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“Rock Paper Scissors”
A selection of works on paper
Location: Coagula Curatorial 977 Chung King Road, Los Angeles CA 90012
Exhibition : August 8th through September 3rd
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Time: 5:00pm-10:00pm
Artists: Linda Arreola, Ching Ching Cheng, Dale Davis, Chuck Feesago, CiCi “Segura” Gonzalez, Lucinda Luvaas, Poli Marichal, Jayme Odgers, Marianne Sadowski, Raphael Noz, Leigh Salgado, Mei Xian Qui, Shawn Waco
Curated by Abel Alejandre
Thirteen contemporary artists are showcased in a special selection of works on paper. The versatility of paper itself will be demonstrated. The exhibit will be showing in the main gallery. Please join us for an exciting event!
Coagula Curatorial
coagulacuratorial.com
977 Chung King Road, Los Angeles CA 90012
OFFICE: (424) 2-COAGULA
88gallery@gmail.com
The gallery is open Wednesday thru Saturday, Noon – 5 PM and by appointment.
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HYPERALLERGIC ARTICLE:
Mei Xian Qiu, “8099” (all images courtesy the artist)LOS ANGELES — In 1957, Mao Zedong launched the Hundred Flowers Campaign. It was to be a glorious liberalization, an flourishing of the arts, intellectualism and culture. A few weeks later, threatened by the tide of criticism sweeping in, the Communist Party would crack down on their blooming flowers. Mao’s declaration to “let a hundred flowers bloom” is often mistranslated as “Let a thousand flowers bloom.”
Mei Xian Qiu, “In the Manner of Gabrielle D’Estrees”Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, a photographic series by Los Angeles artist Mei Xian Qiu, pays reference to this brief period in Chinese history. The first place winner of the 2012 juried competition at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Flowers is a series of digital photos on Plexiglas that depict, as Qiu’s introductory placard says, “a Chinese takeover of the United States.”
The installation at LACDA creates an ominous vibe to the show, as two of the men from the photos kiss in black-and-white slow motion while an ambient soundtrack resounds through the space. But the takeover, far from a bloody invasion, is filled with cherry blossoms, a “sweet conceit of romance and violence,” as Qiu writes in her 2011 statement.
Qiu plays with this inversion and cross-cultural exchange further by working not with Chinese nationals but “Pan Asian Americans who could be perceived as Chinese,” as well as artists and academics who study classical China. The military uniforms themselves come from a photography studio in Beijing that allows foreign visitors to re-enact images from the Cultural Revolution. And the battle more often comes in the form of kissing and holding flowers.
The images, already strong, are just the start of a larger series exploring this topic. Qiu tells me she has plans to do “different storylines,” with “different little substories of the main story.” Qiu’s series, like China’s rise on the world stage, is complex and fascinating.
Mei Xian Qiu, “8990”___________________________________________________________________________________
TELEBASEL INTERVIEW:
Kunstlauf
13.06.2012, 18:52Uhr
Basel trifft auf Miami: Franziska Furter und Robert Chambers Werk 2 Tage vor der Vernissage. (Bild: Jana Kouril)
Mit je vier Künstlern eröffnet «Ping-Pong» heute 18.00 Uhr die Ausstellung im M54 im Kleinbasel. Je vier Künstler sind aus oder von Basel, die anderen vier aus Miami. Schon mehrere Jahre geht das so hin und her über den grossen Teich. Nur mit viel Organisation und Begeisterung laufen die paar Tage rund, wie Sue Irion, selbst Künstlerin und in der Ausstellung vertreten, erklärt. «Ich sage gerne, es ist eine Ausstellung von Künstlern für Künstler», sagt sie. Und so gastieren die Künstler, manchmal die gleichen, manchmal neu hinzugekommene einmal im Jahr hier in Basel und einmal in Miami.
Gemeinsam mit Anthony Thomas, Stimme und Gitarrenmann der Basler Garage-Rock-Surf-Band «The Lombego Surfers», hat Irion die Austellung gestemmt. Heute wird Thomas für das im Cüplirausch doch arg vermisste Rock’n’Roll-Feeling sorgen, denn das Trio spielt in Untergeschoss des M54 um ca. 20.00 Uhr. Cheers!
Was an diesem Jahrgang des munteren Schlagabtauschs neu ist? Dass vier Künstler aus Los Angeles mit dabei sind und somit auch die «Tour de Art» um die millionenstadt L. A. erweitert wird. Zu sehen sind in Basel mobile Silos aus Norwegen aufgeschichtet von Robert Chambers (Miami) oder leckere Kuchenstücke gemalt von Mette Tommerup und gestickt von Pip Brant, die in surrealistischen Kompositionen schwelgenden Gemälde und eine Altarskulptur von Lex Vögtli (Basel) oder die durchscheinenden, an Leuchtkästen erinnernden Fotografien von Mei Xian Qiu (Los Angeles). Spielerisch sind die verschiedenen Positionen im Raum präsentiert und erfrischend locker zu einem Ganzen gefügt. Und anyway – who gets to call it art?
June 13 – June 17
During Art 43 Basel, PING PONG presents artists from Basel, Miami and Los Angeles. This years involvement of the LAAA artist group is motivated by a thematic collaboration with Miami. PING PONG is a project documenting, exploring and stimulating the artistic endeavours of parallel cities. Artists working with similar techniques, materials or with roots in the same cultural/political backgrounds are chosen and paired off with their counterparts in another city.
PING-PONG-Miami during Art|Basel|Miami (Dec 5 – 9); PING-PONG-Los Angeles Sept 2012.
June 13, 6pm, Opening party, open to the public
Live music with Lombego Surfers
Director: Visarte Basel
Curator: Bernadette Bürgin, Sue Irion, Anthony Thomas
Admission: Free
Opening Times: 2pm – 8pm
Open every day
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