TORRANCE ART MUSEUM PRESENTS ITS Summer EXHIBITIONS!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Hope Ezcurra, Outreach Specialist
310-618-3842
HEzcurra@TorranceCA.Gov

TORRANCE, CA (JUNE, 2023) – Torrance Art Museum (TAM) proudly presents the schedule for its summer exhibitions, featuring:

TAM Main Gallery presents Body Politics.

Presenting work that brings attention to the disabled body and examines the various 'gazes' by which it is represented and interpreted.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Panteha Abareshi, Emily Barker, Yadira Dockstader, Mari Katayama, Katherine Sherwood, Liz Young

TAM Gallery Two hosts Art and Med.

Focuses on artworks by patient-artists as a means of teaching future doctors and current medical workers about the lived experience of chronic pain and illness, curated by Ted Mayer, artist in residence at Keck School of Medicine

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Ellen Cantor, Ayin Es, Siobhan Hebron, Cathy Immordino, Rachael Jablo, Daniel Leighton, Krista Machovina, J. Fredric May, Bhanva Mehta, Ted Meyer, Dylan Mortimer, Kathy Nida, Alice Marie Perrouit, Jane Szabo, Susan Trachman, James T. Walker

TAM DARK ROOM is Showing Vacations In The Subconscious.

Surrealist Vacations In The Subconscious 2023— a video art exhibition, curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne / The New Museum of Networked Art, inspired by the Manifesto of Surrealism by Andre Breton.

Split between 7 weeks, this series will feature a total of 80 videos by 88 international artists.

 
 

THe TAM LOBBY is displaying If she could speak, she would sing.

Video documentation of this 2023 projection on an archival photograph by NYC and LA based visual artist Alison Chen

Summer Exhibitions are on view Saturday, July 22nd - September 9th, 2023.
Opening Reception on Saturday, July 22nd from 6-9pm.:


TAM is always free and accessible to the public. Masks are suggested. No reservations required. All programs, schedules, and locations are subject to change. For the latest information and other museum programming, please visit TorranceArtMuseum.com.

 

Torrance Art Museum: 

Founded in 2005, the Torrance Art Museum is the premier visual art space to view contemporary art in the South Bay. The museum encourages all people to develop and increase their understanding and appreciation for modern programs, artist talks, lectures, and symposia. Through its emphasis on contemporary artistic expression in Southern California and globally, the Torrance Art Museum brings together artists and community members; fosters experiences in the arts to strengthen creative and critical thinking skills; and builds bridges between the arts and other disciplines in the humanities and sciences. Torrance Art Museum is a program of the City of Torrance Cultural Services Division of the Community Services Department. 

For more information visit 
www.TorranceArtMuseum.com or call 310-618-6388. 

Museum Hours
Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Admission to the Torrance Art Museum is Free. 

Torrance Art Museum 
3320 Civic Center Drive 
Torrance, CA 90503 

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