MKE<->LAX: Paul Druecke presents March 17 and House Beautiful opens March 18
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Sara Daleiden
Mar 8, 2012, 5:55:30 PM3/8/12
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The MKE<->LAX residency program in Boyle Heights is active. Here are a few highlights for March. Hope you can join us!
Paul Druecke in residence March 10-17. See invite to Habeas Lounge presentation on March 17 below.
Nina Bednarski in residence February 13-March 19.
Faith Purvey in residence March 18-April 30.
Nate Page, Faith Purvey, and Paul Druecke in House Beautiful opening March 18. See invite below.
MKE<–>LAX is an initiative created by Sara Daleiden which investigates cultural exchange between two American regions, with Milwaukee and Los Angeles as epicenters, through residencies and public programs.
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HABEAS LOUNGE and MKE<->LAX invite you for an informal public discussion:
Near Here
with Paul Druecke
MKE<->LAX Artist-in-Residence, March 2012
4-6pm
@
HABEAS LOUNGE
new downtown location!
117 West 9th Street
Suite 1122
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Free and open to the public
Seating capacity is limited, so please RSVP by March 16 to habeas...@gmail.com
Parking
Metered street parking on Saturdays, most free after 4 PM (check signs to confirm)
Reasonably priced parking options on 9th Street between Hill Street and Broadway:
Outdoor lot - north side of street
Indoor lot - south side of street
Habeas Lounge is open from 3:45 PM.
Near Here continues Paul Druecke’s use of historic plaques to contribute to the story of place. The project expands local lore by dislocating history while asserting the centrality of the plaque itself. Near Here continues Druecke’s use of bronze plaques
as sculptural interventions. Often overlooked, these markers embody questions of authority, communal value, and personal agency. Druecke’s pioneering work offers new perspectives on the social landscape. As part of his residency in Cleveland, Ohio, Druecke permanently placed two plaques on the facade of Spaces art center. The Near Here series is a collaboration with poet, Donna Stonecipher.
For his projects, Paul Druecke has solicited strangers door to door, christened a park and courtyard, rolled out the red carpet, been a benefactor, initiated a Board of Directors, and memorialized the act of memorialization. Druecke enacts subtle dramas of perpetual potential — at times celebratory, desperate, underwhelming, or all three. He has worked with the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne; Suburban, Chicago; Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Green Gallery, Milwaukee; Many Mini Residency, Berlin; and the Contemporary Art Museum Houston among other venues. Druecke’s work has been featured in Camera Austria and InterReview, and written about in Artforum, Art in American, Artnet.com, and Metropolis.com. Druecke was a resident in Spaces World Artist Program in 2010 and received the 2010-2011 Mary L. Nohl Fellowship.
For more information about Druecke's work, please visit: www.asocialevent.com.
HABEAS LOUNGE is an environment created by Linda Pollack designed to foster and animate civic dialogue. Editions of HABEAS LOUNGE's have been installed in cities in the U.S. and abroad, addressing issues ranging from urban planning and constitutional democracy to economic bubbles.
To schedule an appointment with Druecke during his residency from March 10-17, please contact Sara Daleiden at sarada...@yahoo.com.
Made possible with support from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund for Individual Artists.
Near Here
Bronze
Installation View, INOVA 2011
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JANE O'NEILL and MKE<->LAX invite you to the exhibition including three MKE<->LAX affiliate artists:
House Beautiful
March 18-April 21, 2012
Sunday, March 18
2-6pm
8226 Halford Street
San Gabriel, CA 91775
Curated by artist Jane O’Neill.
Set in a 1956 ranch style home on a cul-de-sac in the San Gabriel Valley, House Beautiful operates as both a celebration and critique of American suburban culture. Painting, photography, film, site-specific installations, objects for the home and “home solutions” are imagined as a contemporary art collection within a middle-class suburban home.
Work by artists including Jamie Allen, Caitlin Bermingham, Maggie Butler, Elaine Chow, Jill Daves, John Delk, Paul Druecke, Terra Fuller, Alexa Gerrity, Sarah Hirzel, Janelle Keith, Lara Kohl, Joseph Maida, Klea McKenna, Sarah McNulty, John Moran, Sarah Murrie, Nate Page, Faith Purvey, Kim Roenigk, Jessica Rohrer, Sarah Ruggieri, Colby Shaft, Noam Toran, Jennifer Kay Tyre, Harry Tyre. Home solutions presented by Elaine Chow, Jill Daves, Janelle Keith, Lara Kohl and Jennifer Kay Tyre.
Special thanks to Lara Kohl, Trish Sie, Jennifer Kay Tyre, MKE<->LAX, and Carter & Citizen gallery for their support in the organization of this exhibition.
For more information, please contact Jane at in...@houseisbeautiful.com.
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MKE<–>LAX investigates cultural exchange between two American regions, with Milwaukee and Los Angeles as epicenters, through residencies and public programs.
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