Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd
323.937.4230
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May 23, 2010 – Sep 12, 2010
Tuesdays–Fridays (11am–5pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (noon–6pm)
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$5
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“A series of events is presented in conjunction with Some Assembly Required, the unique, exuberant, and powerful current exhibition of assemblage works by international artists at the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Artist Dominique Moody leads a hands-on workshop in the art of assemblage, with a special focus on self-portraiture and the found object (6.23); the Moving Pictures Series continues with an outdoor evening screening of the transfixing documentary Humble Beauty: Skid Row Artists (6.24); and a talk with assemblage artist Aaron Kramer (6.27). Public programs continue throughout the exhibition's run; check the CAFAM website for details.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
CAFAM says:
The world has been declared "flat" by pundits, politicians and corporate executives, but what lies beneath the glossy, one-dimensional globalization story we see in the mass stream media? How are the intensely personal issues of race and gender complicated by a "flat world"? Some Assembly Required: race, gender and globalization explores the impact of globalization on personal identity. Featuring thoughtful and eye-popping works of seventeen diverse artists who demonstrate their unique perspectives using the medium of assemblage, this provocative exhibition is sure to start a conversation.
By combining found or discarded items, man-made or natural materials, personal or generic objects, these artists strive to assemble an identity that incorporates the multi-layered aspects of self in the 21st century. Each artwork weaves together not only different materials but also diverse perspectives influenced by culture, race, gender, and religion. The assemblages communicate intensely personal and artistic responses to the impact of globalization on life and self.
Originating in 2009 at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery at the University of California Santa Cruz and curated by Director Shelby Graham, Some Assembly Required brings together a mosaic of art and perspectives in an effort to share both universal truths and unique experiences of modern life. "Every exhibition is an assemblage: a collection of persons or things, a gathering. This gathering seeks to offer more than a collection of compatible objects," muses Curator Shelby Graham.
