Art LA Contemporary at Barker Hanger January 28th-31st, 2016- Preview
SEVENTH EDITION OF ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY (ALAC)
RETURNS TO BARKER HANGAR, JANUARY 28–31, 2016
PIVOTAL WEEKEND IN THE CITY’S CONTEMPORARY ART CALENDAR
ALAC 2016 PRESENTS INFLUENTIAL GALLERIES FROM
LOS ANGELES AND INTERNATIONAL ART CAPITALS BERLIN, LONDON, PARIS, NEW
LOS ANGELES—Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the International Contemporary Art Fair of the
West Coast, returns for its seventh edition on January 28–31, 2016, at The Barker Hangar in Santa
Monica, California, the pivotal weekend in Los Angeles’s contemporary art calendar. Drawing over
15,000 visitors in 2015, ALAC continues to reflect the pace of Los Angeles as the fastest growing art
market, with rapid expansion as an international force in the art world.
The 2016 edition of ALAC brings together over 70 top established and emerging galleries from around
the world, hailing from over ten countries and a dozen art capitals. Many of these galleries show for the
first time at ALAC, including Bureau (New York), Christian Andersen (Copenhagen), Galerie Kadel
Willborn (Düsseldorf), Kayne Griffin Corcoran (Los Angeles) and MOT International (London).
ALAC is delighted to announce a strong presence of exhibitors who return to the fair after successful
showings in earlier editions. These galleries include 1301PE (Los Angeles), Michael Benevento (Los
Angeles), Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago), CANADA (New York), David Kordansky Gallery (Los
Angeles), One and J. Gallery (Seoul), Tif Sigrids (Los Angeles), STANDARD (OSLO) (Oslo), and
team (gallery inc.) (New York/Los Angeles). The roster of exhibitors includes a dynamic cross-section
of influential galleries from Los Angeles, reflecting both the fair’s long-term presence in its home city,
and the arrival of the city’s thriving contemporary art community on the international stage.
“This is a proud moment for Art Los Angeles Contemporary as we enter our seventh year,” says Tim
Fleming, Director. “Seven years of presenting the best, most influential galleries from Los Angeles, and
seven years of supporting a community of artists, collectors, dealers, and institutions that is fierce,
intellectually rigorous, and constantly changing and expanding. Even as the fair grows to be more
international and varied in scope, supporting Los Angeles remains at our core.”
“Now we’re introducing significant new features to ALAC. I cannot think of an individual who’s more
thoughtfully attuned to independent publishing than Miriam Katzeff, who will be traveling to Los
Angeles from the Brooklyn offices of Primary Information to organize a special section featuring the
latest and most compelling artist’s books, editions, and publications. I’m delighted about the renewed
energy and focus brought to our talks and lectures program by curator Marc LeBlanc, who will be
investigating what is happening now in artmaking in L.A., and presenting a romantic, sharp-toned history
of how we got here.
“Along with the release of The Reader, our art newspaper that presents original texts from some of the
city’s most engaging arts writers, these features take the ALAC weekend to the next level. We hope
you’ll join us.”
ALAC 2016 Exhibitor List:
1301PE (Los Angeles)
ACME. (Los Angeles)
Alden Projects (New York)
Altman Siegel (San Francisco)
Christian Andersen (Copenhagen)*
ASHES/ASHES (Los Angeles)*
Michael Benevento (Los Angeles)
Galerie Hervé Bize (Nancy)
Brennan & Griffin (New York)
Bureau (New York)*
Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago)
CANADA (New York)
Galeria Marta Cervera (Madrid)
Galerie Bernard Ceysson (Luxembourg/Paris)*
Cherry and Martin (Los Angeles)
China Art Objects Galleries (Los Angeles)
Cooper Cole (Toronto)*
Thomas Duncan Gallery (Los Angeles)
Anat Ebgi (Los Angeles)
Edel Assanti (London)
Derek Eller Gallery (New York)
Evelyn Yard (London)*
Ever Gold Projects (San Francisco)*
Henrique Faria (Buenos Aires / New York)*
Feuer/Mesler (New York)*
fiebach, minninger (Cologne)*
Marc Foxx (Los Angeles)
Carl Freedman Gallery (London)
Gillmeier Rech (Berlin)*
Greene Exhibitions (Los Angeles)
Jack Hanley (New York)
The Hole (New York)
Ibid. (London/Los Angeles)
Louis B. James (New York)
Galerie Kadel Willborn (Düsseldorf)*
Kayne Griffin Corcoran (Los Angeles)*
KLEMM’S (Berlin)*
David Kordansky Gallery (Los Angeles)
Galerie Christian Lethert (Cologne)
Josh Lilley (London)
Gallery Luisotti (Santa Monica)
M+B (Los Angeles)
Meliksetian | Briggs (Los Angeles)
Michael Jon Gallery (Miami/Detroit)*
MIER GALLERY, Los Angeles
MONITOR (Rome)
MOT International (London)*
Galerie Nagel Draxler (Berlin/Cologne)*
Neon Parc (Melbourne)
Neumeister Bar-Am (Berlin)*
Nicodim Gallery (Los Angeles/Bucharest)
Night Gallery (Los Angeles)
On Stellar Rays (New York)
ONE AND J. Gallery (Seoul)
David Petersen Gallery (Minneapolis)*
The Pit (Glendale)
Praz-Delavallade (Paris)
Regards (Chicago)*
Clint Roenisch (Toronto)*
Marc Selwyn Fine Art (Los Angeles)
TIF SIGFRIDS (Los Angeles)
SMART OBJECTS (Los Angeles)*
STANDARD (OSLO) (Oslo)
Starkwhite (Auckland)
Sutton Gallery (Melbourne)*
team (gallery, inc.) (New York/Los Angeles)
Valentin (Paris)
Various Small Fires (Los Angeles)
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Los Angeles)
WEINGRÜLL (Karlsruhe)
Workplace Gallery (Gateshead/London)
*Indicates first time exhibitor
(list in formation)
FREEWAYS
ALAC breaks tradition by introducing a new section titled Freeways, which presents emerging galleries
under four years old showing up to two artists per booth. Freeways exhibitors include Cooper Cole,
Toronto; Gillmeier Rech, Berlin; Michael Jon Gallery, Miami/Detroit; Greene Exhibitions, Los
Angeles; David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis; Regards, Chicago; Smart Objects, Los Angeles.
