MARKING TIME: ARTISTS PRESERVE AND CONSERVE IN LAX EXHIBIT
(Los Angeles, California – June 9, 2009) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, announces a five-artist group exhibit of Los Angeles-based artists on display at Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX). The exhibit, entitled “Preservation/Conservation,” examines how our society is faced with diminishing natural resources, yet has an insatiable desire for material goods. The artists included in the exhibit illustrate different ways to understand this conundrum through various strategies of preservation and conservation in their work. Nancy Macko, Professor of Art and Chair of the Gender and Women’s Studies Department at ScrippsCollege, served as the guest curator.
The exhibition is located in Terminal 3 on the Lower/Arrivals Level near Baggage Claim and is on view for the general public. The exhibit is free and on display through June 19, 2009.
The five artists included in the exhibit are Jane Brucker, Barbara Drucker, Monica Furmanski, Linda King, and Nancy Macko. Jane Brucker preserves the temporal and fragile nature of human existence and the link between memory and experience in her work. From found and donated articles of clothing, she creates simple memorials from these articles left behind when people move or die, transforming them into meditations on the detail and the delicacy of life.
Barbara Drucker examines the passage of time, specifically certain rituals and astrological days of the year, and marks the days of the months in various colors on vellum. She is also interested in the idea of faith and expresses this interest through a metal sculpture filled with soil and dried grass.
Digital photography and installation are Monica Furmanski’s media to explore conserving nature as a moment in time. Through a careful editing process, Furmanski shows the viewer what is essential to preserve and conserve.
Linda King’s oil paintings suspend time by preserving a moment. Using rich color and striking imagery, King’s paintings stir reflections and memory.
Nancy Macko conserves the purity and simplicity of abstract thought in her print series. Constructing the units as hive clusters, these works examine the vastness of space and the relevance of a moment in their representation of fundamental mathematical concepts.
The purpose of the Art Exhibits Program at LAX and LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), is to educate and entertain the traveling public, while emphasizing a cultural experience highlighting what makes Los Angeles unique and interesting. Exhibits may be historic, popular, artistic, or graphic design in nature and may arise from museums, fine art, archives, environment, or other fields. Exhibits are on display in Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, and Terminals 2 and 4 at LA/Ontario.
