Lili Bernard: Baila con Duende

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BAILA con DUENDE: A Group Art Exhibition, Solo-Curated by LILI BERNARD for the Watts Towers Arts Center

BAILA con Duende features the works of seventy-three living Black Artists in Los Angeles (BAILA) at all levels of their careers – from legendary, celebrity, mid-career, and emerging, to those just starting out. World-renowned McArthur Genius Mark Bradford, along with celebrity artists Kehinde Wiley, Betye Saar, John Outterbridge, Artis Lane, William Pajaud, Samella Lewis, Charles Gaines, Henry Taylor, Joe Lewis, Ulysses Jenkins, Noah Davis and Rodney McMillian are among the talent who have come together in a show of solidarity, to display their works in this exhibition whose theme is spirit. The purpose of the exhibition is to reveal the breadth of diversity in content and artistic styles of the so-called “Black Art” Diaspora. The show is curated by Cuban-born, Los Angeles-based artist/activist LILI BERNARD, and features the original works of the following artists:

Mark Bradford, Kehinde Wiley, Betye Saar, John Outterbridge, Artis Lane, William Pajaud, Samella Lewis, Charles Gaines, Henry Taylor, Joe Lewis, Ulysses Jenkins, Noah Davis, Rodney McMillian, Charles Dickson, Toni Scott, Dale Brockman Davis, Dominique Moody, Lili Bernard, Derrick Maddox, Isabelle Lutterodt, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Lauren Halsey, Vincent Johnson, Bernard Hoyes, Charles Bibbs, Joseph Sims, Duane Paul, Zeal Harris, Miles Regis, Castillo, Aaron Waugh, Rosalyn Myles, Carlos Spivey, Raksha Parekh, Steven J. Brooks, Teresa Tolliver, Lavialle Campbell, Yrneh Gabon Brown, Michael Massenburg, J Michael Walker, Anna Martine Whitehead, George Evans, Keith Mikell, La Monte Westmoreland, Donna Brown, Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, June Edmonds, Silfredo La O, Wendell Wiggins, Moses Ball, Charla Puryear, Mark Broyard, Numa Perrier, Samuel Levi Jones, Milton Loupe, Ngene Mwaura, Donna Angers, AfraShe Asungi, Samuel Pace, Angela Briggs, Enoch Mack, Ingrid Elburg, Buena Johnson, Sharon Barnes, Yohannes Tesfaye, Greg Pitts, Donald Bernard, Andre Ajibade, Miriam Moore, Kevin Thompson, Karien Zachery, Jim Starks, Jr., Liliane Lathan, Isaiah Bernard Ferguson, plus two artists in memoriam: Willie Middlebrook and Joseph Beckles. (Scroll down to see the artists' faces and to visit their work online.)

WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER & CHARLES MINGUS YOUTH ARTS CENTER
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
1727 E. 107th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90002

M. Bradford

K. Wiley

B. Saar

J. Outterbridge

A. Lane

W. Pajaud

S. Lewis

C. Gaines

H. Taylor

J. Lewis

U. Jenkins

N. Davis

R. McMillian

C. Dickson

T. Scott

D. B. Davis

D. Moody

L. Bernard

D. Maddox

I. Lutterodt

K. A. C. Hinkle

Z. Harris

Click here for a PDF of the Press Release.

Contact: Lili Bernard, Curator: (323) 936-3607, theartist@lilibernard.com or Rosie Lee Hooks, WTAC Campus Director: (213) 847-4646, watts.towers1@lacity.org

BAILA con Duende: Group Art Exhibition, Watts Towers Arts Center and Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center Campus, September 9, 2012 - January 6, 2013

Curated by LILI BERNARD

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 9, 2012, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, featuring live performances by Silfredo La O, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Charles Dickson, and Anna Martine Whitehead, with off-sight open studio tour of Dominique Moody’s work-in-progress, The Nomad. Free Admission

Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Other Programming During the Run of the Show:

31st Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival & 36th Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival: Saturday, September 29, 2012 and Sunday, September 30, 2012, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Watts Towers Arts Center Campus. Free Admission.

BAILA con Duende Closing Reception and Artists Discussion: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Watts Towers Arts Center Campus. Featuring interactive performance by Joe Lewis. Free Admission.

Click here to view photo albums, on FaceBook, of studio visits with the artists, for this show.

THE ARTISTS (click on face to visit artist online)