Join US for our first shows of 2025!

Saturday, january 18th, 6pm to 9pm

OUTSIDE IN: the Billy Shire Archive

Originating in the late 1960s, in the heady atmosphere of Los Angeles and West Coast counter-culture scenes, the visual art genre of Lowbrow Art, aka Pop-Surrealism, found its feet. Informed by underground comix, surf and tiki, hot-rods and rock music (later encompassing punk music, sk8 and graffiti too), this evolving new style also combined aspects from outsider and folk-art forms, cartoons, religious iconography, sexual subjects, and the downright weird.

Burner: Exhibition of International Street Art

Making its North American debut at the Torrance Art Museum, presents a collection of street and graffiti art. The exhibition highlights works that are not simply painted or sculpted, but painstakingly crafted to “burn off the wall.” The term ‘burner,’ rooted in the street art lexicon, refers to a piece that stands out for its complexity and aesthetic boldness. Often illegal and always impressive, these works demand time, skill, and a bold style statement, setting the gold standard in graffiti and urban artistry.

The Anthropocene Foundry Los Angeles 2025

A series of six video programs, each shown over the course of six weeks, with two parts featured each week. The theme of the exhibition, "Finiteness / Infinity," explores the impact of human activity on the environment through a blend of animation, video art, and sound art.

TAM HALLWAY

Liminal Level: an immersive hallway experience featuring a new site-specific installation by artist Darel Carey.

Darel Carey is a visual artist focusing on optical perception. He graduated from Otis College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2016. His Optical Art (Op Art) includes immersive tape installations, painted murals, and digital art. The demand for his crowd-pleasing work has been in demand in recent years, with installations at art institutions around the world and featured in major commercial ad campaigns.

Darel’s previous hallway installations for TAM include DIMENSIONALIZATION (2018-2019) and COALESCENCE (2019-2024).