James Turrell’s skyspaces for private homes capture sunlight to its full, revelatory effect. Take a tour in NYT’s most recent article Seeing the Light.
The Shakti Dance Company’s artistic director Viji Prakash talks about the concepts behind Devadasi: The Eternal Dancer—a dance performance happening at LACMA this Saturday, inspired by artwork on view in our exhibition Unveiling Femininity in Indian Painting and Photography.
One of the four documentaries we are screening on Friday and Saturday night as part of our series on Young Women Filmmakers from Mexico is Mi Vida Dentro (My Life Inside), by director Lucia Gaja. The film follows the story of Rosa Estela Olvera Jimenez, an illegal immigrant who was charged with the murder of a small boy and sentenced to 99 years in jail in 2005.
Her sentencing has been controversial both here and in Mexico, due to the difficulties illegal immigrants face when navigating the U.S. legal system. In 2012 Huffington Post published this article with news on the case:
Mexico’s president-elect asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to evaluate the murder case of a Mexican woman who was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the death of a Texas boy.
Enrique Peña Nieto filed a brief in his personal capacity supporting the appeal of Rosa Estela Olvera Jimenez. He argued that Jimenez was denied due process because she wasn’t given funds to hire expert witnesses and had ineffective counsel.
At the free screening of Mi Vida Dentro on Saturday, director Lucia Gaja and Jimenez’ current attorney, Yuriria Marván, will be here in person for a Q&A.
Check out the full slate of films planned for Friday and Saturday (all free admission). The series was organized with AMBULANTE and is co-hosted with the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles. You can see trailers for all the films in the series here.
In case you missed it: this happened last week during the Dance Camera West Festival. Choreographed by Tony Testa.
James Turrell: Advance Tickets Now on Sale
Part of what makes many of of James Turrell’s artworks so spectacular is that they require a lot of time, and few to no people in the gallery with you. That makes for an amazing experience but it also means you’ll really want to buy your tickets in advance.
James Turrell, Raemar Pink White, 1969, Shallow Space, Collection of Art & Research, Las Vegas, Installation view at Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA, 2004, © James Turrell, photo by Robert Wedemeyer, courtesy Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles
Lots of talk about punk fashion on the internet today. By the way - we’ll be showing a little punk fashion, in the guise of Nic Cage’s wardrobe in Valley Girl, next week.
The always excellent Ubuweb has an archive of Hans Richter’s films, circa 1921–57. These films are also on dramatic display in our exhibition Hans Richter: Encounters.
