An Affair of the Art 2008
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ART SHOW AND SALE
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 to 10 PM
$100 per person
Includes hors d’ouvres and cocktails.
PATRON EVENT
5 to 7:30 PM
$300 per person
Includes pre-event reception, viewing and
purchase, admission to show and patron gift.
The Art of Politics – The Politics of Art
A panel of passionate artists examines how their politics
affects their art and whether their art affects our politics
When the political stakes are as high as they are right now, it’s not just the candidates who raise our adrenaline. It’s also the artists, in media ranging from editorial cartoons to street graphics to television dramas. A distinguished and opinionated panel of mass media artists will discuss the ways they wield their creativity to shock, inform, inspire, amuse and excite us.
We are delighted to announce the diverse mix of panelists who will examine how their politics affects their art and whether their art affects our politics:
Retna A visual artist with roots in graffiti art, his vibrant paintings incorporating calligraphy, social commentary and popular culture have been on view internationally. Whether his paintings hang in a gallery or at a political rally, they serve as a retina through which we view the urban journal of contemporary issues.
Mark Kirkland has been an animator, fine art photographer and director, most notably for over 50 episodes of The Simpsons. The antics of the dysfunctional Simpson family prompt chuckles, outrage, and fresh conversation on issues of American life.
Mark Murphy has been presenting provocative, artistically edgy performances as Executive Director of REDCAT at Disney Hall, the most talked about performing arts space in town. Mark is an influential leader in international contemporary performing arts, with 20 years of experience producing, presenting and developing new audiences for interdisciplinary performances.
Susan Tibbles’ unique assemblages—in two dimensional photographic reproductions—have illuminated the Op-Ed pages of the San Francisco Examiner and The Los Angeles Times since she was first asked to create a piece addressing the Bush-Gore presidential race in 2000. Tibble’s work visually documents the arc of recent political history and commentary through art.
Columnist, blogger, screenwriter-producer and professor Martin Kaplan – once the chief speechwriter for Vice President Walter F. Mondale – will keep peace and focus the discussion. Marty Kaplan is Director of the Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg School for Communication.
Reserve your seat now for this dynamic panel, the centerpiece of the Patron Event and Sale Preview, 5-7:30.
To attend An Affair of the Art 2008, please RSVP by calling 213.629.2787. Payment must be made in advance by check or credit card. Please RSVP by September 22, 2008.
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