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ETERNAL TELETHON/WORK AFTER WORK/MAK GARAGE

ETERNAL TELETHON documentation from the exhibition WORK AFTER WORK at the MAK CENTER's Mackey Apartments Garage

 

USC Roski School of Fine Arts, Master of Public Art Studies: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere is pleased to announce Work After Work, an exhibition of artworks and documents by:

 

Michael Asher

Eternal Telethon

Andrea Fraser

...Alex Israel

Sharon Lockhart

Yvonne Rainer

State of the Arts

Kenneth Tam

Anton Vidokle

Carey Young

 

Work After Work is an exhibition and program of events exploring issues of artistic production and labor, and is motivated by a keen awareness of how the current economic situation applies particular pressures on the many connotations of artistic “work.” It is a crucial moment to reexamine the shifting value, both economic and cultural, of artistic labor and to explore the ways in which artists navigate, resist, and reproduce these values. Each of the participating artists in the exhibition implement distinct methodologies for transforming the economic conditions of their artistic activities: from reflections on artistic practice as labor and entrepreneurial venture; to developing practical contracts that enforce artist fee structures; to resisting the speculative art market by offering unlimited multiples; to conceptualizations of artistic service provision, among others. Beyond evidencing economic models, the exhibition aims to reveal the shifts in political and social dynamics that artists face when negotiating the conditions of the production, reception, and consumption of art.

 

In conjunction with the exhibition, there is a program of artist conversations, panel discussions, screenings, and performances:

 

Thursday, April 28, 6-9pm:

Opening Reception

 

Saturday, April 30:

Instruction of Yvonne Rainer’s Trio A by Sara Wookey, 3pm

A conversation with Yvonne Rainer and Sara Wookey, 5pm

 

Sunday, May 1:

A conversation with Alex Israel, 1pm

Negotiating Institutional Relationships: A discussion with W.A.G.E., Sue Bell Yank and Robby Herbst, 3pm

 

Saturday, May 7, 11am:

Eternal Telethon: Performance and Online Broadcast, www.eternaltelethon.com/

 

Sunday, May 8, 12pm: Film Screening: Sharon Lockhart, Lunch Break (2008), 80 minutes

 

Work After Work will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring essays by Joshua Decter, Chloe Flores, Melinda Guillen, and Eric Golo Stone. In addition, each contributer in the exhibition is represented by a short biographical text. Design is by Eric Roinestad. The catalogue will be available free of charge throughout the duration of the exhibition.

 

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Garage Top at the Mackey Apartment Building, Mak Center for Art and Architecture is located at 1137 S. Cochran, Mid-City Los Angeles. Work After Work will be open April 28 – May 8 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There is no charge for admission.

 

Master of Public Art Studies: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere

The Master of Public Art Studies Program: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere at USC's Roski School of Fine Arts is a unique platform to research art, architecture and other modes of cultural production, as well as models of curatorial practice/exhibition making, in relation to the material/social conditions of public space.

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