Certain Traces, New Dialogue Los Angeles/Prague

@POST: LYNN ALDRICH, ERICA BORNOVÁ, JITKA HAVLÍC?KOVÁ,  JAN JAKUBKOTÍK, ALENA KOTZMANNOVÁ, KARL MATSON (+), PERFORMANCE BY TOMAS RULLER, LELAND MEANS, JAN MERTA, PETR NIKL, S?TE?PÁNKA S?I MLOVÁ, LIZ YOUNG

Reception: Friday, September 10, 7 – 10 PM
Exhibition Dates: September 10 – October 9, 2004
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 12 - 6 PM and by appointment

POST
1904 East 7th Place
Los Angeles, CA 90021
213-488-3379
www.post-la.com

Certain Traces
Dialogue: Los Angeles/Prague, 2004

artists:
Kim Abeles (USA), Lynn Aldrich (USA), Deborah Aschheim (USA),  S.E. Barnet (USA), Barbara Benish (USA/CZ), Maura Bendett (USA),  Erika Bornová  (CZ),Jiri Cernicky (CZ), Tomas Cisarovsky  (CZ), Martin Durazo (USA), Jitka Havlickova (CZ), Eva Jelinkova (cz), Ivan Kafka (CZ), Habib Kheradyar (USA), Vladimir  Kokolia  (CZ), Jan Kotik (USA/CZ), Alena Kotzmannova (CZ), Daniel Martinez (USA), Karl Matson (USA +), Leland Means (USA), Jan Merta  (CZ), Vladimir Merta(CZ), Christian Mounger (USA), Petr Nikl (CZ),   
Tomas Ruller (CZ),  Stepanka Simlova (CZ), tyler stallings (usa), Margita Titlova (CZ), Marnie Weber (USA), Alexis Weidig (USA),  Liz Young (USA)
      
Venues & Dates:

In Los Angeles:
Pomona College museum of art August 31-October 10,     
Reception: Saturday, September 11, 3-5 p.m.  Music: “Strings of _umova” /Performance: Liz Young
S.C.A.P.E. September 4- October 10
 Reception: sept. 4
CzechFront Gallery September 8-October 10
Reception: Wednesday Sept 8 , 6 p.m.
Post September 10-october 9, 2004
 Reception: Friday, September 10, 7-10p.m.
 Performance: Tomas Ruller
Sam Francis Gallery@ Crossroads Sept. 9-october 9
 Reception: Thursday, September 9, time 6-8 p.m.
Barnsdall September 8-october 24
 Reception: Sunday, September 12, 2-5 p.m.
Music: “Strings of _umova” /Performance: Tomas Ruller & Habib Kheradyar

 in prague
Kampa Museum=November 16-December 31
 Vernissage=November 17, 2004 /time?
 Performance: Tomas Ruller & Habib Kheradyar
Karlin brewery=November 15-december 15
 Vernissage= November 19, 4 pm + performances/music

Certain Traces:
Dialogue Los Angeles / Prague 2004

LOS ANGELES, July 15, 2004 – A series of exhibitions at six different Southern California venues will feature painting, sculpture, installation and performance by 14 artists from the Czech Republic and 14 artists from Los Angeles beginning on August 31, 2004 at the Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA.   

Exhibitions will also be on view at the Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, Hollywood; Post Gallery in downtown Los Angeles; Guggenheim Gallery; S.P.A.C.E. in Corona del Mar; the Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroads in Santa Monica, and CzechFront Gallery on Wilshire.  On November 17, the exhibition will open at the Kampa Museum and the Karlin Brewery in Prague.

“Certain Traces, New Dialogue Los Angeles/Prague” is a 15-year commemoration of the historic Dialogue: Prague / Los Angeles show of 1989/1990 that defied Communist sanctions and presaged the final dissolution of communist Czechoslovakia. As an anniversary event, Certain Traces celebrates the achievement of the original show and expands the original concept of open dialogue to explore the meaning of creative discourse for a diverse group of artists from Los Angeles and Prague in a newly defined open society.   

The original show gathered 12 Czech artists willing to risk official sanction to take part in an open artist exchange with 12 Los Angeles counterparts.  While 15 years has brought immeasurable change to the political and cultural landscape in both countries, the basic notion that inspired Dialogue: Prague/Los Angeles that a creative discourse in the arts might rise above national border to promote artistic innovation, mutual understanding and goodwill remains unchanged.  This is the starting point for Certain Traces:  Dialogue Los Angeles/Prague 2004.

Under the auspices of the Czech Consulate in Los Angeles, the  exhibition is curated and organized by Barbara Benish, Los Angeles artist who has been living in Prague for the past 11 years, with the generous assistance of Pomona College Museum curator Rebecca McGrew. Ms Benish’s work is also included in the exhibition.  The exhibition in Prague is co-curated by art historian Sarah Brock, Prague resident since 1993.

The prestigious Museum Kampa overlooking the Vltava, will exhibit a selection of both Czech and American artists and an alternative, artist-run warehouse space in Prague – in keeping with the original grassroots character of the original Dialogue show – will provide the second venue for the November opening in Prague.

For further information please contact the gallery.