MAK Billboards in LA
Posted on | March 2, 2010 | No Comments
Artwork by Kori Newkirk Commissioned by the MAK Center. Photograph by Gerard Smulevich
Dear MAK Center audience members,
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to join the MAK Center and me in exploring and celebrating How Many Billboards? Art In Stead. Twenty-one newly commissioned works on billboards by leading contemporary artists are currently being installed throughout central Los Angeles. The first five have appeared; Los Angeles now has a Kenneth Anger in Beverly Hills, a Jennifer Bornstein on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, a Kori Newkirk in McArthur Park, and a Kira Lynn Harris and a Kerry Tribe near the 10 Freeway and the Culver City art district.
Check the map on at www.howmanybillboards.org for the locations of these installations and for updates on works by the other participating artists, Michael Asher, Eileen Cowin, Christina Fernandez, Ken Gonzales-Day, Renée Green, John Knight, David Lamelas, Brandon Lattu, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Yvonne Rainer, Martha Rosler with Josh Neufeld, Allen Ruppersberg, Allan Sekula, Susan Silton, James Welling, and lauren woods.
We will be holding a reception for the artists at the Schindler House on Saturday, February 27, from 1 pm – 6 pm, and panel discussions with the artists on Sunday February 28 from 1 pm – 5 pm.
The show will run in February and March 2010, I strongly encourage you to make the effort to see the works. We can help by providing an online map, easy to use on your portable electronic device.
The MAK Center will also run open-topped bus tours of the show on Saturdays starting with the artist reception on February 27. Purchase tickets here.
An overview exhibit will be on view at the Schindler House through May 30, including documentation of the billboard works after they are installed, and reference materials about the artists.
An array of programs will accompany the show, please check the calendar for details.
I hope to see you at all the related events.
Sincerely,
Kimberli Meyer
MAK Center DirectorHow Many Billboards? upcoming related events:
March 6, 2010 – Bus Tours
1:00 pm & 4:00 pm
Bus tours will run at 1:00 pm to see selected west side billboards & 4:00pm to see selected east side boards.Tickets: $14 / $9 for Friends of the MAK Center.
Purchase tickets for the bus tours online and in person at the Schindler House. Bus tours will be approximately 2 hours long and will cover a portion of the exhibition.
The MAK Center for Art & Architecture at the Schindler House is located at 835 N. Kings Road in West Hollywood. Public hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission for Friends of the Schindler House and on Fridays, 4 to 6 p.m. Parking is available at the public structure at the northeast corner of Kings Road and Santa Monica Boulevard. For further information, contact www.MAKcenter.org or call (323) 651-1510.
Tags: Allan Sekula > Allen Ruppersberg > Brandon Lattu > Christina Fernandez > Daniel Joseph Martinez > David Lamelas > Eileen Cowin > James Welling > John Knight > Ken Gonzales-Day > Kira Lynn Harris > Kori Newkirk > Lauren Woods > Lisa Henry > MAK Center > Martha Rosler with Josh Neufeld > Michael Asher > Renee Green > Susan Silton > Yvonne Rainer
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