LA><ART

LA><ART is pleased to present a conversation between Robert Russell and Andrea Bowers in conjunction with Russell’s exhibition Amateurs, currently on view.

 

 

Andrea Bowers is a Los Angeles based artist and social activist whose work includes video, drawing, and installation. Bowers’ work invokes political discourses surrounding feminism and violence toward women, immigration, environmental activism, and protest. Bowers’ exhibitions include “Self-Determination”, Kaufmann Repetto, Milan (2015);“Andrea Bowers: #sweetjane”, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont CA (2014); “Cultivating the Courage to Sin”, Capitain Petzel, Berlin (2013) “Ni Una Muerta Mas”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2011); “The Weight of Relevance, ZKM/Zentrum fr Kunst und Mediatechnologie, Karlsruhe (2008).  

 

Robert Russell is a Los Angeles based artist. His exhibitions include “Sein und Schein“ Big Pond Artworks, Munich, Germany (2015); “Men Who are Named Robert Russell,” Osmos New York (2013); “Men Who are Named Robert Russell,” Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles (2013); “Masters,” Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles (2010); “Scattershot,” Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, 2007.

 

 

About LA><ART

 

Founded in 2005, LA><ART is Los Angeles’ leading independent contemporary art space supporting artistic and curatorial freedom. The organization is committed to producing newly commissioned works of art, to present experimental exhibitions, public art initiatives, and publications with emerging, mid-career and established local, national and international artists. LA><ART's programs are produced with generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; The National Endowment for the Arts; City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs; The Los Angeles County Arts Commission; Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Roberta Friedman Cummings, Dashiell Driscoll and Clea Shearer; The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation; California Community Foundation; The Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation; Joel Chen; Ruth and Jacob Bloom; the Evans Family Foundation; Stanley and Gail Hollander; Lisa and Leonardo Schiff; Sima Familant; Michael and Joyce Ostin; Joseph Varet and Esther Kim Varet; Brenda R. Potter; the Maurice Marciano Family Foundation; Ron and Sindi Schwartz; Maja Kristin; Larry Mathews and Brian Saliman; Linda Janger; Phil Lord; Anonymous Donors; Claire and Eric Block, and the Offield Family Foundation.