LA Public Domain)
    Artistic and Curatorial Interventions and Collaborations in Experimental Contexts



    Mungo Thomson, Negative Space (STscI-PRC2007-08), 2009, Stretched vinyl on billboard, 12 x 25 feet, Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photos courtesy of Kelly Barrie

    This public exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

    Doug Aitken: Migration Happening

    Doug Aitken Migration Happening
    Doug Aitken Migration Happening
    Doug Aitken Migration Happening
    Doug Aitken Migration Happening
    Doug Aitken Migration Happening
    Doug Aitken, Migration, 2008, Single channel video, TRT 24:28, Courtesy of the artist; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photos courtesy of Daiana Feuer

    In conjunction with Doug Aitken’s first monumental public installation in Los Angeles, a host of partners including Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), LA><ART Public Art Initiatives, and ForYourArt - L.A.P.D - LA Public Domain will produce a night time event featuring musicians to participate in an outdoor “happening” inclusive of the musicians composing a live impromptu score to the publicly projected film Migration.

    Confirmed participants include Lucky Dragons, Nudge, Steve Roden, The Urxed, and White Rainbows. Two temporary stages will be built site specifically, allowing the score to remain unbroken as the musicians alternate from stage to stage. The artist sees a night of continuous eclectic avant-garde music to animate and complement his public projection/intervention, a constant sonic reinterpretation of the film itself.

    LA><ART Public Art Initiatives and ForYourArt produce public projects under the program L.A.P.D. - LA Public Domain - featuring experimental artistic and curatorial interventions in the public domain.

    LAND is a public art initiative committed to the support of dynamic and unconventional artistic practices by commissioning and producing site- and situation-specific projects with national and international artists.

    Doug Aitken Migration Happening

    Doug Aitken: Migration

    Doug Aitken, Migration
    Doug Aitken, Migration, 2008, Single channel video, TRT 24:28, Installation view: Regen Projects, Courtesy of the artist; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    Internationally renowned artist Doug Aitken’s first monumental public project in Los Angeles seen from Santa Monica Boulevard at Almont Drive, from sunset to sunrise September 12- October 17th.


    Part of LA><ART’s Public Art Initiatives with ForYourArt - L.A.P.D. (LA Public Domain) and the City of West Hollywood’s Art on the Outside Program.

    The public projection migration is made possible with the generous support of Suzanne Deal Booth and David G. Booth, The Broad Art Foundation, Jill and Peter Kraus, Steven F. Roth Family Foundation, Paul and Lilly Merage and Beth Swofford.

    Video system provided by Scharff Weisberg, Inc.

    Special thanks to the Carnegie Museum and the City of West Hollywood’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.
    Doug Aitken’s public incarnation of Migration is concurrent with the billboard project mounted for the month of October by L.A.P.D. on La Cienega Blvd between Venice and Washington Boulevards, facing north.

    LA><ART Billboard: Doug Aitken

    La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards, Los Angeles
    September 28 - October 28, 2009


    Part of LA><ART Public Art Initiatives with ForYourArt
    (L.A.P.D. – LA Public Domain)
    Artistic and Curatorial Interventions and Collaborations in Experimental Contexts


    Doug Aitken
    FATE
    Stretched vinyl on billboard
    12 x 25 feet
    Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    This public exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

    On view through October 31, 2009: Gustavo Artigas

    Vote for Demolition

    September 12, 2009 - October 31, 2009
    Opening reception: Saturday, September 12, 2009 6 - 9pm
    Download the press release
    Download the printable poster
    Place your vote!

