MULTIPLE VANTAGE POINTS: SOUTHERN CA WOMEN ARTISTS, 1980-2006
Feb 25 - April 15, 2007
Opening reception, Sun Feb 25, 2-5pm
Curated by Dextra Frankel
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Thurs.-Sun., 12-5pm; first Fridays FREE, 12-9pm

LOS ANGELES, CA—The Department of Cultural Affairs’ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery hosts Multiple Vantage Points: Southern California Women Artists, 1980-2006,
an exhibition of 50 artists spanning generations and cultures which offers insight into the broad and shifting conceptions of culture, image, and identity that have taken place within the postmodern experience since the 1980s.

An examination of women’s art created after the rise of the feminist art revolution in this metropolitan area,
Multiple Vantage Points was organized by the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art and co-sponsored by the Southern California Council of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Curated by Dextra Frankel, the exhibition will run from February 25 to April 15, 2007, at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) in Hollywood. An Opening Reception will be held Sunday, February 25, from 2 to 5 p.m.

This exhibition tackles vital aesthetic issues that range from investigations of abstract form and perception to concerns about the urban environment. Free of monolithic conceptions of what women’s art must look like or the issues it must engage, Multiple Vantage Points demonstrates the breadth of artistic freedom secured by the women ’s movement for the current generations of artists, especially in cities across Southern California.

Multiple Vantage Points offers diverse perspectives on the experience of gender, race, the body, sexuality, history, politics, nature, counterculture, and spirituality. While many of the thought-provoking artworks explore female experience and issues developed during the women’s art movement, the emphasis is not exclusively on feminist art.

Multiple Vantage Points complements the upcoming MOCA exhibition, WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, 1965-1980, curated by Connie Butler, and offers a unique opportunity for Los Angeles audiences to explore connections between the dynamic women artists working in Southern California today and the early global history of feminist art. Both exhibitions are part of The Feminist Art Project, a national program bringing public attention to women artists’ significant impact on contemporary art practice, and guaranteeing their inclusion in the past, present, and future cultural record.

Curator Dextra Frankel, renowned gallery director and Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, said, “This exhibition is an impressive testament to the
explosive professional growth women artists have achieved in the last 35 years.” In 1972, Frankel curated one of the first west coast exhibitions of women’s art entitled Invisible/Visible: 21 Artists at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Multiple Vantage Points, an exhibition of painting, sculpture, drawings, installation, video, performance and photography, features a significant roster of seasoned, mid-career, and emerging artists. They include: Kim Abeles, Amy Adler, Lita Albuquerque, Eleanor Antin, Judith F. Baca, Uta Barth, Tanya Batura, Angie Bray, Carole Caroompas, Karen Carson, Eileen Cowin, Carlee Fernandez, Eve Fowler, Camille Rose Garcia, Betty Gold, Phyllis Green, Becky Guttin, Ruth Grace Jervis, Nina K. Jun, Ellina Kevorkian, Liz Larner, Jean Lowe, Cecilia Miquez, Gwynn Murrill, Margaret Nielsen, Enjeong Noh, Catherine Opie, Julie Orser, Robin Palanker, Helen Pashgian, Jennifer Pastor, Sarah Perry, Ann Preston, Rachel
Rosenthal, Erika Rothenberg, Sandra Rowe, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Lezley Saar, Alexis Smith, Barbara T. Smith, Tamara Sussman, Patssi Valdez, June Wayne, Marnie Weber, Ruth Weisberg, Carrie Whitney, Patty Wickman, Takako Yamaguchi, and Bari Ziperstein.

Multiple Vantage Points will be accompanied by an illustrated catalog with an introductory essay by arts writer Suvan Geer. Additional information can be found at www.scwca.org.

This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art and the Southern California Council of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and supported, in part, by Payden & Rygel, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Bank of America, and generous contributions from individual donors.

Related programming at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery:

Conversations with the Artists
Friday, March 2, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007, 2 p.m.
Panel Discussion with Moderators Betty Ann Brown and Linda Vallejo
Sunday, March 18, 2007, 2 to 5 p.m.
Interactive dialogue entitled “Revealed: Women, Art, Life, Success” with artists Kim Abeles, Judith F. Baca, Cheri Gaulke, Lezley Saar, Barbara T. Smith, June Wayne, Ruth Weisberg, Terry Wolverton, Kim Yasuda, and others. It will be moderated by Betty Ann Brown and Linda Vallejo.

The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery is a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and is located at 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, 90027.

Admission for Adults is $7; Seniors and Students, $3; Children under 12 with Adults, Free. Admission is free during First Fridays (first Friday of each month).

The Gallery is open Friday through Sunday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. Hours are extended to 9 p.m. on First Fridays. For general information, call 323.644.6269.