Corey Pickett: Blank Cartridge Reception: July 8, 6:00 to 8:00 pm.m Blank Cartridge is an exhibition of provocative new sculptures by Clovis based-artist Corey Pickett. This series of artworks serves as an appeal for “common-sense” gun laws and the re-evaluation of current gun legislation. Pickett is concerned with the enormous amount of gun violence that […]
MIGRATORY TIMES/EMBODIED SPACES: TWO PROVOCATIONS + A WORKSHOP. Migratory Times/Embodied Spaces will center performance works by Naomi Elena Ramirez (NYC) and the collective Diásporas Críticas (Barcelona/Guayaquíl) as transformative pedagogical interventions that open the space of a collaborative workshop to produce collective articulations of (dis)occupying spaces, disidentifications, (re)embodiment, radiofonization, and sonic translocalization, in migratory times. This […]
Hyperallergic except: “The performance kicked off not long after noon, when 10 women formed a line and joined hands at the back of a small area that had been designated the stage. They wore jumpsuits printed with black-and-white bricks, on top of which were laid colored panels containing texts such as “Bimbo” and “Grab her […]
Human_3.0 Reading List Through October 29, 2017 Gallery 124 Museum Hours Open daily 10:30–5:00 Thursday until 8:00 Newspapers, magazines, and websites frequently offer lists: the 10 best new restaurants, the 50 top places to see in the world, the 100 best movies of all time. Chicago-based artist Cauleen Smith (American, born 1967) has created another […]
Việt Lê | heARTbreak! Teaser, 2017 | HD video, color, sound, projection dimensions vary | Duration 1:21 | Courtesy of the artist I use the format of pop music videos to deal with difficult subject matter such as displacement, and refugees then and now because I believe humor and beauty are strategies. I didn’t want to replicate over-determined […]
INTERSECTION | INTERVENTION | INTERPLAY Gender, Collaboration and Counter-Memory in Migratory Times and Spaces An afternoon intersecting interventions focused on technologies of collaboration to reimagine gender, history, memory, futures, and communities, with the collective projects Diasporas Críticas, Migratory Times, and the Museum of Random Memory. Using as a taking off point the decolonial feminist philosopher […]
Friendship is Magic is a collaborative site-specific installation created by artist friends Clea Felien, Damali Abrams the Glitter Priestess, and Ambivalently Yours. The show explores how the enthusiasm, language and rituals of girl culture can be used to represent ideas of friendship as a radical act of resistance in a political climate that is increasingly […]
SDAI is pleased to present “Extra-Ordinary Collusion”, an exhibition with twenty-three artist and scientist collaborations, curated by Chi Essary. The opening reception will take place at the San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, on Saturday, May 20 from 6pm-8pm. The exhibition will run though will run through July 2. The popular misconception of San […]
Cryin’ Out Loud April 21 – July 9, 2017 // Muñoz Waxman Gallery Cryin’ Out Loud is a juried exhibition that examines the role of women’s and femmes’ voices as expressed in art about politics, activism, and emotion. Considering both the metaphoric and literal voice, Cryin’ Out Loud explores and celebrates the use of art as a form […]
Previous guest artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz is screening several of her films at the Whitney 2017 Biennial Film programs on May 6, 2017 at 6pm. Location: Floor Three, Susan and John Hess Family Gallery and Theater Beatriz Santiago Muñoz uses an observational style to record performed gestures, creating revealing tableaus of life and locality that […]