    Gustavo Artigas
    Gustavo Artigas, Vote for Demolition
    Gustavo Artigas, Vote for Demolition
    Gustavo Artigas, Vote for Demolition
    Gustavo Artigas, Vote for Demolition
    Gustavo Artigas, Vote for Demolition, 2009, Site-specific installation, Dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy Kelly Barrie

    LA><ART’s programs are made possible with the generous support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Peter Norton Family Foundation; La Fundación/Colección Jumex; Danielson Foundation; the Jerry and Terri Kohl Family Foundation; the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation; Foundation for Contemporary Arts; Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP.; Campari; the Standard Hollywood; the Standard Downtown LA; Eve Steele and Peter Gelles; Eileen Harris Norton; the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; ForYourArt; Richard Massey; Larry Mathews and Brian Saliman; and the LA><ART Board of Directors, Producers Council, Curators Council, founding members, and patrons. This exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission

    This exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

    LA><ART Publications // Ruben Ochoa: Extracted

    Ruben Ochoa: Extracted

    LA><ART’s first publication is now available for purchase.
    Ruben Ochoa: Extracted
    With contributions by Lauri Firstenberg, Jan Tumlir, and Aram Moshayedi in conversation with Ruben Ochoa.
    53 pages, soft cover.
    ISBN-13 978-0-9815055-0-3
    ISBN-10 0-9815055-0-3

    $25.00 + tax, shipping & handling
    $20.00 + tax, shipping & handling on orders of 5 or more
    (this rate is not available for online purchases)





    To pay by phone, call +1.310.559.0166 Tuesday through Saturday, 11am - 6pm PST.
    Checks should be made to LAXART and mailed to:

    LAXART
    2640 S. La Cienega Blvd
    Los Angeles CA, 90034.

    Include a quantity and shipping address along with your payment.

    If you have questions concerning LA><ART Publications please contact office@laxart.org or call 310.559.0166 during normal business hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm PST).

    LA><ART Off-Site Initiatives: Thomas Lawson at Participant Inc.

    Thomas Lawson:New World
    June 14 through July 26, 2009
    Opening reception: Sunday June 14th. 7 to 9pm
    Participant Inc.
    253 East Houston Street
    New York, NY
    10002

    Download the printable poster
    Download the press release

    Thomas Lawson

    An LA><ART Off-Site Initiative and part of L.A.P.D: L.A. Public Domain. Dedicated to artistic and curatorial interventions in experimental contexts.
    curated by Lauri Firstenberg

    LA><ART Billboard: caraballo-farman

    La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards, Los Angeles
    May 11 - June 11, 2009

    Part of LA><ART Public Art Initiatives with ForYourArt
    (LAPD – LA Public Domain)
    Artistic and Curatorial Interventions and Collaborations in Experimental Contexts

    caraballo-farman
    caraballo-farman
    caraballo-farman
    Regarding the Horror
    Stretched vinyl on billboard
    12 x 25 feet
    2009
    Courtesy the artists, Rattapallax, and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    A billboard project by New York-based artist collaborative caraballo-farman will be mounted concurrently throughout the month of May. Facing north on La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards, this project will serve as the first public iteration of an ongoing series of works entitled Regarding the Horror. Focused on the responses generated by scenes of terror, the digital manipulation of images appropriated from popular press coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq serves as the basis of their photographic project. Two isolated figures occupy an evacuated space. Their context has been digitally removed by the artists to reposition the subject’s relationship to the spectacle of violence. Responding to the incessant circulation of images focused on the intimacies of individual suffering, the translation of this series into a billboard examines the spectacularization of mourning within the public sphere.

    caraballo-farman is a two-person collaborative working in video, installation and photography. Their work has been included in such national and international exhibitions as the Havana Biennial, Cuba and the Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador; the Tate Modern, UK; Berlinale, Germany, World Wide Video Festival and Impakt, Netherlands; the Banff Center for the Arts, Canada; Buenos Aires International Art Biennial, Argentina; Artists Space, New York; and PS1 Contemporary Arts Center in Queens, New York.

    caraballo-farman would like to thank Ram Devineni and Rattapallax for making this project possible

    LA><ART Billboard: Walead Beshty

    La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards, Los Angeles
    March 16 - April 16, 2009
    Walead Beshty billboard
    Walead Beshty
    Dust (2007-2008)
    Stretched vinyl on billboard
    12 x 25 feet
    2009
    Courtesy the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    This project is supported, in part, by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

    OUTLET17 // APRIL 11, 2009 4 PM

    Please join us for the first OUTLET event for 2009 at LA><ART.

