ADJACENT, ADJACENT
December 7-21, 2019
Opening Reception
December 7, 6 — 9 PM
Adjacent, Adjacent is a reflection on relationships between the participants of the FORUM 2019, some of whom will carry forward beyond the exhibition as the art collective Museum Adjacent. The exhibition provokes the artists to consider where they are (both in location and career trajectory) and how that relates to what they make.
DARK ROOM: Sprouts, Sown Days Ago, a series of video works pertaining to the participants of FORUM 2019 events and activities leading up to Adjacent, Adjacent: documentation from previous exhibitions, event openings, conversations between curators and artists, and clips of previous works by the artists involved in FORUM 2019. Participants include:
Amoral Poem (Devion Law & Joshua Ross)
Christina Shurts Dakota Noot
H. Leslie Foster II
Hagop Najarian
Henderson Blumer
Jen Vanegas Rocha
Joshua Vasquez
Kim Garcia
Kim Marra
Larissa Nickel
Molly Schulman
Surge Witrön
Sharon Levy
FORUM is an annual 10-month mentorship residency for emerging artists, curators, gallerists and writers who wish to build a career in contemporary art. This empowering program is designed as a practical guide to navigating the art world via Q&A sessions with successful professionals (artists, curators, critics and gallerists), culminating with an exhibition in the Main Gallery of the Torrance Art Museum, with the program’s participants. More information about the program and applications for FORUM 2020 are now available at: www.TorranceArtMuseum.com/forum.