Below is information about an upcoming exhibit at Art+Practice exhibition space in Leimert Park.
Address: 3401 W. 43rd Place, Los Angeles, CA 90008
Hours: Mon-Sat, 12:00pm-6:00pm
Free admission
Phone: (323) 337-6887
October 12, 2019-January 25, 2020
Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning
At the center of this exhibition, the monumental installation Birth of a Nation (2014) represents a Black woman nursing a white infant against the backdrop of the first official flag of the United States. Suspended above a mound of earth, the quilt will be surrounded by Towns’s Story Quilts (2016–2019), a cycle of works in luminous fabrics and glass beads that chronicle the life of Nat Turner and the 1831 rebellion he led against slavery. A pair of quilted oval portraits of Nat and Cherry Turner (2018) adds a significant dimension to this narrative, considering the role of a marriage in historic events.
October 12, 2019-January 25, 2020
Ramsess: The Gathering
Ramsess’ mural-scale quilt The Gathering (2012) reimagines Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper (1495-98) as a memorial to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was shot and killed on February 26, 2012. This sacred meal is attended by twelve historical figures, one still living: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakastani activist who becomes a symbol for peace, justice, and possibility. With The Gathering at its center, this focused exhibition brings together a selection of Ramsess’s quilted portraits—monuments to individuals of crucial significance to American history whose stories have been suppressed or overlooked through politics of race, age, and gender: Sojourner Truth, Ruby Bridges, Cathay Williams, Malcolm X, H. Rap Brown, Huey P. Newton, and George Stinney.
Upcoming Public Programs include Artist Talks held at
Public Programs Space at 4334 Degnan Blvd, 90008, 7:00pm
on the following evenings:
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 – Stephen Towns and Ramsess
Thursday, November 14, 2019 – Luis Flores
Thursday, December 12, 2019 – Kenturah Davis
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 – Diedrick Brackens
Thursday, January 23, 2020 – Lava Thomas
Please let us know if you need any additional information.
