Deborah Oliver’s ‘Irrational Exhibits’

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How do you view art? Do you view it through the screen, on the wall? Does your art touch you? And this isn’t meant emotionally. Does your art reach out its hands and place its skin against yours? Does it breathe? Does it look back at you as you stare? Does it force you to move your body because everything around you is in motion?

When most people think of art, they think of objects removed from the physical self — whether that is film, painting, sculpture or sound. There is a fourth wall removing the observer from the thing one wishes to interpret, creating distance. That distance is comfortable and familiar because the viewer knows how to deal with the piece, which is something frozen and inanimate. Continue reading →

LACE PRESENTS “Irrational Exhibits 10th Anniversary: Mapping the Divide”

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Opening Performance: June 3, 2017 7-9PM
Exhibition Dates: June 4-10, 2017
Closing Performance and Reception: June 10, 2017 4-6 PM
Curated and Produced by Deborah Oliver

Featuring Artists: Zeina Baltagi, Michael Bizon, Claudia Bucher, Jarred Cairns, Juan Capistran, Reanne Estrada/Chistina Rhee, Nathalia Fagundes, Janice Gomez, Adele Han Li, Steve Irvin, Curt LeMieux, Thinh Nyugen, Cindy Rehm, Lara Salmon, Eduardo Sanchez, Alexander Smith, Freddy Villalobos, Sichong Xie, and HK Zamani. Continue reading →

LA Weekly: Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports from the Field

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By Catherine Wagley

Sixteen artists will present new work all at once this week at “Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports from the Field” at LACE. Part of a series launched in 2001, “Irrational Exhibits” are conceived as live group shows. The artists perform at the same time, some all evening long. Liz Nurenberg, who makes seductive conversation pieces meant to be worn by two people at once (maybe you put your heads into a soft sculpture, so that you face each other), will perform. So will Liz Young, who’s made oversized stuffed animals and videos about taxidermy.

LACE PRESENTS “IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 9: REPORTS FROM THE FIELD”

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May 24, 2016

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions presents Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports From the Field on June 8, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

The one-night event features live art curated by Deborah Oliver and includes works by Claudia Bucher, Ryan Bulis and Brian Black, Kent Anderson Butler, Marsian De Lellis, Monica Duncan and Samantha Mohr, Kristina Faragher, Janice Gomez, Flora Kao, Curt LeMieux, Juan Meneses, Thinh Nguyen, Liz Nurenberg, Nancy Popp, Bradford Chan Prairie, Lara Salmon, and Liz Young.

Sixteen new works will be presented in this one night only performance exhibition centering on the artist’s “constructs” of our rapidly changing social landscape and reflecting their “reports from the field” in a new millennium reality. This is a real time event.   Explore the artwork while performance actions are taking place. Observe how artists describe and comprehend shifting realities, whether social, political or personal. How do we, as artists, negotiate these shifts as they arise? How do we stay connected within a confused cultural fabric? How do we function in an increasingly dense physical environment?

Tickets are $10. Discounted tickets for students/seniors are $8 w/I.D. Tickets will be available at the door.

Read more about Irrational Exhibits 9 by clicking here.

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Un-Space Ground

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The College Art Association (CAA) 100th Centennial Conference, Los Angeles
The CAA and ARTspace present:

Un-Space Ground: A site specific outdoor visual & performance art event curated and produced by Deborah Oliver and Ed Woodham as part of ARTspace “Art in the Public Realm” Symposia.

Saturday February 25th, 2012 – 12Noon to 1:00PM At the L.A. Convention Center, West Hall main entrance

1201 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015 map

ALL ARTspace events are FREE and open to the public. More info

Don’t miss Irrational Exhibits 8

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Date: April 16, 2011
Location: Track16 Gallery

Artists:

Brian Black and Ryan Bulis, Jarred Cairns, Mariel Carranza with Carol McDowell, Carol Cetrone/Perpetua & Company, Alexis Disselkoen and Aaron Valenzuela, Monica Duncan and Ross Karre, Kristina Faragher and Curt LeMieux with Rochelle Fabb and Alec Fraiser, Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, Thinh Nguyen, Liz Nurenberg, Nancy Popp, Christy Roberts, Steve Shoffner, Ian Trout and Kim Alexander, Del Zamora and Juan Garza