    Peter Zellner will host a discussion with architects Hernan Diaz Alonso and Tom Wiscombe to mark the occasion of the launch of two new monographs on the work of Xefirotarch and EMERGENT published by AADCU, Beijing.

    Saturday April 11, 2009
    Talk starts at 4 pm

    Hernan Diaz Alonso is the principal and founder of Xefirotarch, an award-winning Los Angeles-based design firm working in Architecture, Product and Digital Motion. He has taught design studio and visual studies for several years at SCI_Arc, where he is also graduate thesis coordinator. He is a design studio professor at the GSAPP at Columbia University, New York and a visiting professor at the Universitat fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna. He received his Architecture degrees from the National University of Rosario, Argentina, and from Columbia University’s AAD Program. In 1996, he worked as a designer in the office of Enric Miralles in Barcelona and from 2000 to 2001 he was senior designer at Eisenman Architects in New York. Diaz Alonso has lectured widely in major institutions around the world including the Architectural Association in London, MIT, University of Pennsylvania; Archilab in Orleans, France; the IDCA Conference, Aspen Colorado; UC Berkeley; the Pratt Institute; UCLA; Columbia University; and Princeton University. His work has been widely published in most of the major architectural magazines and periodicals worldwide and in several books. The first monograph of his work will be published in 2007. His work has been exhibited in the solo shows at the San Francisco MoMa in 2006, the Art Institute in Chicago and MAK center in Vienna in 2007, and the Pompidou Center in 2008-2009. In 2005, he was the winner of the PS1 MoMa, New York, Young Architects Program competition. His work is part of the permanent collections of the FRAC, the San Francisco MOMA and the New York MOMA.
    www.xefirotarch.com

    Tom Wiscombe is an architectural designer based in Los Angeles. In 1999, he founded EMERGENT, a platform for researching contemporary models of biology, engineering, and computation to produce an architecture characterized by formal variability, high performance, and atmospherics. EMERGENT is currently working on a 20,000 SM. office tower in Guiyang, China and Freshwater Plaza, Abu Dhabi, which is a water desalinization prototype and public space. EMERGENT won first place in the reknowned MoMA/P.S.1 Urban Beach competition in 2003, and second place in the Seoul Performing Arts Center and Novosibirsk A&D Pavilion competitions in 2005 and 2007. In 2007, EMERGENT was a finalist in the Czech National Library Competition. The work of EMERGENT has been published and exhibited extensively and it is part of the permanent collections of the FRAC Centre, the Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Wiscombe was Chief Designer and Project Partner at Coop Himmelb(l)au for over 10 years, right-hand to Principal Wolf Prix. He was in charge of design for BMW World, which has been hailed as one of the most important buildings of the 21st century. Educated at UCLA and UC Berkeley, Wiscombe has taught design and technology at SCI_Arc, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. He has lectured widely, including at Rice, Yale, and Columbia.
    www.emergentarchitecture.com

    About Outlet:

    Outlet was founded to instigate and to promote the public sharing of architectural ideas, concepts and projects.

    Outlet will present new works by local, national and international practitioners, host panel discussions on selected themes or topics and stage one-night only exhibitions.

    Outlet will be staged at various venues over the course of its life.

    Outlet will promote discussions about architecture through an online magazine, podcasts and online exhibitions.

    Outlet is dedicated to the long term goal of establishing a permanent architectural publications program and architectural exhibition space.

    Outlet was founded in 2006 by Architect and SCI-Arc Faculty Member Peter Zellner.

    For more information please visit: www.outlet4arch.org

    Outlet
    2712 S. La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90034
    admin@outlet4arch.org
    www.outlet4arch.org

    Alexandra Grant Love Necklace to support Watts House Project

    Alexandra Grant Love NecklaceAlexandra Grant Love Necklace

    Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant has created a special edition for LA><ART to support Watts House Project (WHP), an ongoing collaborative artwork led by Edgar Arceneaux. WHP is an artist-driven neighborhood redevelopment that is aimed at improving the homes and lives of residents who live across the street from the historic Watts Towers.

