SlangA.I.R. is proud to present:

“What the Palm tree knows…”

Saturday Nov 12, 2011

7pm-10pm

paintings by Carlitos “Brillante” Madrigal

music performance  by Chicago artist Conrad Feinburg

Window project by graffiti artist Ana Sosa A.K.A “Femi Illest”

“What the Palm Tree Knows” is local artist/musician Carlitos “Brillante” Madrigal   first solo show featuring paintings on palm trees inspired by a personal narrative.  His paintings work as sculptural pieces in which he captures the emblematic portraits of people in his neighborhood and landscapes taken from Mexican and American history books.

Live Performance by Chicago artists/musician Conrad Feinsburg who was Raised in Quincy IL, on the Mississippian artery of music, Conrad blends a traditional folk sound with experimental and improvisational music. His music is rooted in internal processes of examination and external processes of exploration. For the Launch of his tour he will be setting up the Pod of Absence and playing selections from his new album “The Undecagon”

Ana Sosa “Femi Illest” is a teen Graffiti artist from East Los Angeles.

In September, Museo de Antioquia of Columbia invited Slanguage to participate in Encuentro Internacional de Medellin (MDE11). With the curatorial theme of “Teaching and Learning: Places of Knowledge in Art,” Slanguage took residency at the Cultural Development Center of Moravia to show what we do best! This included leading a series of workshops for the students of the Cultural Center. Here are a couple of photos:

Please click here for more images courtesy of Museo de Antiquia.

Slanguage has been holding down the fort at Co/Lab, located at the art fair Art Platform, this weekend. Here are some photos from opening night during a special performance, Prison Gourmet.
 
Please stop by + say hello!
 
LA Mart, concourse level
1933 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90007

 
General Admission:
Saturday, Oct 1 • 11AM – 6PM
Sunday, Oct 2 • 11AM – 6PM
Monday, Oct 3 • 11AM – 4PM
 
Tickets: Regular day pass $20 /  students $10
 

 

The event is a two day conference held at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City with workshops by and for cultural spaces that use non-institutional action, as described in the conference title. Karla Diaz will be contributing and representing Slanguage during the workshop titled Interdisciplinary Intersections: Socieities of Knowledge. Please check out the flyer below for other details.

Slanguage, Watts House Project, and architects Frank Escher + Ravi GuneWardena at opening

If you live in Los Angeles and haven’t made your way to LACMA this summer, make sure to do so this week.  Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections ends September 25!

 

Possible Worlds connects a residency site in Watts, California with the LACMA collection and campus. In collaboration with LACMA and the Watts House Project, an artist-driven urban revitalization project centered around the historic Watts Towers, Ybarra, Diaz, and Slanguage, the artist’s team of collaborators, participated in a residency at the home of longtime residents of Watts, the Garcia family.

The exhibition component of this residency takes at its point of departure the legacy of Simon Rodia and the impulse to create alternative or possible worlds out of unconventional materials or according to unorthodox impulses. The installation features assemblage, folk art, vernacular graphics, images of the Watts Towers and art from the LACMA collection selected by Ybarra, Diaz, and the Slanguage Studio, as well as a newly commissioned sculpture by Ybarra that connects the public art works done at the Watts residency site with the LACMA campus.


But don’t take our word for it.  Here’s a review of Possible Worlds in the LA Times — and a video of Mario and Karla as featured on Unframed, LACMA’s blog.