The University Art Gallery at CSUDH proudly presents White Flags, an installation by the artist collective Finishing School exploring the psychological challenges we face in the current climate. The exhibition will be on view through April 19, 2025. The public is invited to a closing reception for White Flags on Saturday, April 19, from 3 to 6 p.m. In a time of growing uncertainty and socio-political tension, White Flags invokes the psychological challenges we face. The installation presents white flags with text cited from military tactical manuals, originally intended to guide soldiers in survival, evasion, resistance, and escape. These tactics, now removed from their ... Read More
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Brackish Water Los Angeles Explores the In-Between
Taken literally, brackish water is where salt and fresh waters meet. However, in Brackish Water Los Angeles, the current exhibition in the CSUDH University Art Gallery, it becomes an expansive metaphor for the in-between environments, ecosystems, and infrastructure of Los Angeles. The opening reception for Brackish Water Los Angeles is Sept. 18 from 4-7 p.m. in the University Art Gallery. All of the CSUDH community is welcome to attend. Co-curated by Aandrea Stang and Debra Scacco, the art and research project examines issues of access, inclusion, ecological racism, and cultural/class interchanges along L.A.’s waterways. It is also part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide ... Read More
Beverly Press: The Art of Water Conservation
Source: Beverly Press As a part of several Getty “PST ART: Art & Science Collide” exhibitions, Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio are presenting “Portable Wetland for Southern California,” a conceptual artwork and experimental proposal for ecological remediation at Brackish Water Los Angeles. Located on the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus in South Los Angeles, where local rivers have been transformed into concrete channels, and where industrial contamination and ecological racism have plagued surrounding communities for generations. The exhibition considers issues of access, inclusion, ecological racism and cultural/class system interchanges along Los Angeles’ ... Read More
CSUDH Art Gallery Presents Brackish Water Los Angeles, Part of Getty’s PST ART
(Carson, CA) July 23, 2024 –– The University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) presents Brackish Water Los Angeles, co-directed by University Art Gallery Director Aandrea Stang and independent curator Debra Scacco. The exhibition will open August 12, 2024 with an opening reception on September 18 from 4-7 p.m., and is the culmination of a four-year art and research project which is part of Getty's PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. PST ART (previously known as Pacific Standard Time) engages over 70 cultural, scientific, and community organizations, supported by nearly $20 million in grants from Getty. This year, the initiative’s third ... Read More
The Art Newspaper: Giving Los Angeles Back Its Lungs—PST Art Exhibitions Will Uncover the Links Between Art, Water and Ecology
Source: The Art Newspaper California’s water crisis is the backdrop to several hard-hitting shows, which will open across the state in September Art made about water in Los Angeles might be its own genre considering how often and with what sincere depth artists consider the role of the river in the Los Angeles landscape and its infrastructure. The exhibition Brackish Water Los Angeles (12 August-14 December) examines the crossover between built infrastructure and the natural world, using the California State University campus at Dominguez Hills as its inspiration. Located on the Dominguez watershed for the Los Angeles River, the campus is at the centre of an urgent ... Read More