    Grant has designed the Love Necklace to help raise funds to benefit Watts House Project (WHP). Grant’s work uses language as the basis for images in painting, drawing and sculpture. For WHP, Grant has proposed a sculpture of the word “love” be placed on the roof of a house on 107th Street, literally putting “love on the house.” The singular font and shape of the sculpture is copied in the elegant sterling silver Love Necklace, which embodies both the “hand-made” and the universal aspects of love.

    As a benefit for Watts House Project, the Love Necklace is produced by Honor Fraser Gallery, LA><ART, and ForYourArt.

    About Watts House Project

    Watts House Project (WHP) is an artist-driven urban revitalization project centered around the historic Watts Towers in Watts, California. Directed by Los Angeles artist Edgar Arceneaux, WHP is a large-scale artwork-as-neighborhood-redevelopment engaging art and architecture as a catalyst for expanding and enhancing community.

    Generating a physical and social infrastructure for creativity, WHP catalyzes artistic production and community pride of place, establishing partnerships that can lead to real solutions, hope, and change.

    For more information visit: www.wattshouseproject.org

    Watts House Project is made possible in part by its generous sponsors and partners including Creative Capital, ForYourArt, the Hammer Museum, Master of Public Art Studies Program, University of Southern California, and LA><ART.

    To purchase Alexandra Grant’s Love Necklace and support this vital public project by Edgar Arceneaux call 310.559.0166, email editions@laxart.org, or simply click the button below that says BUY NOW.





    Tax, shipping and handling costs are additional.

    LA><ART Public Art Initiative: Jedediah Caesar

    North East corner of Washington Blvd and Marcasel Ave, Culver City, CA
    Jedediah Caesar image
    Jedediah Caesar image
    Jedediah Caesar image
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    Jedediah Caesar
    Gleaners Stone
    Collected material, urethane, wood
    92 x 44 x 30 inches
    2008
    Courtesy the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    This project is affiliated with the 2008 California Biennial, organized by the Orange County Museum of Art, and curated by Lauri Firstenberg in collaboration with the city of Culver City. CB08 is produced in tandem with LA><ART Public Art and Off Site Initiatives with ForYourArt.

    CB08 Billboard: Felipe Dulzaides

    January, 2009 - February, 2009
    Facing North on La Cienega Boulevard, between Venice and Washington Boulevards.
    Felipe Dulzaides billboard study
    Felipe Dulzaides
    Las Ideas Son El Arma Esencial En La Lucha De La Humanidad (Ideas Are The Essential Weapon in Humanity’s Struggle)
    Stretched vinyl on billboard
    12 x 25 feet
    2008
    Courtesy the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    This project is affiliated with the 2008 California Biennial, organized by the Orange County Museum of Art, and curated by Lauri Firstenberg. CB08 is produced in tandem with LA><ART Public Art and Off Site Initiatives with ForYourArt.

    LA><ART Entryway: Karl Haendel

    Karl Haendel
    Karl Haendel
    Sentence
    2008
    Oil pastel on blackboard paint
    102 x 121 inches
    Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    This project is supported, in part, by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

    LA><ART Window: Eamon Ore-Giron

    Eamon Ore-Giron
    Eamon Ore-Giron
    Copias Copias
    2008
    Spray paint on glass
    24 x 48 inches
    Courtesy of the artist; LA><ART, Los Angeles; and Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles

    This project is supported, in part, by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

    CB08 Billboard: Raymond Pettibon

    Sunset Boulevard and Olive Drive, West Hollywood
    November, 2008 - March, 2009

    Billboard by Raymond Pettibon
    Billboard by Raymond Pettibon
    Raymond Pettibon
    No Title (I Thought California)
    Stretched vinyl on billboard
    20 x 50 feet
    2008
    Courtesy the artist; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; LA><ART Public Art Initiatives; and Art on the Outside City of West Hollywood.
    Photo by Daiana Feuer

    This project is affiliated with the 2008 California Biennial, organized by the Orange County Museum of Art, and curated by Lauri Firstenberg. CB08 is produced in tandem with LA><ART Public Art and Off Site Initiatives with ForYourArt.

