Photo LA teams up with LACMA in Santa Monica -Opening Gala on Jan. 8th & Show from Jan. 9-11, 2009
Photo l.a. 2009 TEAMS UP WITH LACMA TO PRESENT A DIVERSE
PROGRAMMING SERIES, JAN 9th – 11th
Diane Keaton & Marvin Heiferman; and Collecting Seminars with Charlotte Cotton, Jonathan Green and Karen Sinsheimer
(Los Angeles, CA) January 5, 2009 – artfairs inc. is pleased to announce that photo l.a. 2009, the 18th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition and the largest exhibition of its kind in the United States, will take place from January 9-11, 2009 at the historic Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport. photo l.a. 2009 will feature the finest photographic art on display and for sale, from the earliest 19th Century photographic experiments to the most contemporary photography and photo-based art. Seventy of the world’s leading galleries and private dealers representing International and U.S.-based artists will display work at photo l.a. 2009. The fair begins with an opening night reception benefiting the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Photography Department on January 8 from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Public hours are Friday, January 9 and Saturday, January 10, from 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm; and Sunday, January 11, from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Tickets are $20 for a one-day pass, and $30 for a three-day pass.
“We are pleased to be teaming up with LACMA this year. Los Angeles is the creative hub for artists and a major creative center in terms of the production of contemporary photography. Together with LACMA, we are planning a number of special programs for our visitors, featuring some of today’s most renowned artists,” says Stephen Cohen, president of artfairs inc. and director of photo l.a. “photo l.a. continues to grow each year, with an increasing number of new and returning exhibitors and visitors. This year, the Barker Hangar will serve as a prime space for the fair to present its largest collection of Los Angeles based artists and international exhibitors,” he continued.
Programming highlights at photo l.a. 2009 include LACMA Artist Conversation Series & Book Signings with Charlotte Cotton, LACMA’s Head and Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, on Saturday, January 10, from 12:00pm–6:00 pm. Cotton will speak with leading photographers, including David Maisel (12:00pm–1:30pm), Susan Meiselas (2:00pm–3:00pm), Bruce Davidson (3:30pm–4:30pm), and Diane Keaton & Marvin Heiferman (5:00pm–6:00pm) to discuss their new publications. Book signings with the photographers will follow each conversation.
The Lecture Series at photo l.a. includes a lecture from highly acclaimed photographer and UCLA professor, Catherine Opie, on January 11, beginning at 1:00 pm at the Ruskin Group Theater, adjacent to the fair (3000 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405). Opie currently has a major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and recently published a catalogue of her photographic works. Also lecturing at the fair is Jim Goldberg on January 11, beginning at 3:00pm. Goldberg is a Professor of Art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, and his work is in many private and public collections including The Whitney, MOMA, SFMOMO, Getty, and LACMA; Joel-Peter Witkin will lecture on January 11, beginning at 11am. Witkin’s work often deals with such themes as death, corpses and various outsiders. He is the author of many monographs and his work has been exhibited in international galleries and museums.
Collecting Seminars will be held at photo l.a. throughout the weekend, with Charlotte Cotton on Friday, January 9th, from 10am – noon; Karen Sinsheimer on Saturday, January 10th from 10am – noon; and Jonathan Green on Sunday, January 11th, from 10am – noon;
Among the 70 select U.S. and international galleries exhibiting at photo l.a. are: Ace Gallery (Los Angeles), Joseph Bellows Gallery (La Jolla), Stephen Cohen Gallery (Los Angeles), Charles Cowles Gallery (New York), Stephen Daiter (Chicago), Michael Dawson Gallery (Los Angeles), Foley Gallery (New York), Gitterman Gallery (New York), Paul M. Jertzmann Inc. (San Francisco), Flo Peters Gallery (Hamburg), Janet Sirmon Fine Art (Brooklyn), TZR Galerie (Duesseldorf), and Winterworks on Paper (Brooklyn). New Exhibitors at photo l.a. 2009 are The Blind Photographers Guild (Sacramento),
Charles Cowles Gallery (New York), DNJ Gallery (Los Angeles), Galerie Stephen Hoffman (Munich),
Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects (Santa Monica), Katherine Mulherin Gallery (Toronto),Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles (Los Angeles), TZR Galerie (Duesseldorf), and Andrew Ward Gallery (Los Angeles), Witzenhausen Gallery (Amsterdam / New York).
photo l.a. is organized by artfairs, inc., producers of the globally acclaimed photography and contemporary art fairs including ART LA and photo MIAMI. For a complete list of exhibitors and additional information on photo l.a., visit www.artfairsinc.com/photola/2009/ or call (323)937-4659.