Martha Wilson performing as Barbara Bush. Image by Dennis W. Ho. ICI is very pleased to announce the opening of Martha Wilson at the Nichols Art Gallery, Pitzer College Art Galleries in Claremont, California. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, January 26, 2013, accompanied by a wealth of local public events, further expanding the collaborative model with the hosting institution and community. Below is a list of scheduled events. More information about programming related to Martha Wilson can be found on the Pitzer College Art Galleries’ website here. Martha Wilson? January 26, 2013 – March 22, 2013 Pitzer College Art Galleries Opening Reception? Saturday, January 26, 2-4 p.m. Nichols Gallery, Pitzer College Art Galleries Claremont, CA Free and open to the public Performance: Barbara Bush on LAXART by Martha Wilson Thursday, January 24, 6:30 p.m.? Pitzer College Art Galleries in collaboration with LAXART 2640 S. La Cienega ?Los Angeles, CA Martha Wilsons signature performance work is political satire and she is known for impersonating First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Second Lady Tipper Gore. Today she will present a special performance of Barbara Bush at LAXART. More information here. Artist Lecture Wednesday, March 13, 10 a.m. Broad Center Performance Space, Pitzer College Claremont, CA Conversation with Martha Wilson, Suzanne Lacy, Leslie Starus and Cheri Gaulke? Moderated by Dr. Alexandra Juhasz, Pitzer College professor of media studies ? Wednesday, March 13, 7 p.m. Pitzer College Art Galleries in collaboration with Otis Public Practice at the 18th Street Arts Center 1657 18th Street Santa Monica, CA? We’ll Think of a Title when we Meet AKA LA-London Lab was the title of an exhibition co-curated by Los Angeles based artist Suzanne Lacy and London-based artist Susan Hiller in 1981 at the artist-run space, Franklin Furnace in New York. Founded by Martha Wilson in 1976, Franklin Furnace, wasand continues to bededicated to showing experimental and innovative art forms. In the late 70s, Franklin Furnace focused on artists books, installations, performance, video, and activist work by emerging and under-recognized artists exploring representations of race, class, and gender and issues concerning poverty, sexism, and homophobia. It was within this highly charged context that Lacy and Hiller curated Well Think of a Title When We Meet. Comprised of a series of performances by fifteen feminist artists from London and Los Angeles, the exhibition took place over a three-week period and explored the different approaches, methods, and manifestations of performance art in these two locales. The panel will explore the impact that LA- London Lab had on subsequent feminist art practice, the evolution of performance work, and the role that artist-run and alternative spaces continue to play in the art world of today.
