Art Los Angeles Contemporary
dal 28/1/2015 al 31/1/2015
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28/1/2015
Art Los Angeles Contemporary
The Barker Hangar , Los Angeles
The international Contemporary Art Fair of the West Coast returns for its sixth edition to the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The fair presents top international blue chip and emerging galleries from around the world.
Art
Los
Angeles
Contemporary
(ALAC),
the
International
Contemporary
Art
fair
of
the
West
Coast
returns
for
its
sixth
edition
to
the
Barker
Hangar
in
Santa
Monica
Thursday
January
29-‐Sunday
February
1,
2015,
anchoring
what
has
become
one
of
the
most
established
weeks
for
the
art
world
to
descend
upon
Los
Angeles.
ALAC
will
host
a
roster
of
over
70
leading
and
emerging
galleries
from
around
the
world
who
will
present
dynamic
new
works
from
their
represented
artists.
The
fair
will
feature
a
rigorous
program
of
talks,
curated
video
screenings
and
the
release
of
the
first
edition
of
the
Art
Los
Angeles
Reader,
a
printed
newspaper
featuring
art
criticism,
interviews,
and
work
by
esteemed
curators,
writers,
and
artists.
Solo
Artist
Projects
Keeping
in
pace
with
ALAC’s
tradition
of
introducing
new
artists
to
the
Los
Angeles
marketplace,
the
fair’s
sixth
edition
will
host
a
variety
of
solo
projects.
David
Kordansky
Gallery,
Los
Angeles,
presents
Zach
Harris'
latest
work
incorporating
plein-‐air
painting,
visionary
abstraction,
text,
and
intricate
woodcarving. Harris’s work
is
in
the
permanent
collection
of
a
number
of
museums
including
the
Hammer,
Los
Angeles.
team
(gallery,
inc.),
New
York,
and
its
recent
expansion
to
Venice,
CA
as
team
(bungalow),,
will
present
Stanley
Whitney’s
large
paintings
composed
in
the
artist’s
signature
style
of
loosely
gridded
color
squares.
UNTITLED,
New
York,
will
show
new
paintings
and
UV
Prints
on
Canvas
by
Haley
Mellin.
AND
NOW,
Dallas,
will
present
large-‐scale
film
paintings
by
Jeff
Zilm,
that
are
composed
of
the
liquid
distilled
from
vintage
black
and
white
16mm
films
applied
to
the
canvas.
Tif
Sigfrids,
Los
Angeles,
will
be
presenting
new
paintings
by
Joe
Sola
but
in
the
place
of
the
gallery’s
staff,
Sola’s
work
will
be
introduced
by
a
series
of
car
salesmen.
Sola,
who
loves
test-‐driving
new
vehicles
and
talking
with
sales
people,
is
interested
in
the
techniques
used
to
sell
a
car
and
how
those
techniques
transfer
into
the
sale
of
his
paintings
in
the
high-‐pressure
atmosphere
of
an
art
fair.
Art
Los
Angeles
Reader:
First
Edition
ALAC
will
be
releasing
the
first
edition
of
the
Art
Los
Angeles
Reader.
The
Reader
is
a
new
print
publication
that
contains
features
and
interviews
by
five
of
Los
Angeles’s
top
art
writers
whose
combined
credits
include
Artforum,
Art
in
America,
and
the
Hammer
Biennial
Catalog:
Travis
Diehl,
Kate
Wolf,
Jen
Hutton,
Julie
Neimi,
the
editor,
Tracy
Jeanne
Rosenthal,
as
well
as
filmmaker
Garrett
Bradley.
A
highlight
of
the
Reader
is
original
imagetext
works
by
Richard
Hawkins.
Hawkins
work
will
also
be
on
view
at
the
fair
alongside
Dan
Finsel
presented
by
Richard
Telles
gallery,
Los
Angeles.
Los
Angeles
Focus
ALAC’s
signature
Los
Angeles
emphasis
remains
strong
in
the
fair’s
sixth
edition.
The
extensive
off-‐site
VIP
programming
offers
a
variety
of
access
points
into
the
city’s
cultural
landscape.
Participants
will
have
the
opportunity
to
tour
several
homes
of
local
collectors
and
Los
Angeles-‐based
artist’s
studios,
including
those
of
Ry
Rocklen
and
Matthew
Brandt.
Both
artists
are
showing
with
Praz-‐Delavallade,
Paris,
and
Brandt
is
also
doing
a
solo
show
with
M+B,
West
Hollywood.
Renowned
architect
Kulapat
Yantrasast
of
wHY
Design
who
recently
designed
the
new
David
Kordansky
Gallery
space,
the
Speed
Art
Museum,
and
the
Pomona
College
Studio
Art
Hall,
will
host
an
afternoon
tour
of
galleries,
shops
and
his
home
in
Venice.
ALAC
Theater:
Screenings
and
Talks
London-‐based
curator,
Marc
LeBlanc
will
organize
a
two-‐part
video
screening,
Passages,
which
draws
together
artist's
videos,
music
videos,
visuals,
and
films
made
digital
to
describe
the
relationship
between
narrative
and
the
moving
image
today.
With
the
fair’s
venue
in
the
hangar
and
proximity
to
one
of
the
world's
largest
international
ports
in
mind,
Passages
refers
to
the
nautical
travel
and
shipping
routes
that
for
centuries
defined
colonial
empires,
shaped
historical
narratives
and
diasporas,
and
still
impact
the
trajectories
of
globalization
today.
Works
presented
include
that
of
Los
Angeles-‐based
artists
J.
Patrick
Walsh
and
Aaron
Garber-‐Maikovska,
Steve
Reinke,
Jon
Rafman,
and
Keren
Cytter.
Passages
is
made
possible
through
generous
support
of
Perrier.
A
rigorous
program
of
talks
and
panel
discussions
will
accompany
the
fair
surrounding
the
theme
of
collecting
in
the
21 st
century.
Los
Angeles
and
Berlin-‐based
artist
organizer
Warren
Niedich
has
assembled
two
talks,
The
Taste
Divide:
Baby
Boomers
vs.
The
Millenial
and
The
Collector
as
Curator.
Participating
international
collectors
include
Eugenio
Re
Rebaudengo,
Chantal
Blatzheim,
Pujan
Gandhi,
Amir
Shariat,
Frédéric
de
Goldschmidt,
Alain
Servais,
Axel
Haubrok.
Los
Angeles
collectors
include
Suzanne
Deal
Booth
and
Deborah
Irmas.
Education
Partner,
Sotheby’s
Institute
of
Art,
will
host
a
talk
moderated
by
Jonathan
T.D.
Neil
with
top
art
attorneys
and
professionals.
Press Contact:
Dan
Tanzilli
/
Mathilde
Campargue
dan@hellothirdeye.com
/
mathilde@hellothirdeye.com
Media
Reception
Thursday,
January
29,
(4pm
–
6pm)
(for
credentialed
media
only)
Preview
Thursday,
January
29,
(3pm
-‐
5pm)
(by
invitation
only)
Public
Days
Thursday,
January
29
(7pm
–
9pm)
Friday,
January
30
(11am
–
7pm)
Saturday,
January
31
(11am
–
7pm)
Sunday,
February
1
(11am
–
6pm)
The Barker Hangar
3021 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405