Artists Take on LA: Ed Ruscha, Judy Baca, and Vincent Valdez, moderated by Michael Govan

Tuesday, July 16 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM
$10, or $8 for Members

Ed Ruscha, Judy Baca, and Vincent Valdez come together for a screening and discussion of Ruscha’s short film Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills (runtime: 38 minutes) and the unique aspects of creating art in and about Los Angeles, moderated by Michael Govan.

ASL interpretation services will be available during the conversation portion of the program.

Tickets available here.

Vincent Valdez: In Memory

Artwork by Vincent Valdez
Texts by Denise Markonish and Rufus Wainwright
Conversation with Roberto Tejada

Vincent Valdez blends large, representational paintings—the scale of which recall Western traditions of history painting as well as mural painting and cinema—with contemporary subject matter. Vincent Valdez: In Memory is the first book-length study of his work, which focuses on subjects that explore his observations and experience of life in the twenty-first century. The results are powerful images of American identity that confront injustice and inequity while imbuing his subjects with empathy and humanity. Valdez states, “My aim is to incite public remembrance and to impede distorted realities that I witness, like the social amnesia that surrounds us all.” Recognized for his monumental portrayal of the contemporary figure, his drawn and painted subjects remark on a universal struggle within various socio-political arenas and eras.

Copies available here.