WOMEN in the CITY

"Women in the City" is an ongoing viral public art exhibition spread throughout the streets of Los Angeles.

Why "Women in the City?" One of the fundamental achievements of the historical feminist movement was... more >

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A West of Rome project

Conceived and curated by Emi Fontana
2008 Guide (PDF) | YouTube Channel

Sponsors

François Pinault Foundation
The Broad Art Foundation
Pasadena Arts Council



Marnie Weber

Nov 13, 2010 – January 31, 2011

Marnie Weber was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1959.

Based in Los Angeles, Weber is an artist who creates works of fantasy and fiction utilizing... more >

Locations

1 Mountain View Cemetery & Mausoleum 2300 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena, CA 91001

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Jennifer Bolande

Jul 09, 2010 – July 9, 2012

Jennifer Bolande was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1957.

Emerging in the early eighties, Bolande pioneered in an intuitive form of conceptualism using... more >

Locations

1 Plywood Curtains at 496/500 South Lake, Pasadena, CA (Two stores adjacent to each other)

2 Plywood Curtains at 1347 East Colorado Pasadena, CA (Between Allen and Holliston)

3 Plywood Curtains at The ICON, 5450 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 Ended January 13, 2011

4 Plywood Curtains at 995 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 (Chinatown) Ended December 31, 2010

5 Plywood Curtains at Ace Gallery - Los Angeles, Institute Of Contemporary Art, The Wilshire Tower 5514 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Jenny Holzer

Mar 03, 2008 – Apr 04, 2008

Jenny Holzer was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1950.

Early in her career, Holzer began to use text to manipulate the language of pop culture. She developed slogans that were... more >

Locations

1 Inflammatory Essays Posters in Silver Lake, Melrose, Hollywood, and Venice Beach. Ended March 16, 2008

2 Inflammatory Essays (1979-82/2008) Posters at the Standard Hotel Downtown, 550 S. Flower at 6th Street. Ended April 1, 2008

3 Survival Series (1983-85/2008) Stickers in the LA Weekly. February 14th & 21st, 2008

4 Survival Series (1983-85/2008) and Inflammatory Essays (1979-82/2008) Theaters, clubs, concert venues, retail stores, music stores, hotels, metro stations, and cafes.

5 Truisms (1977-79/2008) Zipscreen at Hollywood Blvd and Highland Avenue. Ended March 16, 2008

6 Truisms (1977-79/2008) Jumbotron at Hollywood & Highland Plaza. Ended March 6, 2008

7 Truisms (1977-79/2008) Marquee at the Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, LA (Hollywood Blvd and N. Orange Dr.). Ends April 4, 2008

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Barbara Kruger

Feb 04, 2008 – Mar 17, 2008

Barbara Kruger was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1945.

Kruger's work emerged in the late 1970s, in an era that developed ideologies now considered postmodern, when... more >

Locations

1 Plenty (2008) Video billboard on the top tier of LACMA West, visible from Fairfax Ave at 6th St. Ended March 17, 2008 (3 min.15 sec. looping)

2 Plenty (2008) Video billboard at 8410 W. Sunset (opposite Hyatt Hotel), West Hollywood. (3 min.15 sec. fragmented between ads)

3 Plenty (2008) Video billboard at 9039 Sunset Blvd (Key Club), West Hollywood. (3 min.15 sec. fragmented between ads)

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Louise Lawler

Feb 08, 2008 – Mar 24, 2008

Louise Lawler was born in Bronxville, New York, in 1947.

Lawler's most renowned photographic work questions how an artwork becomes historicized, by capturing... more >

Locations

1 Birdcalls (1972-81/2008) Sound installation at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino. Ended March 24

2 Birdcalls (1972-81/2008) Broadcast on womeninthecity.org [Mp3]

3 A Movie will be shown without the picture (1979/2008) Screening at the American Cinematheque, Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue at 14th St, Santa Monica, on February 14, 2008 at 7:30 pm

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Cindy Sherman

Feb 06, 2008 – May 01, 2008

Cindy Sherman was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, in 1954.

She emerged onto the New York scene in the early 1980s alongside post-feminism and punk, yet her... more >

Locations

1 Untitled Film Still (1977-1980/2008) Billboard facing Orange St at Hollywood & Highland Center.

2 Untitled Film Still (1977-1980/2008) Billboard at Hollywood Plaza at Hollywood & Highland Center. Ended March 19, 2008

3 Untitled Film Still (1977-1980/2008) Billboard at Sunset Blvd at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Olive St, West Hollywoood.

4 Untitled Film Still (1977-1980/2008) Billboard at Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave. Ended March 31, 2008

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