Conversation with Artists on what Public Art is: April 17th, 2:00-4:00p.m

A Public Performance Art Project

Saturday April 24, 1:00-3:00p.m. &

Closing Party 3:30 p.m. with Mike Parviz and his band

 

at the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

2nd floor Art Gallery

5505 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90036

 

 

The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles (KCCLA) will proudly present the upcoming public performance art event ″art is me, art is you ″. This event will take place in the streets on April 24, 2010 along with an exhibition of guest artists from New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, New Mexico in the most dynamic & diverse City of Los Angeles. The show will commences at the Korean Cultural Center on Wilshire Blvd..

 

A group of participating artists will move through the street with their own art objects which are exhibited at the KCCLA’s Gallery attached to their bodies, as a symbol heralding where their individual art first originated.

 

This art gesture emphasizes not only why art is so important in the daily lives of artists and why art is needed to be viewed by the public but also how art and culture can create harmony and balance within its community to coexist with one another as a whole.

 

Guest Curator Yikown Peter Kim states, ″ I, as a participating artist myself and a co-curator for the project, strongly believe that artists have the invisible power/spirit that can lead our community and also can reach out to influence the way people live their lives. Therefore, I am compelled to reveal the power/spirit that exists in this art practice. This revelation is a foundation of this project not only to express a concept and the exigencies of our own creative art practice, but also to mingle our thoughts as an artist outward to society where I am and a part of. ″

 

KCCLA Curator Heeseon Choi adds, ″ I sincerely hope that this exhibition will aid the community by helping them believe that there is an artist in all of us and that art is not limited to a few distinguished persons. Art is being able to express what is in one’s mind and conscious to the outside world through any medium. This exhibition will demonstrate that art has the power to bring different communities together and can promote peace and harmony within our lives. Art should not be limited but should be shared with everyone. Art is mine, art is yours. ″

 

One purpose of art is to create an object as a means of human expression. Art can be a powerful tool that allows interaction of humanity. Art engages the lives of artists as well as the community to find meaning of life.\

 

** Participating Artists: 15 Artists

1.  Charles Dickson, Los Angeles, CA

2.  Leon Dockery, Oakland, CA

3.  Josh Friedman, Long Beach, CA

4.  Gerardo Hacer, Los Angeles, CA

5.  Vinson Huston, Philadelphia, PA

6.  Tomo Isoyama, Los Angeles, CA

7.  Yikwon Peter Kim, Orange, CA

8   Gil Kuno. Los Angeles, CA.

9.  Siyoung Lee, Albuquerque, NM

10. Greg Pitts , Los Angeles, CA

11. Karen Sorensen, New York, NY

12. Graeme Sullivan, New York, NY

13. James Sullivan, Dallas, TX

14. Matthew Thomas, Los Angeles, CA & Dav Tejwani, San Ramon, CA

 

For more information: 323-936-3014 exhibition@kccla.org