Author: ICI

ICI Associate in Exhibition

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Martin Gantman, Inconsequential Plane, 2013

 

ICI Associate, Martin Gantman is being featured in a new exhibition entitled Los Angeles Contraventions at Galerie Merkel (Baslerstrasse 2, 79639 Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany).

“Contravention to perceived realities is a tried and true Los Angeles staple. It is a city that was founded on alternate  metaphors and narratives.  In Contraventions, Los Angeles  based artists create multi-disciplinary work countering the expected and banal.”

Exhibition: June 15 to July 26, 2014
Reception: Saturday, June 14, 2014, 6 – 9pm

ICI Friends, Pam Posey and Anna Ayeroff, in Exhibition

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Inside the Quad

Ben Maltz Gallery
April 12 – July 27, 2014.
Opening reception,
Saturday, April 12, 4-6pm
(free to the public).

“Freeway Studies #2: Inside the Quad features the work of 34 contemporary artists whose studios are located within the borders of the I-405, 110, 10, and 105 freeways in Los Angeles.”

ICI Friend in exhibition

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Pam Posey
Ungrounded

at Craig Krull Gallery
March 1 – April 5, 2014

 
 
 
“In the summer of 2012, Posey spent 5 weeks at the Nes Artists Residence in Iceland, and then returned again in March of 2013. It was there that she began the Stone Dislocationproject. In her travels, Pam Posey transports stones, carrying a white quartz rock from a Greek island to a black lava field in Iceland. Her exhibition at Craig Krull Gallery contains the evidence of her geologic displacements in the form paintings and hand-drawn maps. Posey revels in the Zen irony of an act so purposeful, yet so purposeless. […] In addition to displacement and replacement, her small gestures are also about re-contextualization and the wonder created when finding something out of its place.”

Opening Reception: March 1, 2014, 4-6PM

LIBRARY DISPLAY: A Book by Any Other Name

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   A Book by Any Other Name

On display in the Library and Terri Valli Trotter Study Room

February 10 – April 30, 2014

The making of books is a process that straddles the line between fine art and craftsmanship. It can create both what we know and think of as ‘books’ – two covers, hard or soft, with a range of pages sandwiched in between – or it can diverge entirely and take the form of the sculptural, the conceptual, the ‘in-between’ or the ‘none of the above.’

Following our recent involvement in the 2nd annual LA Art Book Fair (hosted by Printed Matter), the Institute of Cultural Inquiry is proud to present a curated display of handmade artist books, books about books from the Institute’s library and unique collections that celebrate the making of unique book art objects.

Featured artists on display include Dorothy Royer, Leslie Corrigan, Janet Klein, Pam Posey, Deborah Cullen, and the Museum of Forgery, among others.

 

ICI President and Associate Deborah Cullen in Conference

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Password: Printmaking, Ljubljana
7 March 2014

The conference, which is an integral part of the European project Password: Printmaking, Travelling Exhibition and Art Residencies (2012–2014) aims to highlight the various theoretical and practical perspectives on some eternally topical issues related to our understanding of printmaking and printed art in the changing environment of contemporary art production in general.

The third and the last part of the Conference will cover the topic of the international exhibitions of graphic arts – biennials, triennials and festivals – and the active role they play for graphic arts. The topic will be covered in part by ICI President, Deborah Cullen, Director & Chief Curator of The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, and also a curator of the 30th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts.

Film Festival curated by ICI Friend and Past VIR, Greg Cohen

Festival of (In)appropriation
Sunday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m

Founded in 2009, the Festival of (In)appropriation is a yearly showcase of contemporary short (20 minutes or less) audiovisual works that appropriate film or video footage and repurpose it in “inappropriate” and inventive ways. The show is curated by Jaimie Baron,  Lauren Berliner,  and Greg Cohen.

For more information about Sunday’s show and or to purchase tickets, please visit lafilmforum.org.