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Visual Arts
Artbound
'90s Photos of LAPD Reveal a City in Pain
Post date:Joseph Rodriguez’s photographs of the LAPD in 1994 is a deeply personal, political act that still resonates in today’s political climate.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
Online Auction Charity Looks to Save the Day for Comics Retailers
Post date:For months, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and many others were nowhere to be seen on shelves. As comic bookstores floundered, Give Comics Hope looks to lend them a hand.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
In this Pasadena Church, God and Thought-Provoking Art Share Space
Post date:For about a year now, artist Gregory Michael Hernandez has been putting together thought-provoking exhibitions as the artist-in-residence at an unlikely institution: the Missiongathering Christian Church of Pasadena.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
How Can I Use Outdoor Spaces to Share My Art and Build Community?
Post date:The pandemic has shuttered many of the usual venues where artists gather to exhibit and connect with one another. Columnist Anuradha Vikram talks to artists who are organizing opportunities for artists to share their work outdoors.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
These Two Black Curators Have Been Disrupting the Art World for Two Decades
Post date:The team behind Band of Vices has been a longtime champion of bringing diverse artists into the fold.
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Cultural Politics
Southland Sessions
Indigenous Arts Used to Heal Trauma in East L.A.
Post date:Through a combination of Indigenous artistic/creative practices, IndigenARTS & Wellness is looking to heal communities.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
Even with Museums Closed, Art Finds a Way Through Public Spaces
Post date:With museums closed, publicly oriented art is coming to the forefront in new and exciting ways.
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Cultural Politics
Southland Sessions
Can Oak Trees Be Monuments?
Post date:Artists and activists Sandra de la Loza, Joel Garcia and Mercedes Dorama contemplate the true nature of monuments and how they can best reflect the communities they're in. Can living trees be considered monuments?
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
What Does Art Have to do with Abolition?
Post date:With Crenshaw Dairy Mart, artists Patrice Cullors, Alexandre Dorriz and Noé Olivas are trying to bridge the disparate worlds of art and abolitionist thinking. Hear how Cullors connects modern-day abolition with art.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
'Made in L.A. 2020: a version' Adjusts to Pandemic Realities
Post date:What happens when your exhibition is actually meant to open during the new normal? We check in with the curators of “Made in L.A.” 2020 to find out.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
William Camargo’s Lens Brings Focus to Obscured Histories in Orange County
Post date:Through William Camargo's dive into each city’s archive, he uncovers histories of violence and exploitive policies against Black and Brown communities, and connects those consequences of the past to the current uprising for racial justice.
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
L.A. Louver: 45 Years with 45 of Modern Art's Most Unique Artists
Post date:For its 45th anniversary, LA Louver is bringing together 45 artists of the past and the present to tell the story of L.A.'s modern art scene.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Life, Death and Afterlife of '66 Signs of Neon'
Post date:"66 Signs of Neon" was an eye opening installation that traveled the country, but it was an unconventional art work. Noah Purifoy and art historians recount the beginnings of the seminal "66 Signs of Neon," its eventual demise and significance today.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Watts Towers Arts Center's Unusual View of Arts Education
Post date:Cultural leader Charmaine Jefferson parses the issues that led to under investment in Black communities and Noah Purifoy talks about the how arts education could be a way forward and the consequent role of Watts Towers Arts Center.
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Visual Arts
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How Prop 187 Shaped Artists Coming of Age at the Time
Post date:During the ‘90s, Chicanx youth were coming of age in world that increasingly criminalized Black and Brown youth and marginalized communities of color. Prop 187 would become one of the catalysts for a newfound activism.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
What Is the Role of Public Art in Creating a Sense of a City?
Post date:Public art in America has changed a great deal in scope and scale. What role does it play today?
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Visual Arts
Southland Sessions
Take a Joy Ride Through Time on Sunset Boulevard with Ed Ruscha
Post date:The Getty’s “12 Sunsets,” project digitizes Ed Ruscha’s many photographs of each building on Sunset Boulevard from 1966 to 2007.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
5 Iconic L.A. Public Art Pieces that Made a Difference
Post date:Take a look at just five public artworks that play an important part in the city, both in a geographical and artistic way.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
A Walk Through Robert Irwin's 'Untitled' (dawn to dusk)
Post date:Art historian Matthew Simms takes viewers through a guided tour of Robert Irwin's minimalist masterpiece at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Raw Materials of Light & Space
Post date:Helen Pashgian and art historian Robin Clark break down the experimental (and very physical) materials that Light and Space artists used to create their phenomenological artwork.