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    CB08 at High Desert Test Sites

    November 7, 2008 - November 9, 2008

    Hannah Greely
    Jonathan Hernandez
    Patrick Jackson
    Alice Konitz
    Joel Kyack
    Ann Magnuson
    Thom Merrick
    Yoshua Okon
    Jack Pierson
    Ry Rocklen
    Julia Scher
    Marnie Weber and the Spirit Girls
    Wonder Valley Institute of Contemporary Art
    Amy & Wendy Yao’s Art Swap Meet





    Joel Kyack
    The greater the goal the deeper the hole
    2008
    Wood, steel, aluminum, clothing, water, food coloring, Astroglide, hand pump, plastic tubing, tarps, grapefruit, plaster, rope, generator, lightbulb, hardware, wiring
    Dimensions variable
    Photo credit: Anthony Lepore

    Events include a Friday Night Inaugural Opening of the Wonder Valley Institute
    of Contemporary Art, and a Saturday night Dinner and performance by Marnie
    Webber and the Spirit Girls at the Palms in lovely Wonder Valley.

    *Project descriptions, and a program of events will be available at the HDTS HQ in Downtown Joshua Tree next to Coyote Corner on Park Dr. Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

    To get to HDTS from Los Angeles:
    (approx. 2+ hours)
    Take the 10 east
    Drive approx 1.5 hours (to the windmill fields)
    Exit on Hwy 62 (29 Palms Hwy)
    Take 62 (29 Palms Hwy) east towards 29 Palms.
    The sites are located between Yucca Valley and Wonder Valley - An updated map will be posted before the
    next event, and directions to the HDTS HQ will be listed on the home page.

    WARNING TO ATTENDEES

    The High Desert Test Sites is a multi-site event in the high desert. Attendance
    is at your own risk. By attending the HDTS, you agree to assume sole responsibility
    for any risk and to release anyone associated with the HDTS, the CB08, and
    LA><ART from all claims relating to any injury, damage or loss you may suffer or
    cause while in the desert.

    These Projects are affiliated with the 2008 California Biennial, organized by the Orange
    County Museum of Art. CB08 is produced in tandem with LA><ART Public Art and Off Site Initiatives with ForYourArt.

    Special thanks to Andrea Zittel, Alex Wetzel and Shaun Regen as well as Cesar Garcia, Aram Moshayedi, Daniel Pelt, and USC Public
    Art Studies Department.

    For more information on High Desert Test Sites, visit www.highdeserttestsites.com
    For more information on the Orange County Museum of Art and the 2008 California Biennial, please visit www.ocma.net

    CB08 logoForYourArt logo

    CB08 Billboard: Karl Haendel

    La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards, Los Angeles
    November 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008

    Billboard by Karl Haendel
    Karl Haendel
    A Year From Now
    Stretched vinyl on billboard
    12 x 25 feet
    2008
    Courtesy the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles
    Photo by Daiana Feuer

    This project is affiliated with the 2008 California Biennial, organized by the Orange County Museum of Art, and curated by Lauri Firstenberg. CB08 is produced in tandem with LA><ART Public Art and Off Site Initiatives with ForYourArt.

    CB08 logoForYourArt logo

    LA><ART Window: Lindsay Lawson

    LAXART Window: Lindsay Lawson
    Lindsay Lawson
    Veil Piece
    2008
    Vinyl on Plexiglass
    24 x 38 inches
    Courtesy of the artist and LA><ART, Los Angeles

    LA><ART Entryway: Kori Newkirk

    Entrywave
    Entrywave

    Edgar Arceneaux Limited Edition to Support Watts House Project

    An exclusive limited edition is now available for $5000.
    Each version is a hand-made drawing with a different background color.

    Wattship
    Edgar Arceneaux, 2008
    diameter of 37.5 inches
    Charcoal and acrylic paint on paper
    1 of 10 unique versions

    The Watt’s Towers, built in Simon Rodia’s backyard, is on a triangular lot that points east towards his native Italy. The eastern most tip of the lot is reminiscent of a ship. Imagining the towers in different environments, I’ve erased the distance between the Towers and the ocean, the towers float amidst a raging sea.

