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24/2/2007

Multiple Vantage Points

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery - LAMAG, Los Angeles

Southern California Women Artists, 1980-2006

Curator: Dextra Frankel, renowned gallery director, curator and Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton.

An exhibition of art created after the rise of the feminist art revolution in the greater Los Angeles area. It comprises work by 50 Southern California women artists including performance, traditional and new media practices.

Multiple Vantage Points complements the upcoming WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, 1965-1980 at MOCA to offer a unique opportunity for Los Angeles audiences to explore connections between the dynamic women artists working in Southern California today and the early global history of feminist art. Both exhibitions are part of The Feminist Art Project, a national initiative recognizing the aesthetic and intellectual impact of women in the visual arts and culture...

Multiple Vantage Points: Southern California Women 1980-2006 is an exhibition of painting, sculpture, drawings, installation, video, performance and photography, featuring 50 seasoned, mid-career and emerging artists including:

Kim Abeles
Amy Adler
Lita Albuquerque
Eleanor Antin
Judith F. Baca
Uta Barth
Tanya Batura
Angie Bray
Carole Caroompas
Karen Carson
Eileen Cowin
Carlee Fernandez
Eve Fowler
Camille Rose
Betty Gold
Phyllis Green
Becky Guttin
Ruth Grace Jervis
Nina K. Jun
Ellina Kevorkian
Liz Larner
Jean Lowe
Cecilia Miquez
Gwynn Murrill
Margaret Nielsen
Enjeong Noh
Catherine Opie
Julie Orser
Robin Palanker
Helen Pashgian
Jennifer Pastor
Sarah Perry
Ann Preston
Rachel Rosenthal
Erika Rothenberg
Sandra Rowe
Alison Saar
Betye Saar
Lezley Saar
Alexis Smith
Barbara T. Smith
Tamara Sussman
Patssi Valdez
June Wayne
Marnie Weber
Ruth Weisberg
Carrie Whitney
Patty Wickman
Takako Yamaguchi
Bari Ziperstein

Fifty women artists and a 26-year timeline covering the decades after the rise of the feminist art movement span generations and cultures to offer multiple perspectives on gender, race, the body, history politics, religion and nature.

Curated by Dextra Frankel, Multiple Vantage Points complements MOCA's WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, 1965-1980 and offers Los Angeles audiences an opportunity to explore connections between the dynamic women artists working in Southern California today and the early global history of feminist art. Both exhibitions are part of The Feminist Art Project, a national initiative recognizing the aesthetic and intellectual impact of women in the visual arts and culture.

This exhibition is presented by the collaborative partnership of the Southern California Womens Caucus for Art, Southern California Council of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.

A fully illustrated catalogue is available with an introductory essay by Suvan Geer.

Conversations with the Artists: Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m.,

Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 14 at 2 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Sunday, March 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. Revealed: Women, Art, Life, Success with moderators Betty Ann Brown and Linda Vallejo.

Organized by the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, co- sponsored by the Southern California Council of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and hosted by the Department of Cultural Affairs/ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.

Media contact:
Fonda Portales, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, 213.202.5539
Libby Hartigan, libbyhartigan@scwca.org

Opening Reception: Public Invited: Sunday, February 25, from 2 to 5 p.m.
with a live performance by Barbara T. Smith.

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 4800 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, 90027

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