Plateau: Art That Resonates exhibition opening reception | Art Share L.A.
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This exhibition was curated by Stacie B. London in partnership with Art Share L.A. It was made possible with generous funding from CD14 and the Los Angeles County Department of Art and Culture.Art Share L.A. is pleased to present Plateaus: Art that Resonates a multidisciplinary and multisensory immersive art exhibition that explores dualities: art and craft, death and life, grief and love, and activity and stillness. These contrasts exist with an interdependent bond, reminding us that bonds are intrinsic and often intertwined partners. In multiple materials, processes, and scales, monument-like creations are revealed through thoughtful burnishing of passion. The exhibition curated by Stacie B. London features seven visual artists: Amanda Maciel Antunes, Kyong Boon Oh, Hadley Holiday, Soojung Park, Emily Sudd, Kate Turning, and Cheyann Washington, along with additional contributions of ikebana by members of Sogestu Los Angeles, music by Rocco DeLuca, perfume by Lesli Wood (La Curie Eau de Parfume), and seating by Hunter Knight. Through a shared refinement of intentional experimentation with their mediums – acrylic panels, clay, glass, ink, photography, scent, sound, stone, thread, tree stumps, and wire– these artistic achievements reveal work that is brave, meditative, resilient, and vulnerable. Our five senses inform our experiences and knowledge and assist us in ordering the world. In Plateaus: Art that Resonates the traditional forms of visual art of painting, photography, and sculpture are broadened to include aural art — via music and sound — and olfactory art. These multisensory and immersive pieces enhance the experience of viewing visual art and introduce additional dualities: sight with smell, smell with hearing, and hearing with sight. The expanded human experiences in an art gallery switch the expected experiences and invite the possibility of a familiar experience in a new way, or a breakthrough! Breakthroughs often occur after long periods of what often seems like stagnation, or a plateau. It’s instinctual to want growth to be a continual upward trend, but instead it’s usually a series of long, flat periods (plateaus) of work with few visible results. Seemingly out of nowhere the plateaumakes space for a breakthrough of creativity or growth—an intermittent moment when everything comes together. Instead of focusing on the result, it’s good to get comfortable in the plateau. The artists and artisans of Plateaus: Art that Resonates use a broad range of approaches and techniques towards creative creations that are examples of how to grapple dualities, navigate the plateaus of life, and share breakthroughs that transmute our awareness of mortality into loving engagements with life and it’s contradictions and opposing perspectives that inspire and infuse life with meaning, immediacy, awareness, and appreciation. Plateaus: Art that Resonates is on view September 7 through November 16, 2024. The artists will be present at the opening reception on Saturday, September 7 from 6 to 9pm. At the opening there are two exciting performances: Amanda Paciel Antunes will premier a new multi-media performance art piece that invites the audience to participate and activate the artwork, and musician, songwriter, and steel guitarist Rocco DeLuca known for his soulful compositions and captivating performances will perform in the gallery. Featuring collaborations with: Ikebana by members of Ikebana Sogetsu Los Angeles Furniture by Hunter Knight Olfactory from La Curie Eau de Parfume by Lesli Wood Music Compositions by Guy Blake and Rocco DeLuca About Art Share L.A.WHO WE ARE Art Share L.A. creates equitable access and inclusive opportunities for emerging artists by providing a creative environment for them to live, work, develop, perform, and exhibit in the Los Angeles community. We work to eliminate the complex systems of privilege and power embedded in the art world which limit many Black, Indigenous, People of Color, disabled, LGBTQ+, low-income, and other historically marginalized communities from finding success in the creative economy. HOUSING: Providing 30 affordable lofts relieves working artists of their fear of displacement as they develop their craft into a marketable enterprise. CREATIVE ECONOMY: Connecting artists to paid opportunities, from selling their visual artwork to public art commissions. 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