    Watts House Project Edition

    Thanks to everyone who has supported the Watts House Project in a variety of ways.
    Michael and Sirje Gold
    Linda and Jerry Janger
    Laura Donnelley and the Good Works Foundation
    Larry Mathews and Brian Saliman
    Will Leben
    Eileen Harris Norton
    Elliott Barnes
    Joy Simmons
    Kathryn Kanjo
    Christopher Yin
    Donanne Kasikci
    Emma Gray

    In-kind Support
    Trader Joe’s, Culver City
    Grand Casino Bakery, Culver City
    The Cheese Shop, Beverly Hills
    The Mandrake, Culver City
    Nattu Coleman

    Project Partners
    The Hammer Museum
    ForYourArt
    Creative Capital

    Special thanks to Wangechi Mutu and Susanne Vielmetter

    To read about the Watts House Project:
    www.wattshouseproject.org

    For questions and comments, or to join the Watts House Project mailing list, send your contact information to info@wattshouseproject.org

    To donate, call 310.559.0166 or email Lauri Firstenberg at editions@laxart.org

    Donation Form

    BILLBOARD: Guyton\Walker

    March 15 - April 26, 2008

    guyton billboard

    LA><ART WINDOW: Antonio Puleo

    Me and You
    March 15 - April 26, 2008

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    LA><ART WINDOW: Jason Kraus

    Warping Box
    January 19 - March 1, 2008
    krauss image

    LA><ART WINDOW: Michael Dodge

    Complex Course
    curated by Aram Moshayedi
    November 16, 2007 through January 5, 2008

    Michael Dodge installation image


    michael dodge

    Brian Bress: Bamboo Room

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    bress2

    Mara Lonner: …and so forth

    Selected by Mark Bradford
    September 15 through October 27, 2007

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    LA><ART WINDOW: Alexander May

    Light Echo
    curated by Aram Moshayedi
    September 15 - October 27, 2007
    alex may photo

    LA><ART WINDOW: Jeff Williams

    Thickly Settled
    curated by Aram Moshayedi
    July 19 - August 30, 2007
    williams installation image

    williams promo image
    press release

    LA><ART SOUND: Ultra-red

    Untitled (for seven solo voices)
    7 one-minute loops
    Selected by Timothy Ivison
    July 8 - July 18, 2007
    press release
    ultrared logoslient-listen
    press release
    artist’s statement

    LA><ART SOUND engages the entryway as a project space for imbedded sound experiments featuring looping and extended ambient works, conceptual projects, and site specific interpretations of the gallery and street to be played continuously at regular intervals.

    BILLBOARD: Matt Lucero

    Greetings From MacArthur Park
    in collaboration with Aya Seko
    May 16 - July 2, 2007
    lucero billboard

    LA><ART WINDOW: Jody Zellen

    All Moments Are Now
    Curated by Aram Moshayedi
    May 16 - July 7, 2007
    press release

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    LA><ART WINDOW: Ezra Woods

    Scent and Window Display
    curated by Aram Moshayedi
    March 17 - April 28, 2007
    press release

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    LA><ART SOUND: Chris Watson

    Vatnajökull (2003)
    18 minute time-compressed field recording
    selected by Timothy Ivison
    March 17th – April 28th, 2007
    vatnajokull
    images of Vatnajökull, courtesy of Tim Ivison
    press release

    LA><ART SOUND engages the entryway as a project space for imbedded sound experiments featuring looping and extended ambient works, conceptual projects, and site specific interpretations of the gallery and street to be played continuously at regular intervals.

    BILLBOARD: Ken Gonzales Day

    February 8 - February 28
    ken's billboard image

    LA><ART SOUND: Brendan Threadgill

    “Mia Kara” Numbers Station
    Continuous shortwave radio broadcast
    selected by Timothy Ivison
    January 20 – March 3, 2007
    radio pic
    listen to sample
    press release
    artist’s statement

    LA><ART SOUND engages the entryway as a project space for imbedded sound experiments featuring looping and extended ambient works, conceptual projects, and site specific interpretations of the gallery and street to be played continuously at regular intervals.

