Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive

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Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas (2017)

Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas (2017) / $20 / Distributed for School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago Social Practice History Series
Available for purchase online at The University of Chicago Press
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo28124825.html
Softcover | 175 pages | 51 halftones, 1 line drawing | 6 x 9 inches
ISBN: 9780930209445
Edited by Bill Kelley, Jr. and Rebecca Zamora, with Contributions by Maria Fernanda Cartagena, David Gutiérrez Castañeda, Bill Kelley, Jr., Grant Kester, André Mesquita, Karen Moss, Jennifer Ponce de León, and Paulina Varas. 
Produced by Ben Maltz Gallery Otis College of Art and Design in conjunction with the exhibition Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas, on view September 17 - December 10, 2017, part of the Getty-led Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.
Exhibition curators: Bill Kelley, Jr., Lead Curator; Karen Moss, Consulting Curator

Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas is the first publication to bring together scholarship, critical essays, and documentation of collaborative community-based art making by researchers from across the American hemisphere.  The comprehensive volume is a compendium of texts, analysis, and research documents from the Talking to Action research and exhibition platform, part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.  While the field of social practice has had an increasingly high profile within contemporary art discourse, this book documents artists who have been under-recognized because they do not show in traditional gallery or museum contexts and are often studied by specialists in other disciplines, particularly within the Latin American context. Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas addresses the absence of a publication documenting scholarly exchange between research sites throughout the hemisphere and is intended for those interested in community-based practices operating within the intersection of art, activism, and the social sciences.

Ralph Bacerra: Exquisite Beauty (2015)



Ralph Bacerra: Exquisite Beauty (2015) / $20 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 136 pages / 60 color plates / 10.25 x 12.25 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0-930209-41-4
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design
Description: Published in conjunction with the exhibition Ralph Bacerra: Exquisite Beauty at Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, September 26 - Decemeber 6, 2015. The first retrospective to document the eye-dazzling ceramics of Ralph Bacerra (1938-2008), a Los Angeles-based artist known for his innovative approach to surface design and embellishment, the exhibition features more than ninety of the artist's finest pieces - dramatic, highly decorated vessels and sculptures that have never before been the focus of a major exhibition or publication.
Exhibition curator: Jo Lauria
Exhibition dates: September 26 - December 6, 2015
Introduction by: Jo Lauria | Essays by: Jeannine Falino, Hollis Goodall, Christy Johnson
Contributions by: Garth Clark, Elaine Levin, Frank Lloyd, Keith Miller, Don Pilcher
Designer: Amy McFarland / Editor: Karen Jacobson / Printer: Typecraft, Inc.

Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists Books (2014)


Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists Books (2014) / Electronic book / Free
Available as: iBook (Opens in iTunes/iBooks 250MB)  PDF (43MB)  Page Reader (Opens in pop-up)
iBook / 157 pages / ISBN 0-930209-34-6
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
iBook designed by: Sheldon Forbes
Exhibition curators: Cathy Chambers, Meg Linton
Exhibition dates: January 25 - March 30, 2014
Introduction by: Meg Linton, essay by: Kathleen Walkup
Description: Group exhibition of selected artists books from the Otis Artists Books Collection. Exhibition info

Alison Saar: STILL... (2012)

Alison Saar: STILL... (2012) / $20 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 46 pages / 35 color plates / 7 X 10 inches
ISBN 978-0-930209-33-9
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition curator: Meg Linton
Exhibition dates: August 18 - November 17, 2012
Introduction by: Meg Linton; Essay by: Dr. Barbara Thompson; Poems by: Harryette Mullen
Description: Solo exhibition of recent work by Alison Saar including four never-exhibited works made during a residency at Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle and six new bronze and mixed-media sculptures. Exhibition info

Meticulosity (2012)

Meticulosity (2012) / $25 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 76 pages / 35 color plates / 7 X 10 inches
ISBN 978-1477407028
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton and John David O'Brien
Exhibition dates: April 28 - July 7, 2012
Introduction by: Meg Linton; Essay by: Meg Linton and John David O'Brien; Poems by: Guy Bennett, Dennis Phillips, Martha Ronk
Description: Group exhibition of 11 Southern California based artists and 3 poets who work in genres ranging from painting to installation and ceramic and digital formats. Artists: Tanya Batura, Hilary Brace, Eileen Cowin, Linda Hudson, Gegam Kacherian, Sandeep Mukherjee ('96), Ross Rudel, Linda Stark, Arthur Taussig, Elizabeth Turk, Samira Yamin. Poets: Guy Bennett, Dennis Phillips, Martha Ronk.

