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PAST EXHIBITIONS
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In response to the exhibition series
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUCE
of the three official definitions of 'twilight' (civil twilight, nautical twilight and astronomical twilight), the former is defined as; "when the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. This is the limit at which twilight illumination is sufficient, under good weather conditions, for terrestrial objects to be clearly distinguished; at the beginning of morning civil twilight, or end of evening civil twilight, the horizon is clearly defined and the brightest stars are visible under good atmospheric conditions in the absence of moonlight or other illumination. In the morning before the beginning of civil twilight and in the evening after the end of civil twilight, artificial illumination is normally required to carry on ordinary outdoor activities.
In response to the exhibition series PACIFIC STANDARD TIME ( an attempt to milk further interest out of the tiresomely overexposed 'early Los Angeles art scene'). We are offering as an antidote to this – exciting NEW work by gallery artists that offer a new paradigm - a new way forward for Southern California art . |
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INVITE or REJECT
We are pleased to present works by Adrian Duncan, Benjamin Gaulon, Adam Gibney, Tony Kenny, Matthew Nevin, Katherine Nolan and Ciara Scanlan
MART’s ‘Invite or Reject’ refers to the duality of understanding and miscommunication that exists within Irish Emigration. It was common for the Irish to be rejected and treated as second-class citizens for the early part of 19th century. This Irish diaspora flocked to America for a better life away from famine, war and hardship, to help build a better America for today. In spite of over 37 million Irish Americans living today, the current political and social climate in America and Ireland, leaves it difficult to gain a working visa, leaving America more of a holiday destination for the Irish in stark contrast to its history.
Opening @6pm on August 4th, 2011
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BALE CREEK ALLEN
We are pleased to present works by Bale Creek Allen. These are currently on display along with a broad overview of photography by Jo Spence & Terry Dennett from Documenta XII, Matthew Betcher and two works by Alan Storey. Please see our 'artists' page (at top) for more works on display currently. |
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LANDSCAPE/CONTROL
an exploration of the meaning of the landscape photograph
A survey exhibition exploring the origins and meaning of the landscape photograph featuring works from the 19th century through today. The exhibition will trace the use of representations of landscape through diverse cultural aspects, from romantic through technical. For the most part, expressive ideation of landscape has changed little since pastoral renderings in paint of two centuries ago. New paradigms of landscape have appeared through the progress of new photographic technologies and new demands placed on it by science and culture. One of it's major revolutions occurred in the 1960s and early 1970s at the hands of practitioners of 'Land Art' - a move which, arguably, more radically challenged popular ideas about the representation of landscape than before. It could easily be argued that scientific / technical uses were at this point absorbed into 'cultural channels'.
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HAPAX LEGOMENA
a selection of works by
JEFFERSON HAYMAN
JO SPENCE & TERRY DENNETT
FRANCIS POOLE
MATTHEW BETCHER
Anniversary survey exhibition. On display during Photo LA, Art Los Angeles Contemporary and the Los Angeles Art Show. Conveniently located near the Art Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition in Hollywood.
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JO SPENCE & TERRY DENNETT: INDUSTRIALISATION
THE ORIGINAL WORKS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING THE FIRST TIME SINCE DOCUMENTA 12 AND THE FIRST TIME EVER IN NORTH AMERICA.
The infamous series by Jo Spence and Terry Dennett 'Industrialisation'. You may recognize the work from books or from exhibitions in England and generally around Europe in the early 1980s.. This will be the first time the work will be shown in North America - and the only place possible to see it outside of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Remodelling Photo History (1982) makes daily, institutionalized and normalized practices and codes seem strange. The cooperation between Jo Spence and Terry Dennett questions both historical and contemporary genres of photography and the depiction of the female body. The photo series is structured into visual chapters such as Industrialization, Colonization, Regulation, Victimization, Realization and Revisualization, exposing photographic genres and the ways in which they are utilized.
FOR MORE ABOUT THIS WORK, CLICK THE IMAGE TO THE LEFT.
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Until Nov.7, 2009.
"Part of the philosophy in my approach is that a work of art in the public realm should intrigue and engage a passerby into an exploratory investigation of the content and its relationship to the surrounding site." - Alan Storey
Pictured at left: Near life-size detail from "Handle with Care" drawing machine. See inside for more details.
Please also see our new page for editions available from this artist (click here)
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July 31 - Sepember 13, 2009
POSTHUMAN: The Representation of the Human
Body in the Age of Self-Consumption.
An exhibtion of painting and photography that addresses the representation of the human body in an age of hyperconsumption and reabsorption / recycling of images, of material goods... of 'culture'. And examination of the visual role of the human body in a culture being consumed by itself.
Sidenote: All works in this exhibition portray the human body at life size or larger. Please bookmark this page and watch our updates to see more images.
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Matthew Betcher
Photographs of the semiotic faultline formed by the uneasy confluence of urban planning and mass advertising media. It is only when the semantic fabric of advertising is caught with it's collective 'pants down' and the advertisement is missing when McLuhan's dictum The Medium is the Message can truly be tested and explored. Betcher's photographs capture the gargantuan scale of these sentinels in stark contrast to the inky Los Angeles evening with an ironic and philosophical sensitivity that makes the effect possible...
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Francis Poole:
This study of the typology of the vacuum tube, much as the studies of Bernd and Hilla Becher accomplish, illustrate in the most controlled fashion possible, variables of design and delicate cities that might never otherwise have been noticed. It is only through the rigor of near-scientific controls and the 'disrobing' of aspects of presentation which might otherwise color our experience of such objects. They appear to take on a life of their own. |
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