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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2013
Press Contact: Kathy MacPherson
kmacpherson@otis.edu / (310) 665.6909
Lauren Marsolier, Highway 2, Archival pigment print, 2010
(Courtesy Robert Berman Gallery)
Mapping the Los Angeles Art Scene
Freeway Studies #1, This Side of the 405, an exhibition at Otis College of Art and Design’s Ben
Maltz Gallery, begins an extensive survey of the neighborhoods and networks of Los Angeles artists.
LOS ANGELES, CA – April, 2013 – The Ben Maltz Gallery is proud to announce the upcoming exhibition,
Freeway Studies #1: This Side of the 405, on view from April 13 through June 1, 2013.
Freeway Studies is a multi-year, contemporary art-focused curatorial project organized by Meg Linton, Director
of Galleries and Exhibitions, with the assistance of Jeseca Dawson, 2012-2014 Curatorial Fellow, at the Ben
Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design.
This Side of the 405 features work by 33 contemporary artists whose studios are west of the 405, north of the 105
and south of the 10 freeways in Los Angeles. The impetus for this curatorial endeavor was and continues to be
an effort to survey, one studio at a time, the neighborhoods and networks of artists working in Los Angeles. Over
a six month period Linton and Dawson visited 85 studios and met with more than 100 artists in the designated
area, documenting each visit on a blog. They will update the blog as they visit more artists to plan the subsequent
Freeway Studies exhibitions focusing on other neighborhoods. This exhibition is funded in part by the Otis
Board of Governors.
Freeway Studies #1: This Side of the 405 opens to the public on Saturday, April 13 with a public reception from
4pm to 6pm. The exhibition, funded in part by Otis’ Board of Governors, features artwork by: Charles Arnoldi,
Natalie Arnoldi, Alex Becerra, Larry Bell, Karen Carson, Meg Cranston, Greg Colson, Tony de los Reyes,
Steve Galloway, Joe Goode, Scott Grieger, Deborah Hede, Tom Knechtel, Lies Kraal, Rachel Lachowicz,
Lauren Marsolier, Renée Petropoulos, Phranc, Vincent Ramos, Lucas Reiner, Liza Ryan, Kim
Schoenstadt, Kiki Seror, Alexis Smith, Barbara T. Smith, Jim Starrett, Jon Swihart, Shirley Tse, Sam
Watters, Chris Wilder, Pontus Willfors, Suzan Woodruff, and Jody Zellen.
This curatorial dérive breaks out of existing curatorial preconceptions and knowledge to expand the analog
network between curator, artist, and institution. Geographic parameters, along with word-of-mouth referrals,
were used to ping-pong from studio to studio, shifting the confines of the existing paradigm. Linton and Dawson
step into artists’ work spaces to discover their ideas and modes of production first-hand rather than relying on a
mediated experience. In conjunction with the exhibition, This Side of the 405, Otis is offering a series of public
programs listed on the next page.
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| Full Text of PDF | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2013 Press Contact: Kathy MacPherson kmacpherson@otis.edu / (310) 665.6909 Lauren Marsolier, Highway 2, Archival pigment print, 2010 (Courtesy Robert Berman Gallery) Mapping the Los Angeles Art Scene Freeway Studies #1, This Side of the 405, an exhibition at Otis College of Art and Design’s Ben Maltz Gallery, begins an extensive survey of the neighborhoods and networks of Los Angeles artists. LOS ANGELES, CA – April, 2013 – The Ben Maltz Gallery is proud to announce the upcoming exhibition, Freeway Studies #1: This Side of the 405, on view from April 13 through June 1, 2013. Freeway Studies is a multi-year, contemporary art-focused curatorial project organized by Meg Linton, Director of Galleries and Exhibitions, with the assistance of Jeseca Dawson, 2012-2014 Curatorial Fellow, at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design. This Side of the 405 features work by 33 contemporary artists whose studios are west of the 405, north of the 105 and south of the 10 freeways in Los Angeles. The impetus for this curatorial endeavor was and continues to be an effort to survey, one studio at a time, the neighborhoods and networks of artists working in Los Angeles. Over a six month period Linton and Dawson visited 85 studios and met with more than 100 artists in the designated area, documenting each visit on a blog. They will update the blog as they visit more artists to plan the subsequent Freeway Studies exhibitions focusing on other neighborhoods. This exhibition is funded in part by the Otis Board of Governors. Freeway Studies #1: This Side of the 405 opens to the public on Saturday, April 13 with a public reception from 4pm to 6pm. The exhibition, funded in part by Otis’ Board of Governors, features artwork by: Charles Arnoldi, Natalie Arnoldi, Alex Becerra, Larry Bell, Karen Carson, Meg Cranston, Greg Colson, Tony de los Reyes, Steve Galloway, Joe Goode, Scott Grieger, Deborah Hede, Tom Knechtel, Lies Kraal, Rachel Lachowicz, Lauren Marsolier, Renée Petropoulos, Phranc, Vincent Ramos, Lucas Reiner, Liza Ryan, Kim Schoenstadt, Kiki Seror, Alexis Smith, Barbara T. Smith, Jim Starrett, Jon Swihart, Shirley Tse, Sam Watters, Chris Wilder, Pontus Willfors, Suzan Woodruff, and Jody Zellen. This curatorial dérive breaks out of existing curatorial preconceptions and knowledge to expand the analog network between curator, artist, and institution. Geographic parameters, along with word-of-mouth referrals, were used to ping-pong from studio to studio, shifting the confines of the existing paradigm. Linton and Dawson step into artists’ work spaces to discover their ideas and modes of production first-hand rather than relying on a mediated experience. In conjunction with the exhibition, This Side of the 405, Otis is offering a series of public programs listed on the next page. |
