Chinatown: the sequel
dal 9/2/2012 al 16/3/2012
Segnalato da
Hany Armanious
Damiano Bertoli
Fiona Connor
Simon Denny
James Deutsher
Marco Fusinato
Matt Hinkley
Leah Jackson
Helen Johnson
Raimundas Malasauskas
Tahi Moore
Joshua Petherick
A Constructed World
Frances Scholz
Mark von Schlegell
Liv Barrett
9/2/2012
Chinatown: the sequel
Ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles
The works in the exhibition arrange themselves in different proximities to the notion of the sequel- they elaborate on narratives, films, titles, casting, characters; often extracting new plots from an existing work or re-placing narratives or shifting composition and optics.
curated by Liv Barrett
ltd los angeles is pleased to present Chinatown: the sequel, an exhibition featuring the work of Hany
Armanious, Damiano Bertoli, Fiona Connor and Tahi Moore, Simon Denny, James Deutsher, Marco
Fusinato, Matt Hinkley, Leah Jackson, Helen Johnson, Raimundas Malašauskas, Joshua Petherick,
Frances Scholz and Mark von Schlegell; curated by Liv Barrett.
A judgement upon an object of our delight may be wholly disinterested but withal very interesting,
i.e., it relies on no interest, but it produces one. Only in society is it interesting to have taste — a
point which will be explained in the sequel. — from a translation of Immanuel Kant's Critique of
Aesthetic Judgement
In making Chinatown: the sequel there is a gentle acknowledgement of the narrative forces, or the
social personality and scripted economy, that contribute to the compositions and constructions that
end up in contemporary art galleries. The exhibition locates its place within cultural production as a
sequel — a work that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work (in this
instance, what is being presented is the second and deeply altered incarnation of an exhibition
Chinatown, which was never realized). The trace, the restructure is what is being given to
contemplate.
Works in the exhibition arrange themselves in different proximities to the notion of the sequel — they
elaborate on narratives, films, titles, casting, characters; often extracting new plots from an existing
work or re-placing narratives or shifting composition and optics. Each work points towards another
work that preceded it. Together in exhibition they propose that production has no end-point and a
sequel is always receiving an invitation, whether or not it comes into being, where the suppleness
and exuberance of culture allows artists to produce interest, without relying on an interest already in
existence.
Image: Hany Armanious, Tender Buttons, 2012
Cast sterling silver 11 x 5 x 1 inches (28 x 13 x 2.5 cm)
Courtesy of artist and Foxy Production
Opening reception:
Friday, 10 February 2012
7p–9p
Body Sharp
Saturday, 11 February 2012
10 p - late
Ltd Los Angeles
7561 w. sunset blvd - Los Angeles
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 11 a until 5 p and by appointment
Free admission