DURDEN AND RAY
Alternative Monuments | Monumentos Alternativos
April 27 - May 25, 2024
Curated by Carolyn Mason & OJO MX ARTE
Artists: Carlos Álvarez-Montero, Ismael de Anda III, Lana Duong, Alfredo Esparza Cárdenas, MAPA Visual Lab (Mara García + Juan Pablo), Martha Naranjo
In an era when monuments are being reevaluated and dismantled as cultural mores evolve, it’s an interesting time to look to artists for alternatives in our human quest to concretize our values and perhaps quell the inevitable impermanence around us.
FELLOWS OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Forage | Gather
October 21 - December 9, 2023
Curated by Carolyn Mason, Curators Lab Award Recipient
Artists: Claire Chambless, Chenhung Chen, Gina Herrera, Carolyn Mason, Victoria May.
The five sculptors featured in this exhibition engage in theact of foraging as a means of connecting with their surroundings. Whether itinvolves rummaging through a trash can, exploring a hardware store, visiting acraft shop, or simply observing the side of the road, these artists perceivethe potential for artistic expression in unexpected places. Click here to see a pdf of the exhibition catalogue.
TORRANCE ART MUSEUM
Pilosus nuces orbis as part of Quadrant
January 22 - March 12, 2022
Curated by Carolyn Mason
Artists: Tony Brown, Gioj De Marco, Carolyn Mason, Andre Yi.
The title of the exhibition comes from an orange mushroom with a particularly colorful common name: “Hairy Nuts Disco,” which when translated into Latin, becomes Pilosus nuces orbis. Click here to see a pdf of the exhibition catalogue, including an essay by Shana Nys Dambrot.
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer