Xtreme Archive: Project X 1992-1999
A Project X exhibition at 18th Street Arts Center
Concluding our curatorial residency at 18th Street Arts Center, Project X presents Xtreme Archive: Project X 1992-1999, an exhibition of ephemera, images, and audio recordings about the exhibitions of Project X in the nineties.
Known as the publishers of X-TRA, Project X originated in the early nineties as a roving organization of artists curating exhibitions in the wake of the art market boom, striving to fill the absence of conceptual art exhibitions and criticism in Los Angeles. Independently producing ten exhibitions across Los Angeles and Orange County during the nineties, the group’s curatorial projects illustrate the crucial role of the artist’s voice in shaping and sustaining contemporary art culture in Southern California.
This exhibition gathers documentation, personal accounts, and original print materials gathered over the course of Project X’s 2015 curatorial residency at 18th Street Arts Center spearheaded by Project X Executive Director Shana Lutker and Curatorial Fellow Kellie Lanham. This archive-in-progress showcases the network of artists and artworks spanning the organization’s exhibitions gathered thus far.
It’s a work in progress that begs the question: How does the history and community of Los Angeles in the nineties influence us today?
18TH STREET Galleries are free and open to the public M–F 11am-5:30pm
Project X Forum and Opening Reception: Saturday, November 21, 4:30PM
Details to come.
Visit the 18th Street Arts Center website for additional details:
http://18thstreet.org/events/projectx-exhibition
The Curator in Residence program at 18th Street Arts Center is generously supported by the the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Project X exhibitions and participants:
The First Show
October-November, 1992
Guggenheim Gallery
Chapman University, Orange
Artists: Stephen Berens, Ellen Birrell, Erik Otsea, Jorge Pardo, Theresa Pendlebury, Jan Tumlir
Essay: Wendy Salmond
Project X at the Far Bazzar
December, 1992
Old Federal Building
Los Angeles
Artists: Miyoshi Barosh, Stephen Berens, Elizabeth Bryant, Jan Tumlir
Xtreme Research
February, 1993
California State University
Los Angeles
Artists: Miyoshi Barosh, Stephen Berens, Timothy Martin, Alex Miokovic, Mitchell Syrop, David Wilson
Essay: Jan Tumlir
Suitably Appointed
September 21-December 14, 1993
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton
Artists: Elizabeth Bryant, Eric Magnuson, Christian Mounger, Renée Petropoulos, Elizabeth Pulsinelli, Anne Walsh
Program for Paradise
March, 1995
Remsen Bird Hillside Theatre
Occidental College, Los Angeles
Performances: Anita Pace, Marnie Weber, Liz Young
Site Works: Stephen Berens, Ellen Birrell, Elizabeth Bryant, Ben Chase, Andrew Freeman, Robert Gero, Mara Lonner, Mike Pierzynski
Writings & Readings: Lisa Anne Auerbach, David Bunn, Kathleen Johnson, Charles LaBelle, Terri Phillips, Jan Tumlir, Eve Wood
PAIR-A-SITES
December, 1995, February & March, 1996
Armory Center for the Arts
Pasadena
Artists: Lynne Berman, Kathy Chenoweth, Diane Bromberg, Eve Luckring, Charles Gaines, Cheryl Kershaw
Essays: William Raines & Charles Gaines
After Pierre Menard
February 5-March 5, 1997
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University
Artists: David Bunn , Meg Cranston, Dave Muller, Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié, Mitchell Syrop
Essay: Andrew Perchuk
Lost and Found
October 22-November 19, 1998
PØST
Los Angeles
Artists: Lori Koop, Marcos Rosales, Jeannie Simms, Marnie Weber
Curators: Soo Kim & Anne Walsh
East of Eden: Profane Gardens
Feb. 8-March 18, 1999
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University
Artists: Maura Bendett, Elizabeth Bryant, Liz Craft, Jacci Den Hartog, Dana Duff, Patrick Nickell, Michael Pierzynski, Marina Rosenfeld
Essays: Amy Gerstler and Richard Turner
Curator: Richard Turner
Art/Journalism
August 13-September 4, 1999
Rosamund Felsen Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
Artists: Nancy Barton, Stephen Berens, John Boskovich, Jessica Bronson, Meg Cranston, Steve Hurd, Larry Johnson, Joe Mama-Nitzberg, T. Kelly Mason, Marc Pally, Stephen Prina, Diana Thater, Christopher Williams
Curator & Essay: Laurence Rickels