Opening Reception: Friday, September 6th / 6-9pm
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About the Exhibition:
Asco: A Call to Response is an exhibition investigating the idea of response as a theme and material. The exhibition brings together a selection of works by 5 Chicago-based artists to respond to the groundbreaking East Los Angeles Chicano performance art collective Asco, active from 1972 to 1987. Asco's work directly responded to the socioeconomic and political problems surrounding the Chicano community in the United States. Among their notable 'urban interventions,' Asco boldly sprayed their names on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, making a powerful statement about the lack of representation in mainstream art institutions. This act of defiance and protest art is a testament to their commitment to challenging the status quo and seeking equal representation.
This exhibition comes at an especially timely moment of reckoning and social justice; moreover, in an increasingly fragile yet profound time of historical reflection now more than ever, we must consider contemporary impacts on artistic aesthetic territories, memory, silence, voice, mourning, innovation, ways of communication, meditation, and celebration.
Alberto Aguilar, the curator, in consultation with Isabella Aguilar, selected iconic artworks for the participating artists to respond to, react to, and explore the complex relationships of Asco through their artistic practices. These include No Movies, Spray Paint (LACMA), First Supper (After a Major Riot), Walking Mural, Instant Mural, Decoy Gang War Victim, and Stations of the Cross.
Participating Artists:
Josh Rios (No Movies)
Alberto Aguilar (Instant Mural)
Ariella Granados (First Supper)
Nancy Sanchez (Walking Mural)
Maria Gaspar (Decoy Gang War Victim)
Diego Torres-Casso (Stations of the Cross)
Gloe Talamantes (Spray Paint, LACMA)
SHOW RUNS: September 1st - September 30th
Gallery Hours: Wed - Sun / 12-6pm