Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra, Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections
Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra, Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections
Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra Jr., Karla Diaz, 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, Diaz, 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 features assemblage, folk art, vernacular graphics, images of the Watts Towers and art from the LACMA collection selected by Ybarra, Diaz, and the Slanguage Studio, as well as a newly commissioned sculpture by Ybarra that connects the public art works done at the Watts residency site with the LACMA campus.
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Image: 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.
- Jul 2–Sep 25, 2011
- Ahmanson Building, Level 2
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Image: 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.
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Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director with artists Edgar Arceneaux and Mario Ybarra, Jr. discuss Watts House Project—an artist-driven urban revitalization project led by Arceneaux that focuses on the area immediately surrounding Watts Towers. Collaborating with Arceneaux and the Project, LACMA has commissioned artist Mario Ybarra, Jr. to participate in an artistic intervention at one of the homes across from the Towers.