    LA><ART WINDOW: Justin Beal

    Calender
    curated by Aram Moshayedi
    January 20 - March 3, 2007
    press release
    beal's image
    image:Justin Beal, Westpac, excerpt from Calender 2007

    BILLBOARD: Harrell Fletcher

    January 20 - February 8, 2007
    harrell's billboard
    street view of billboard

    Mark Bradford: Volver

    November 11 - December 31, 2006
    press release
    distance shot of volver wall piece
    full wall image
    detail shot
    mixed media mural installed in the portal entry of LA><ART
    Originally included the song Mississippi Goddam (1963) by Nina Simone

    LA><ART WINDOW: Vishal Jugdeo

    Sorry Window
    curated by Aram Moshayedi
    November 11 - December 31, 2006
    press release
    sorry window documentation

    LA><ART SOUND: Laura Kuch

    Mama, Mama (2002)
    selected by Timothy Ivison
    Nov. 1st – 10th
    kuch documentation
    image: Laura Kuch, previous sites for Mama, Mama, installed anonymously in Frankfurt.
    press release

    LA><ART SOUND engages the entryway as a project space for imbedded sound experiments featuring looping and extended ambient works, conceptual projects, and site specific interpretations of the gallery and street to be played continuously at regular intervals.

    LA><ART WINDOW: Danny Jauregui

    Broken Corner
    curated by Aram Moshayedi
    September 9 - October 31, 2006
    press release
    jauregui window installation

    Ruben Ochoa: Extracted - Freeway Wall Intervention

    Eastbound on 10 Fwy below N. Soto St. and Marengo St., 2006
    press release
    wide shot of freeway installation
    install shot 1
    install shot 2
    install shot 3
    three in one collage
    graffiti texture

    LA><ART SOUND: Julian Opie

    “City” (1999)
    September 9 - October 31, 2006
    selected by Timothy Ivison
    opie city
    image: Julian Opie, Animals, Buildings, Cars and People (2004) courtesy Public Art Fund
    press release
    LA><ART SOUND engages the entryway as a project space for imbedded sound experiments featuring looping and extended ambient works, conceptual projects, and site specific interpretations of the gallery and street to be played continuously at regular intervals.

    BILLBOARD: Ruben Ochoa

    in collaboration with Raul Vasquez
    September 9 - October 31, 2006
    disrup ochoa billboard

    BILLBOARD: Torolab

    May 27 - July 1, 2006
    torolab billboard

    LA><ART SOUND: Gino De Dominicis

    D’IO (1971)
    selected by Ali Subotnik (The Wrong Gallery)
    May 1 - July 1, 2006
    speaker grill

    LA><ART SOUND engages the entryway as a project space for imbedded sound experiments featuring looping and extended ambient works, conceptual projects, and site specific interpretations of the gallery and street to be played continuously at regular intervals.

    BILLBOARD: Daniel Joseph Martinez

    March 18 - April 29, 2006
    billboard near shot

    Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life (REDCAT)

    LA><ART Billboard Projects in conjunction with the exhibition Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life at The Gallery at REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)

    February 2–March 2, 2006

    Billboard projects by Mark Bradford, Ruben Ochoa & Daniel Joseph Martinez.

    Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life is a multi-phased project beginning with the photographic archive of David Alfaro Siqueiros.

    Daniel Martinez's billboard was located on 7th and Wall Street from  February 18–March 18, 2006
    Daniel Martinez’s billboard was located on 7th and Wall Street from February 18–March 18, 2006

    Mark Bradford's billboard was mounted on Sunset Boulevard and Golden Gate from February 2 –March 2, 2006. Mark Bradford's billboard project was made possible with the support of Larry Mathews and Brian Saliman
    Mark Bradford’s billboard was mounted on Sunset Boulevard and Golden Gate from February 2 –March 2, 2006. Mark Bradford’s billboard project was made possible with the support of Larry Mathews and Brian Saliman

    Ruben Ochoa's billboard was mounted on Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland from  February 18–March 18, 2006
    Ruben Ochoa’s billboard was mounted on Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland from February 18–March 18, 2006

    Refurbishment of flats