Art Talk Tuesdays is a new initiative of B rand Library &\; Art Center in which we invite contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues that surround it\, followed by a moderat ed discussion with Los Angeles artist and writer Jennifer Remenchik. \ ; This program is free and open to the public.
\nDan Levenson is a L os Angeles-based visual artist working in installation\, performance\, vid eo\, painting\, and sculpture. His work addresses issues of subjectivity\, education\, creativity and freedom and takes the form of artifacts rescue d from the ruins of an imaginary art school: the State Art Academy\, Z&uum l\;rich (its initials in Swiss-German are SKZ). As a painter\, he follows the strict formalist pedagogy of his imaginary school: geometrically divid ing metrically sized canvases to create abstract compositions. He expands on the story through performance\, installation and video. Levenson has ta ught performative drawing lessons taken from the school&rsquo\;s curriculu m at the Hammer Museum\, American Jewish University\, USC&rsquo\;s Roski S chool of Art\, Mast on Fig\, and the Saas-Fee Summer Institute in Berlin\, Germany. \;
\nDan Levenson has exhibited at James Fuentes Onlin e\; Vielmetter Los Angeles\; Honor Fraser\; Praz-Delavallade\, Paris and L os Angeles\; de boer Gallery\; PARTICIPANT INC\; LAXART\; White Columns\; and Vox Populi. He is the recipient of a Pollock/Krasner grant and Yaddo a nd MacDowell Fellowships\, among other awards.
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