Alien Race – Envisioning sites of our our future ancestors
Curated by Labkhand Olfatmanesh
Taking place in LA Artcore’s two gallery spaces:
LA Artcore at Union Center for the Arts, Little Tokyo
120 Judge John Aiso St., Ste. A, Los Angeles, CA 90012
LA Artcore Brewery Annex at the Brewery Arts Complex in Lincoln Heights
650 South Ave. 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Gallery hours – Thursday-Sunday 12-6 pm (in both locations)
Exhibiting artists:
Dove Ayinde, Katayoun Bahrami, Zeina Baltagi, William Camargo, Shaghayegh Cyrous, Leslie Foster + Felli Maynard, Coffee Kang + Vanessa Holyoak, Alberto Lule, Yuchi Ma, Thinh Nguyen, Luciano Pimienta, Cindy Rehm, Michael Rippens, Jaklin Romine, Community Quilting Bee (Rachel Silver + Laub), Jeong (Llyn Stransky), Cedric Tai, Diane Williams
LA Artcore is pleased to present Alien Race – Envisioning sites of our future ancestors, an exhibit that highlights underrepresented narratives surrounding access and belonging in relation to dominant systems within a globalized contemporary culture through video, installation, sculptures, mixed media, photography, performance, ceramics, and textiles.
Through its 21 artists, Alien Race proliferates the uniquely interconnected positions and circumstances of its artists as they mediate realities shaped outside of images of a hegemonic American ideal and transform rigid definitions of a normative American identity. Presented throughout each of its gallery spaces, Alien Race traces lost time as a result of exclusionary systems through strategies of protest, collective care, and renewal.
LA Artcore is a non-profit art space dedicated to the creative exploration, discovery, and expression of the global residents of LA while supporting the careers of emerging and established contemporary artists. Since 1979, LA Artcore reflects the diverse global perspectives of Los Angeles by engaging contemporary artists as the visual and performing conduits of and for the residents and communities in which they live, work and serve.