CURATED TALKS AND LECTURES
ALAC is pleased to announce an expanded talks and lectures program. For the fair’s 2016 edition, Marc
LeBlanc, Curator of Events & Programming, organizes a robust calendar of public programs that address
the changing conditions for artmaking in Los Angeles. Through a series of talks, film screenings, and
performances, key figures in the city’s contemporary art scene share how they are “coping with
tomorrow,” and explore the resulting narratives of survival that emerge in art. Participants include
Norman Klein, critic and urban historian at California Institute of the Arts, artists Charlie White and
Andrea Zittel, and project space JOAN. More artists, critics, curators, and gallerists will be announced
as they are confirmed. All talks and lectures are held in the ALAC Theatre, Friday, January 29–Sunday,
January 31, 2016.
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING
Making its debut at ALAC 2016 is the fair’s dedicated section of Independent Publishing. Curator
Miriam Katzeff, co-founder of Primary Information, the celebrated nonprofit organization based in
Brooklyn, brings together artists, bookstores, and independent publishers from around the world,
including Badlands Unlimited, Hassla, Inventory Press, Primary Information, and Printed Matter,
Inc., New York; DoPe Press and Golden Spike, Los Angeles; and Rainoff, New York/Sydney,
presenting new and recently reissued art books, editions, records, and other printed projects. More section
participants will be announced as they are confirmed.
THE READER
ALAC 2016 marks the release of the Art Los Angeles Reader, the fair’s platform for established and
emerging voices in art writing. The free art newspaper engages critically with art on-site and beyond,
placing rigor and criticism alongside humor and celebration. Its forthcoming second issue includes
themed features and monographic essays by Los Angeles writers whose combined credits include
Artforum, Art in America, Cabinet, Frieze, and LA Weekly, as well as printed artist commissions and
interviews with artists, curators and gallerists. The Reader is published by Fair Grounds Associates on the
occasion of Art Los Angeles Contemporary and edited by Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal.
ABOUT
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the International Contemporary Art Fair of the West Coast, held
annually at Barker Hangar, in Santa Monica, California, is produced by Fair Grounds Associates. Now in
its seventh year, the fair presents established and emerging galleries from around the world, with a strong
focus on Los Angeles galleries. Participants present some of the most dynamic recent works from their
roster of represented artists, offering an informed cross-section of what is happening now in
contemporary art making. The fair provides a sophisticated yet accessible environment for art collectors,
curators, and patrons of the arts alike to enjoy.
Media preview
Thursday, January 28, 4–6pm
Public hours
Thursday, January 28, 7–9pm
Friday, January 29, 11am–7pm
Saturday, January 30, 11am–7pm
Sunday, January 31, 11am–6pm
Barker Hangar is a historic arts venue in Santa Monica, California. With over 40,000 square feet of
exhibition space and soaring 40-foot ceilings, the venue is uniquely positioned to create an enjoyable
experience for fair attendees. The venue is located at the Santa Monica Airport, one of the nation’s
premier airports for private jet travel, located in close proximity to nearby beach hotels, world-class
restaurants, and renowned contemporary art museums and private collections.
BIOS
Tim Fleming has been the director of Art Los Angeles Contemporary since its inaugural edition in 2010.
Fleming has directed and produced some of the top contemporary art shows in the United States. After
graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago he served as director of project gallery Seven
Three Split, and served on the team that developed The Stray Show, the ancillary art fair of Art Chicago
dedicated to alternative gallery spaces. Fleming is the founder of Fair Grounds Associates, producers of
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, and the publisher of The Reader, the platform for established and
emerging voices in art writing.
Miriam Katzeff is a curator based in New York. Katzeff is the co-founder of Primary Information, the
Brooklyn-based nonprofit devoted to the preservation and support of critical texts and projects from the
1960s to the present. The organization emphasizes the conceptual practice of using publications as an
exhibition space. Katzeff co-founded Primary Information with artist James Hoff in 2006. She previously
worked as director of Team Gallery, New York, and has organized projects and events at MoMA PS1,
White Columns, and Swiss Institute, New York; Perez Art Museum Miami; and ICA Philadelphia.
Marc LeBlanc is a writer and curator based in Los Angeles. Formerly the owner of 1R Gallery, Chicago,
LeBlanc’s recent gallery group exhibitions include Unfinished Season (2014), Galerie Nagel Draxler,
Cologne; Palimpsest (2013), Galerie Kavi Gupta, Berlin; and Anteriors (2011), Kunstverein am Rosa-
Luxemberg Platz, Berlin. LeBlanc organized Passages, a two-part video screening featuring artists’
videos, music videos, visuals and films made digital, for Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2015.
Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles. She is the author of the chapbooks
Ri Ri (Re)Vision (Publication Studio) and This Is The ENDD (Wilner Books) and has performed at the
New Museum and The University of Chicago, among others. Rosenthal edited the first issue of The
Reader for Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2015. Her criticism appears regularly in Art in America,
CARLA, and Rhizome.