Doin’ It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building (2011)

Doin’ It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building and From Site to Vision: The Woman's Building in Contemporary Culture (2011)
2 Volume Book Set / $55 / Available for purchase on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Doin' It in Public / Softcover / 192 pages / 7x10 inches / ISBN 978-0-930209-22-3
From Site to Vision / Softcover / 420 pages / 7x10 inches / ISBN 978-0-930209-23-0
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
Book design by artist Susan Silton
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton and Sue Maberry
Exhibition dates: October 1, 2011 - February 26, 2012
Doin' It in Public Essays by: Vivien Fryd, Cheri Gaulke, Alexandra Juhasz, Jennie Klein, Michelle Moravec, Jennifer Sorkin. Foreword by Meg Linton. Editors Meg Linton and Sue Maberry.
From Site to Vision Essays by: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Betty Ann Brown, Theresa Chavez, Cecilia Dougherty, Sondra Hale, Jennie Klein, Michelle Kort, Lucy R. Lippard, Bia Lowe, Laura Meyer, Michelle Moravec, Kathleen A. Walkup, Terry Wolverton. Editors Sondra Hale and Terry Wolverton.

More information on Doin' It in Public exhibition website

Broodwork: It's About Time (2011)

Broodwork: It's About Time (2011) / $25 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 40 pages / 35 color plates / 7 X 10 inches
ISBN 978-0930209308
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition curated by: Rebecca Niederlander and Iris Anna Regn
Exhibition dates: April 30 - June 11, 2011
Introduction by: Rebecca Niederlander and Iris Anna Regn
Description: An exhibition that explores what family life can provide to creative professionals. A project of BROODWORK, the cross-disciplinary inquiry surrounding the integration of creative practice and family life founded by curators Iris Anna Regn and Rebecca Niederlander. The curators defined, named and now investigate the practices and output of this previously unspoken vanguard community.

Phyllis Green: Splendid Entities (2011)

Splendid Entities: 25 Years of Objects by Phyllis Green (2011) / $25
Softcover / 60 pages / 35 color plates / 10.25 x 8.5 inches
ISBN 978-0-930209-21-6
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition curated by: Tim Christian and Jo Lauria
Exhibition dates: January 18 - March 19, 2011
Essays by: Tim Christian & Jo Lauria, Doug Harvey, Sue Spaid
Description: Solo Exhibition of 25 years of sculpture by Los Angeles based artist Phyllis Green

Travis Somerville: Dedicated to the proposition... (2009)

Travis Somerville: Dedicated to the proposition... (2009) / $25 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 60 pages / 35 color plates / 10.25 x 8.5 inches
ISBN 978-0-930209-19-3
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton
Exhibition dates: October 1 - December 12, 2009
Essays by: Meg Linton, Mickalene Thomas, Travis Somerville
Description: Solo Exhibition of recent painting, sculpture, and installation by San Francisco based artist Travis Somerville

3 Solo Projects: Lynn Aldrich, Jessica Rath, Carrie Ungerman (2009)



3 Solo Projects: Lynn Aldrich, Jessica Rath, Carrie Ungerman (2009) / $20 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 40 pages / 15 color plates / 7.5 x 8.25 inches
ISBN 978-0-930209-18-6
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery; sponsored by Pasadena Art Alliance
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton
Exhibition dates: April 18 - June 13, 2009
Essays by: Meg Linton, John O'Brien
Description: Three Solo Exhibitions of site specific installations by three Los Angeles based artists Lynn Aldrich, Jessica Rath, and Carrie Ungerman

Mark Dean Veca: Phantasmagoria (2009)

Mark Dean Veca: Phantasmagoria (2009) / $25 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 64 pages / 37 color plates / 10 x 7.75 inches
ISBN 978-0-930209-17-9
Produced by: OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton
Exhibition dates: October 11 - December 6, 2008
Essays by: Meg Linton
Description: Solo Exhibition of site-specific painting installation by Los Angeles based artist Mark Dean Veca

Superficiality and Superexcrescence (2009)

