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Fowler Outspoken Conversation: Liza Lou and Sam Durant on Conceptualization and Collaboration
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 26, 2012   7 p.m.
Dates: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - Thursday, July 26, 2012
Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:11 PM
 
Fowler Museum at UCLA
North Campus, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Tel: (310) 825-4361

http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/fowler-outspoken-conversation-liza-lou-and-sam-durant-conceptualization-and-collaboration

 
Alighiero Boetti’s production method for his arazzi (embroideries) has raised interesting issues about his collaboration with Afghan embroiderers. Artists Sam Durant and Liza Lou discuss the nature of conceptualization and fabrication in their own art, which range from Durant’s politically-engaged multimedia works to Lou’s ongoing collaboration with Zulu women beaders in South Africa. Alma Ruiz, guest curator of Order and Disorder: Alighiero Boetti by Afghan Women and senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, moderates.