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Open Platform

Art Platform—Los Angeles presents Open Platform, a curated series of art panels, conversations and discussions which investigate the dialogue around significant issues in the city's cultural landscape. Organized by Aandrea Stang, Senior Education Program Manager for MOCA, Open Platform highlights the region's most influential collectors, curators, museum directors, gallerists, scholars, critics and artists.

Saturday, October 1

1:00PM

Collecting 101 presented by The Association of Professional Art Advisors (APAA)

Michelle Isenberg, Isenberg & Associates Fine Art Advisors and President, APAA; Michelle Pobar, Director, Honor Fraser; and Thomas Solomon, Owner and Director, Thomas Solomon Gallery focus on the basics for new collectors.

3:00PM

We’re Just Artists

This conversation will bring together three emerging Latino artists and a curator from Los Angeles for a discussion of some of the more interesting contemporary artwork being created locally. Panelists include artists Juan Capistran, Carolyn Castaño and Fay Ray. Moderated by Cesar Garcia Assistant Director/Senior Curator of LA><ART.

5:00PM

Making Video in the Shadow of Making Movies

With a film production stopping traffic on every corner, how does this impact artists working in video in Los Angeles? Artists Brian Bress, Stanya Kahn, and Kenneth Tam with moderator, writer and video curator, Catherine Taft, will look more closely at Los Angeles-area artists working in time-based media.

Sunday, October 2

11:30AM

ART MIDDLE EAST Presents: How Have International Initiatives Affected Contemporary Middle Eastern Art? Part II

Biennials, museum acquisitions and exhibitions, artist prizes and public and private art commissions by institutions around the world have put a spotlight on contemporary art from the Middle East. Nazy Nazhand, Founder of ART MIDDLE EAST, presents a discussion on the impact of these initiatives and how they have reinterpreted and reframed our perception of Middle Eastern art. This is the second in a series of panels highlighting the dynamic emergence of Middle Eastern contemporary art. This session is a curator-led talk featuring artists Asad Faulwell and Firooz Zahedi; Dr. Linda Komaroff, Curator of Islamic Art, LACMA; Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller, Leila Heller Gallery, New York; and independent curator Leila Khastoo. Moderated by arts writer and independent curator, Yasmine Mohseni. Part I, an artist-led discussion, was introduced at The Armory Show® 2010. For more information on ART MIDDLE EAST, click here.

1:00PM

Taking Home Souvenirs

As Los Angeles has developed into a cultural destination many out-of-town institutions and collectors have focused their attention on the area’s artists. Collectors Michael Hort and Don and Mera Rubell, and gallerist Philip Martin of Cherry and Martin will discuss why Los Angeles artists have become such a significant aspect of many collections.

3:00PM

Making Art in an Anachronistic Medium: The Power of Photography

At a time when everyone can ubiquitously post descriptive images of their lives, the idea of “being a photographer” has drastically changed. In a conversation moderated by MOCA Associate Curator Rebecca Morse, artists Catherine Opie and Alec Soth will talk about their work and the craft and medium of photography.

5:00PM

Does it have to be good for you? Art and Social Practice

With social practice being such an influential part of the contemporary zeitgeist, this panel will explore the genre and how it is redefining what success looks like for an art practice – a conversation between Trinidad Ruiz, Finishing School’s Ed Giardina; and David Burns of Fallen Fruit moderated by writer Sue Bell Yank.

Monday, October 3

1:00PM

Performing Beyond Hollywood: The History of Performance Art in Los Angeles

Artists Eleanor Antin, Liz Glynn and Ellina Kevorkian discuss the rich tradition of cutting edge performance in Los Angeles, and how that history is influencing artists working in performative genres today. Moderated by Carol Stakenas, Executive Director, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE).

3:00PM

Crosstown Rivals: We Don’t Play Football

Tom Lawson, Dean of the School of Art at CalArts; Rodney McMillian, Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Art; Rochelle Steiner, Dean, Roski School of Arts, USC; and Annette Weissser, faculty member of the MFA program at Art Center examine the history and legacy of the significant Los Angeles-area art schools and the influence they have had on the art world over the past thirty-five years.

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