----- Original Message ----- From: "Ami M" <[email protected]> To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:15 PM Subject: Fall exhibit at William Grant Still Arts Center
Please circulate... September 28, 2011 Media Contact: Ami Motevalli Director of William Grant Still Arts Center 323.734.1165 [email protected] The William Grant Still Arts Center Presents Colonialism: The Collective Unconcious Curated by Lili Bernard LOS ANGELES, CA. - Opening on Columbus Day weekend, this dynamic group show of fifteen emerging, established and legendary Los Angeles-based artists, explores the impact of colonialism from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Americas. Each artist focuses on the subtle and overt influence of Colonialism on the collective psyche and the ways in which colonialism manifests itself today. The exhibit includes Asco co-founder Harry Gamboa Jr.s avant garde video Fire Ants for Nothing, where a man (text and performance by Ruben Guevara) tries without success to affirm that he is not an ant, before extinguishing himself. 3D glasses are available to view half Native American/half African-American artist Steven J. Brooks sarcastic cartoonish commentary on the conquerors coiffeur via his Conkalines Glam-O-Rama, while Chicana artist Barbara Carrasco offers her comic strip interpretation of colonialism via Undiscover 500 Years (Columbus 1492-1992). New Orleans native Mark Broyard takes us back to Katrina in his assemblage series which he composed of objects found in the wake of the hurricane, while John Outterbridge ink drawings of the Watts Towers evoke memory of when the City of Los Angeles attempted to demolish the vernacular assemblage architecture built by Italian immigrant Simon Rodia. Tel Aviv-born Dorit Cypis uncovers a self-knowledge that better recognizes otherness within through a very personal conceptualization of colonialism in her native Palestine. Zimbabwe native Raksha Parekh uses sugar and cotton to conceptualize the historical impact of those trade industries upon her native Africa and her East Indian ancestors, while Cuban native Lili Bernard flips Eugene Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People painting to tell the story of a Cuban slave revolt lead by the African slave woman, Carlota, of the Triumvirato sugar plantation. The exhibition also includes works by Lavialle Campbell, Raul Balthazar, Stephanie Mercado, Willie Middlebrook, Xilomen Rios and Zeal Harris. Colonialism: The Collective Unconscious exhibition features several events; including opening reception on October 8, featuring a live performance by renown and award winning actor and performance artist Roger Guenveur Smiths piece, Christopher Columbus, 1992. We will also have music by Marcus L. Millers Freedom Jazz Movement featuring Leon Mobley on percussion and Kamasi Washington on Saxophone. The panel discussion on October 22 will give us an opportunity to have direct dialogue with the artists and curator PROGRAM EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Colonialism: The Collective Unconscious Opening reception: Saturday October 8, 2011 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Dates: October 8 November 19, 2011 Times: Monday - Saturday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Events: Panel Discussion with Curator and Artists October 22, 2011 2-4 PM School tours and youth workshops Ongoing call 323-734-1165 to book a tour Artist / Curator walk through To be announced Location: William Grant Still Arts Center 2520 West View Street Los Angeles, CA. 90016 Cost: FREE -- Director William Grant Still Arts Center 2520 S. Westview st. 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