Possible Worlds
02 Jul - 25 Sep 2011
© Yayoi Kusama
Untitled, 1985
oil on canvas, canvas
35 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.
Gift of Regina K. Fadiman Trust, Stephen O. Lesser Trustee.
Untitled, 1985
oil on canvas, canvas
35 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.
Gift of Regina K. Fadiman Trust, Stephen O. Lesser Trustee.
POSSIBLE WORLDS
Mario Ybarra, Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections
2 July – 25 September, 2011
Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra Jr and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections connects a residency site in Watts, California with the LACMA collection and campus. In collaboration with LACMA and the Watts House Project, an artist-driven urban revitalization project centered around the historic Watts Towers, Ybarra and Slanguage, the artist’s team of collaborators, participated in a residency at the home of longtime residents of Watts, the Garcia family. The exhibition component of this residency takes at its point of departure the legacy of Simon Rodia and the impulse to create alternative or possible worlds out of unconventional materials or according to unorthodox impulses. The installation will feature assemblage, folk art, vernacular graphics, images of the Watts Towers and art from the LACMA collection selected by Ybarra and the Slanguage Studio, as well as a newly commissioned sculpture by Ybarra that will connect the public art works done at the Watts residency site with the LACMA campus.
Mario Ybarra, Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections
2 July – 25 September, 2011
Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra Jr and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections connects a residency site in Watts, California with the LACMA collection and campus. In collaboration with LACMA and the Watts House Project, an artist-driven urban revitalization project centered around the historic Watts Towers, Ybarra and Slanguage, the artist’s team of collaborators, participated in a residency at the home of longtime residents of Watts, the Garcia family. The exhibition component of this residency takes at its point of departure the legacy of Simon Rodia and the impulse to create alternative or possible worlds out of unconventional materials or according to unorthodox impulses. The installation will feature assemblage, folk art, vernacular graphics, images of the Watts Towers and art from the LACMA collection selected by Ybarra and the Slanguage Studio, as well as a newly commissioned sculpture by Ybarra that will connect the public art works done at the Watts residency site with the LACMA campus.