Superficiality and Superexcrescence (2009) / $20 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 104 pages / 25 color plates / 10 x 7.75 inches
ISBN 978-0-911291-34-6
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery; Initiated and sponsored by Fellows of Contemporary Art
Exhibition curated by: Christopher Bedford, Kristina Newhouse, Jennifer Wulffson
Exhibition dates: June 27-September 12, 2009
Essays by: Christopher Bedford, John Welchman, Jennifer Wulffson
Description: Group exhibtion of 13 Los Angeles-based artists on subject of surface in contemporary Southern California art.
Artists: Amy Adler, Rebecca Campbell, Marcelino Gonçalves, Lia Halloran, Salomón Huerta, Elliott Hundley, Kurt Kauper, Elad Lassry, Blue McRight, Joel Morrison, Kori Newkirk, Tia Pulitzer, and Catherine Sullivan

Nancy Chunn: Media Madness (2008)

Nancy Chunn: Media Madness (2008) / $20 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 62 pages / 53 color plates / 11.875 x 8.5 inches
ISBN 0-930209-15-X
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title.
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton, Director of Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition dates: April 14 - June 23, 2007
Essay by: Parme Giuntini, Meg Linton, and Marco Nocella
Description: Solo survey of work by New York based artist Nancy Chunn, from 1980s to the present.

Keith Puccinelli: The Wondercommon (2008)

Keith Puccinelli: The Wondercommon (2008) / $20 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Hardcover / 76 pages / 56 color plates / 8.75 x 10.25 inches
ISBN 0-930209-16-8
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title.
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton, Director of Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition dates: April 19 - July 25, 2008
Foreword by: Meg Linton
Essays by: Nancy Doll, Meg Linton
Description: Solo exhibition of recent work by Southern California artist Keith Puccinelli.

Don Suggs: One Man Group Show (2007)

Don Suggs: One Man Group Show (2007) / $20/ Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 93 Pages / 79 color plates
10 x 7.5 inches
ISBN 0-930209-39-7
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title.
Exhibition co-curated by: Meg Linton, Director of Ben Maltz Gallery and Doug Harvey, Artist and Art Critic Exhibition dates: April 14 - June 23, 2007
Foreward by: Meg Linton
Essays by: Paul Vangelisti, Nevin Schreiner, and Doug Harvey
Description: Solo exhibition features work spanning Don Sugg's aesthetic investigation over a 38-year period.
 

Joan Tanner: On Tenderhooks (2006)



Joan Tanner: On Tenderhooks (2006) / $20/ Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 53 pages / 48 color plates / 10 x 7.5 inches / ISBN 0-930209-12-5
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title.
Exhibition curator: Meg Linton
Foreward by: Meg Linton
Essay by: Michael Darling / Interview with artist by: Julien Robson
Description: Solo exhibition comprised of large-scale installation created by Southern California artist Joan Tanner. Using raw materials like Blister-Pac, corrugated plastic paneling, galvanized metal, air-duct filters, plywood, industrialized coating, light and video, Tanner assembles a precarious environment to tackle the visual paradox of architectonic order and disintegration—ordering to achieve perfection and humankind’s inability to escape imperfection.
 

Shahzia Sikander: Dissonance to Detour (2005)



Shahzia Sikander: Dissonance to Detour / 2005 / $20 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover / 55 pages / 39 color plates, 7 black and white / 10 x 8 inches
ISBN 0-930209-10-9
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title.
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton, Director of Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition dates: September 24 - November 12, 2005
Foreword by: Meg Linton
Essays by: Meg Linton
Description: A solo exhibition of new paintings, video animation, and a site-specific mural by Shahzia Sikander.

Robert Williams: Through Prehensile Eyes (2005)



Robert Williams: Through Prehensile Eyes / 2005 / $5 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Softcover, staple bound / 12 pages / 15 color plates / 9 x 7.5 inches
ISBN 0-930209-09-5
Produced by: Ben Maltz Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title.
Exhibition curated by: Meg Linton, Director of Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition dates: May 14 - July 30, 2005
Essay by: Meg Linton
Description: The exhibition and catalogue feature work spanning Robert Williams' career from 1985-2004.

Patrick Hogan (2000)

Patrick Hogan (2000) / $10 / Available on Amazon.com and in Gallery
Soft cover / 56 pages / 27 color plates / 10 x 8.5 inches / ISBN-13: 978-0930209056
Produced by Otis Gallery in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the same title, featuring works spanning Patrick Hogan's career from 1968 to 1986.
Curated by Anne Ayres and Roy Dowell. Exhibition dates: Otis Gallery: December 9, 2000-February 24,2001 / Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah: March 21-May 5, 2001
Essays by Anne Ayres and Peter Schjeldahl / Introduction by Roy Dowell / Reminiscences by Tom Knechtel, John Sonsini, and Benjamin Weissman