| Renée
Petropoulos
“Pershing
Square/Title”
curated by Susan
Horowitz
Phantom Galleries LA is
proud to announce their invitation to curate and oversee exhibits
showcasing the Art and Culture of Downtown Los Angeles at
the new Title Guarantee Building Public Art Window Space.
Exhibits are curated by Downtown LA Arts Organizations, Galleries,
Independent Curators, and Artists and/or focus on topics about
Downtown Los Angeles.
“Pershing
Square/Title” is a site-specific
visual and sound installation by artist Renée
Petropoulos. This project continues Renée
Petropoulos' exploration of the relationship between the architectural
and social culture of LA. The starting point for this project
is the original function of the building which housed the
Title Guarantee and Trust Co., a business comprised of holding
the deeds to LA properties. The work consists of a series
of audio commentaries by various voices (people) revealing
their points of view on different LA locations. Both amateur
and authoritative voices are included and the often poetic,
emotional nature of the language of these perceptions reveals
unexpected passions for the historic and the current elements
of the city. Descriptions of hospital rooms, immigration offices,
cinema locations and palatial pink factories serve to illuminate
our cumulative and collective response to LA. The fusion of
the public and private perceptions of the city furthers ideas
about architecture, ownership and individual interior reflection.
The project will be in constant evolution
reflecting a changing situation through both audio and visual
encounters. The audio component of the interviews will be
broadcast from the building being available at street level,
and through your car radio (106.9fm) when traveling in the
vicinity and via the PhantomGalleriesLA.com website, excerpts
made of vinyl lettering, culled from the interviews will be
added one sentence at a time on a weekly basis to the Title
Guarantee Building Art Space Windows.
“Pershing
Square/Title” at the Art Deco/
Zigzag Moderne LA Historic-Cultural Monument on Pershing Square,
presents a compelling urban street experience of encountering
diverse perspectives of LA. The Pershing Square area is central
to Downtown LA’s extraordinary urban transformation
as a vital place to work, live and visit. It is a resonant
place to consider the issues raised by this public art work.
LA artist Renée
Petropoulos has produced permanent public art here
including her mural in the rotunda of the LA Central Library,
installations in Culver City and the Metro Green Line in El
Segundo. She has exhibited her work extensively and produced
temporary and permanent installations internationally. Her
recent 2007 exhibition, Social Arrangements, featured five
related ongoing projects encompassing painting, sculpture
and audio. She is represented here by the Rosamund Felsen
Gallery (rosamundfelsen.com/petropoulos/index.php). and is
currently a professor in the graduate division of the Otis
College of Art and Design.
Susan
Horowitz is an independent curator and artist.
She is working with Phantom Galleries LA to curate exhibits
that illuminate contemporary urban issues. Her photo/text
art work focuses on an exploration of the complex relationship
between the individual, nature, and architecture of the urban
West. Her current exhibition LA CONTINUUM, a collaboration
with Carol Bishop, is a collection of glimpses of the flux
of urban land, development and architecture at Hennessey
and Ingalls Art and Architecture Books in Santa
Monica
Title
Guarantee Building Lofts
While the exterior architecture has qualified the building
for inclusion on the National Historic Register, the completely
reconstructed interiors are perfect for today’s modern
living. Experience the excitement of the new Downtown Los
Angeles and live in a landmark. For further information about
The Title Guarantee Building Lofts contact 213. 627.3939 or
the website.
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