As the national repository of Japanese American history, JANM creates groundbreaking historical and arts exhibitions, educational public programs, award-winning documentaries, and innovative curriculum that illuminate the stories and the rich cultural heritage of people of Japanese ancestry in the United States. The mission of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. More at .ĪBOUT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (JANM) All exhibitions are on view Septemthrough February 19, 2023. Tala Madani: Biscuits is the first North American survey of Iranian-born artist Madani’s paintings, animations, and drawings, including a new body of work. Garrett Bradley: American Rhapsody is the first solo museum presentation of the work of Bradley, featuring a selection of recent single and multi-channel films and videos, including America (2019). Baca will be on view, World Wall: A Vision of the Future Without Fear, marking the first complete presentation of this monumental project in the artist’s hometown of Los Angeles. An iconic work of the celebrated Chicana muralist Judith F. On view at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA are three solo exhibitions of Los Angeles-based artists, including Judith F. In a relatively short period of time, MOCA has achieved astonishing growth a world-class permanent collection of more than 7,500 objects, international in scope and among the finest in the world hallmark education programs that are widely emulated award-winning publications that present original scholarship groundbreaking monographic, touring, and thematic exhibitions of international repute that survey the art of our time and cutting-edge engagement with modes of new media production. Come dance with us!ħ:30 PM - 9:00 PM KCRW DJ Anthony ValadezĪBOUT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MOCA)įounded in 1979, MOCA is the defining museum of contemporary art. KCRW is joining up with The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo for a party on the courtyard! The event will feature live sets from KCRW DJs, food trucks, a beer garden and free after hours access to both museums. Please use the contact section on this site for more details.KCRW Summer Nights at MOCA Geffen & JANM with DJs Anthony Valadez + Wyldeflower Three Weeks in May exists as a printed map and an archive of ephemera and photographs documenting the project. It was framed by time and the geography and strategically used the mass media to further reach an expanded audience.ĭuring the same year as the MOCA exhibition, Lacy created Three Weeks in January, a contemporary exploration of Three Weeks in May and the anti-rape movement 40 years later.Ģ007, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Museo del Bilbao, Bilbao, SpainĢ008, Making It Together: Women’s Collaborative Art and Community, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY Working from a model provided by her mentor, Allan Kaprow, Lacy conceptualized this piece as an “extended” performance, one made up of many different life-like activities: speeches by politicians, radio interviews with hotline activists, news releases, self defense demonstrations, speak outs, and art performances. Three Weeks in May (1977) exposed the extent of reported rapes in Los Angeles during a three week-long performance in May, 1977. The dystopian atmosphere of the 1970s created an artistic milieu that seemed to include everything under the sun.” According to the show’s curator, Paul Schimmel, “during this period, the California Dream and the hippie optimism of the late 1960s had been eclipsed by a sense of disillusionment during the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era. This major survey exhibition examined the rise of pluralistic art practices across the state. In 2011, Three Weeks in May was displayed as part of Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981, at MOCA’s The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles, CA.
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