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Allison Saar at LA Louver Gallery Frieze LA #allisonsaar @lalouver #sculpture #sculptor #contemporaryart #contemporarysculptor #contemporarysculpture #petersheltonsculptor #petersheltonsculpture @petersheltonsculptor @petershelton.com @petershelton @sheltonbigart #petershelton #bigart #sheltonbigart (at Frieze Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wU1cQFKuN/?igshid=9ml7wufdflz3

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Allison Saar at LA Louver Gallery Frieze LA #allisonsaar @lalouver #sculpture #sculptor #contemporaryart #contemporarysculptor #contemporarysculpture #petersheltonsculptor #petersheltonsculpture @petersheltonsculptor @petershelton.com @petershelton @sheltonbigart #petershelton #bigart #sheltonbigart (at Frieze Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wUqMZFkAJ/?igshid=xedkodc8qbrj

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Allison Saar "Tobacco (tobacco knife)" 2018 Wood, copper, ceiling tin, bronze, tar and vintage found tools At the Palm Springs Art Museum #allisonsaar @psartmuseum #sculpture #sculptor #contemporaryart #contemporarysculptor #contemporarysculpture #petersheltonsculptor #petersheltonsculpture @petersheltonsculptor @petershelton.com @petershelton @sheltonbigart #petershelton #bigart #sheltonbigart (at Palm Springs Art Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B46ZF5DlBhX/?igshid=1jasiuhrxdmb6

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Things to Learn in Senior Seminar

Meaning does not exist in the singular / 98

It is a transaction between two or more conscious minds. Your work is an attempt to bridge understanding between you and others. For this reason, there is no such thing as private symbolism. Meaning derives from communication.

Understand the implications of the “intentional fallacy” / 88

Once your work leaves your studio, it will be judged on what viewers find there. If you intention is not manifested in the body of work itself, it is of little consequence. You will not be present to explain it and defend it. Viewers and posterity, have the last word on the work’s meaning.

Perception is a reciprocal action / 12

Viewers bring to the act of seeing individual sets of conscious and unconscious reactions that affect their response to the visual stimulus put before them. This is the beauty of images, even in their most minimal form- such as a single line. All marks, smudges, pictures, forms take on a life of their own and accrue meaning under the gaze of a viewer. Viewers activate the thing perceived. You can control the artwork, but not reaction to it.

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Art to see in Los Angeles...

“Topsy Turvy” by Allison Saar @ LA Louver

painting by artist Atilio Pernisco in painting group show “Dreams and Fevers” at the Torrance Art Museum

Also currently on view at the Torrance Art Museum: “Active Measures” by Jamie Hamilton and “Dimensionalization” by Darel Carey

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Art to See in Los Angeles

A few exhibitions on view now in Los Angeles that are not to be missed...

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Allison Saar @ LA Louver

From the press release:

“L.A. Louver is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles-based artist Alison Saar. Taking inspiration from the character of Topsy in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic Civil War-era novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Saar re-contextualizes the sprightly uncouth slave girl as a symbol of defiance, through paintings on dyed vintage linens and sculptures carved from wood.

“She was one of the blackest of her race,” writes Stowe of Topsy in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. “Her woolly hair was braided in sundry little tails which stuck out in every direction... there was something odd and goblin-like about her appearance.” In over a dozen works, Saar utilizes this literal characterization to figuratively transform the chastised and ill-mannered Topsy into a fearless girl-at-arms. “

Exhibition is on view until May 12th.

Dianne Williams at LA Art Association / Gallery 825

From the press release:

“Diane Williams' INcongruence involves a participatory art piece and an installation that will confront viewers, turning them into active participants. The installation involves 8 large modules made out of wire, recycled and manipulated fiber such as: yarn, thread, fabric, and shredded paintings, interwoven together and creating an immersive structure that fills Gallery 825's largest front space. These materials have personal history, discarded or purchased from the artist's neighborhood Thrift Shop in Glassell Park and the Fabric District in Downtown Los Angeles called Santee Alley, frequented by many lower and middle income immigrant families. Williams intertwined these elements into modular weavings, reminiscent of protest signs and roadside memorials that will operate as obstructions, confinement and disruptions.“

Exhibition is on view until April 20th.

Extracorporeal (Beyond the Body) @ Museum of Latin American Art

Extracorporeal, or Beyond the Body, is an exhibition dedicated to the late artist Ana Mendieta. This exhibition explores her aesthetic footprint in today's contemporary video and performance art practices. Select artists create images that transcend time, space, and corporeality while exploring personal and historical trauma in profound ways. Image above is by artist Dianela Riojas.

Exhibition is on view until July 29th.

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Spent Sunday with friends at #caam lovely #lesleysaar (upper right), exhibit #salondesrefuses #wewantedarevolutionblackradicalwomen , 1965 to 85 with #allisonsaar (lower left)#betyesaar (bottom middle) and more. Two many great artists to list. Thankful for #lovelyfriends💕 #artistsdayout (at California African American Museum)

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#Repost @sugarcanemagazine with @repostapp. ・・・ Strange Fruit by #allisonsaar a sobering look at the past history of Blacks in America. #art #contemporaryart #bhm