Women Artists of Southern California Then & Now
dal 1/6/2007 al 29/6/2007
Segnalato da
Lita Albuquerque
Jacki Apple
Nancy Buchanan
Mariona Barkus
Diane Buckler
Karen Carson
Barbara Carrasco
Carole Caroompas
Bernice Colman
Jacqueline Dreager
Marion Estes
Bruria Finkel
Cheri Gaulke
Gilah Yellin Hirsch
Channa Horwitz
Connie Jenkins
Ynez Johnston
Lies Kraal
Leslie Labowitz
Lili Lakich
Ann McCoy
Robin Mitchell
Luchita Mullican
Margaret Nielsen
Sheila Pinkel
Astrid Preston
Fran Raboff
Erika Rothenberg
Rachel Rosenthal
Deborah Sussman
Ruth Weisberg
Faith Wilding
June Wayne
Miriam Wosk
Harriet Zeitlin
Connie Zehr
Bruria Finkel
1/6/2007
Women Artists of Southern California Then & Now
Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica
The exhibition features the work of thirty-six female artists residing in Southern California who have made art since the 1970s and continue to do so. Among these artists are Lita Albuquerque, Jacki Apple, Nancy Buchanan, Mariona Barkus etc.
Group show
Track 16 Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition "Women Artists of Southern
California Then & Now," curated by Bruria Finkel.
In conjunction with the exhibition, readings and performances will take place on
Saturday, June 16, at 7 P.M. including poet/writer Deena Metzger, musician Jami
Sieber, and Eloise Klein Healy. A panel discussion will be held on the closing
evening of the exhibition on Saturday, June 30, at 7 P.M. featuring artist June
Wayne.
The emphasis on women artists' work is important and long overdue. This exhibition
attempts to create a bridge in time. The thirty-year gap between Then (the
seventies) and Now (the present) constitute many years of art creation and work by
the artists in this exhibition.
The exhibition features the work of thirty-six female artists residing in Southern
California who have made art since the 1970s and continue to do so. Among these
artists are Lita Albuquerque, Jacki Apple, Nancy Buchanan, Mariona Barkus, Diane
Buckler, Karen Carson, Barbara Carrasco, Carole Caroompas, Bernice Colman,
Jacqueline Dreager, Marion Estes, Bruria Finkel, Cheri Gaulke, Gilah Yellin Hirsch,
Channa Horwitz, Connie Jenkins, Ynez Johnston, Lies Kraal, Leslie Labowitz, Lili
Lakich, Ann McCoy, Robin Mitchell, Luchita Mullican, Margaret Nielsen, Sheila
Pinkel, Astrid Preston, Fran Raboff, Erika Rothenberg, Rachel Rosenthal, Deborah
Sussman, Ruth Weisberg, Faith Wilding, June Wayne, Miriam Wosk, Harriet Zeitlin, and
Connie Zehr.
The artists in this exhibition consider themselves feminists. They reflect on their
experiences while expressing formal concerns and inventing languages that reveal
historical and contemporary connections.
An exhibition catalogue made possible by the combined effort of both the women
artists of this exhibition and friends of the arts will be available for purchase
for the duration of the show. This exhibition recognizes and is part of The Feminist
Art Project: a project originated at Rutgers University to focus national attention
on women artists in the year 2007.
Brief history in context:
The Art and Technology exhibition at LACMA in 1968 did not include women artists.
This event precipitated many objections and stimulated women artists to create the
Women Artists Council of Los Angeles. The Council did a survey of the Museum and
counted the number of women artists' work that was actually hanging on the walls at
that time: they found one Dorothea Lange photograph. The Women Artists Council filed
a discrimination petition with the California State Senate that was read on the
Senate floor. The petition opened up a dialogue between the Women Artists Council of
Los Angeles and the Board of Directors at LACMA and gave rise to the important
groundbreaking exhibition, Women Artists: 1550–1950 which was exhibited five years
later.
Opening reception on Saturday, June 2 from 6 to 9 P.M.
Track 16 Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue - Santa Monica