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8/1/2009

Photo L.A.

The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica

Photo L.A. featured the finest photographic art, from the earliest 19th Century photographic experiments to the most contemporary photography and photo-based art. More than 80 premier galleries and private dealers presented International and U.S. artists. Highlights of the exhibition included works by world renowned contemporary artists Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, Larry Fink, Robert Frank, Joel Peter-Witkin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson and vintage pieces by Man Ray, Josef Sudek, Edward Weston and Dorothea Lange. Last year’s event saw record attendance, attracting over 7,500 visitors, and more are expected this year.

Collecting Seminars
This is an intimate guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, led by experts in their field. A 3-Day pass is included in the $80 fee (per person/per seminar). Enrollment is limited and reservations must be made in advance. Collecting seminars will be held at the Barker Hangar.

* Review LA Portfolio Viewing
Hosted by Center, Friday, January 9th, 10 am - 5 pm & Saturday, January 10th, 10 am – 1:25 pm & 5 pm – 9 pm at The Doubletree Guest Suites, 1707 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405. For additional information, call 505.984.8353 or www.visitcenter.org

** Artists Conversation Series curated by LACMA
LACMA has invited five Los Angeles-based artists to have an informal conversation with Charlotte Cotton on the subject of contemporary photography publishing. This event curated by LACMA is free to the public. Tickets are available at the photo l.a. main ticket box office as of 11:30am on the day of the event. Seats are limited and are at a first come, first serve basis. A book signing will follow each conversation.

*** Lectures will be held at the Ruskin Group Theatre Co., 3000 Airport Ave, Santa Monica 90405. The Ruskin Theatre is located across the street from the Barker Hangar.

Charlotte Cotton
Curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Dept. at LACMA and former Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum (1992-2004), and Head of Programming at The Photographers’ Gallery in London (2004-5). Currently she is preparing for two touring exhibitions to LACMA for 2009 – Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan and New Topographics.

Jim Goldberg
Jim Goldberg, Professor of Art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, is a member of Magnum Photos. He has exhibited for over 30 years with an innovative use of image and text. His work is in many private and public collections including The Whitney, MOMA, SFMOMA, Getty, LACMA, Corcoran, Library of Congress, MFA Houston, High Museum and the Hallmark Collection. His editorial and advertising work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, W, Esquire and GQ. He lives and works in San Francisco.

Jonathan Green
Jonathan Green, Executive Director of UCR ARTS block, and has served as Director of the UCR/California Museum of Photography and is a Professor in the Departments of Studio Art and Art History at UCR. His photographs are in museum collections around the world. He was awarded Photography Fellowships from the NEA and AT&T Bell System.

Catherine Opie
Catherine Opie has taught at Yale University and UCLA and has had solo shows at MOCA (Los Angeles), The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Walker Art Center. Currently, a new monograph accompanies her retrospective at the Guggenheim. Her work has appeared in the Whitney Biennial, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Melbourne International Biennial and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. She lives and works in Los Angeles.

Karen Sinsheimer
Karen Sinsheimer has been the Curator of Photography at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for seventeen years and has organized more than a dozen traveling exhibitions and catalogues. Currently, she is working on an exhibition with Anne Tucker (MFA Houston) that focuses on contemporary Korean photography. She’s a member of the Board of JGS, Inc., a non-profit organization, which has funded more than sixty single-artist monographs of contemporary photography.

Joel-Peter Witkin
Joel-Peter Witkin’s work often deals with such themes as death, corpses and various outsiders. His complex tableaux often recall religious episodes or famous classical paintings. He employs a highly intuitive approach to the physical process of making the photograph, including scratching the negative, bleaching, toning the print, and an actual hands-in-the-chemicals printing technique. He is the author of many monographs and his work has been exhibited in international galleries and museums.

BENEFIT RECEPTION
To benefit the Photography Department of the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Thursday, January 8th, 6-9 pm

Image: Alex Prager, Kimberly, 2008 Courtesy Robert Berman Gallery

Barkar Hangar, Santa Monica Airport
3021 Airport Ave. - Santa Monica
Hours: Friday, January 9th, 12pm - 8pm, Saturday, January 10th, 12pm - 8pm, Sunday, January 11th, 12pm - 6pm
Admission USD 20 1-day pass (includes catalog) USD 30 3-day pass (includes catalog)

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