For Immediate Release: December 20, 2017 NINTH EDITION OF ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY AT THE BARKER HANGAR, SANTA MONICA, JANUARY 25 28, 2018 NEW INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITORS FROM EUROPE & LATIN AMERICA, WITH RETURN OF YOUNG FREEWAYS SECTION LOS ANGELES Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC), the International Contemporary Art Fair of the West Coast, returns for its ninth edition at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica from January 25 28, 2018. The fair offers an unrivaled perspective to the galleries and artists that define Los Angeles position in the contemporary art world. As part of the 2018 edition of the fair, ALAC is pleased to announce Banc of California as its official sponsor. Participants for the 2018 fair encompass local and international exhibitors, including numerous new galleries to the fair from Latin America and Europe. International newcomers include Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran (Montréal), Instituto de Visión (Bogotá), LAZY Mike (Moscow), Revolver (Lima) and Vigo Gallery (London). In its third year, the Freeways section returns with a unique roster of young galleries including AA LA (Los Angeles), Club Pro (Los Angeles), Galerie Derouillon (Paris), M. LeBlanc (Chicago), Marinaro (New York) and Parker Gallery (Los Angeles). Longstanding participants return to the fair this year with presentations from galleries including Altman Siegel (San Francisco), Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago), Ghebaly Gallery (Los Angeles), Jack Hanley (New York), Ibid (Los Angeles), David Kordansky Gallery (Los Angeles), Peres Projects (Berlin) and Vermelho (São Paulo). As the international art community looks towards Los Angeles as a new global epicenter, it is essential to have an event that draws upon a comprehensive notion of the city, said Tim Fleming, founder and director of Art Los Angeles Contemporary. ALAC is a product of Los Angeles unique cultural community composed of an incredibly diverse array of artists, galleries, curators, institutions, collectors and enthusiasts. Entering its ninth year, ALAC continues to play host in a city that has emerged as a powerful cultural hub, as illustrated in the success of the Getty s PST: LA/LA initiative, the constant growth of the gallery scene, and the recent inaugural openings of numerous institutions. ALAC 2018 will specifically emphasize relationships between Los Angeles and other thriving art communities across Latin America, Asia, and Europe and how those relationships contribute to our city s sociopolitical and aesthetic spectrum. Los Angeles is fully integrated into the worldwide contemporary art conversation, and ALAC looks to promote further growth, education and exchange." Alongside the 2018 edition of ALAC will be the special issue of the Art Los Angeles Reader, done in collaboration with the Mexico City-based quarterly publication Terremoto upon the occasion of PST: LA/LA. The issue considers the focus on Latin American and Latinx / Chicanx art throughout Californian institutions within myriad contexts, with contributions by leading curators, educators, artists and writers based both in Mexico and Los Angeles. The issue includes an artist commission by Mexican artist
Carmina Escobar, instructing the reader how to turn the newspaper into a musical instrument. The Reader is published biannually and edited by Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal. ALAC 2018 Exhibitor List: 10 Chancery Lane Gallery (Hong Kong) 313 Art Project (Seoul) 1301PE (Los Angeles) AA LA Gallery (Los Angeles)* Louise Alexander Gallery (Porto Cervo) Altman Siegel Gallery (San Francisco) Peter Blake Gallery (Laguna Beach) Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago) Edward Cella Art & Architecture (Los Angeles) Ceysson & Bénétière (Geneva / Luxembourg / New York / Paris / Saint-Étienne) China Art Objects Galleries (Los Angeles) Club Pro (Los Angeles)* Galerie Derouillon (Paris)* DOCUMENT (Chicago) Anat Ebgi (Los Angeles) Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran (Montréal) Gallery EXIT (Hong Kong) Henrique Faria (Buenos Aires / New York) Five Car Garage (Santa Monica) Honor Fraser (Los Angeles) Galerie Christophe Gaillard (Paris) Asya Geisberg Gallery (New York) Ghebaly Gallery (Los Angeles) Good Weather (North Little Rock)* Halsey McKay Gallery (East Hampton)* Jack Hanley Gallery (New York) The Hole (New York) Ibid Gallery (Los Angeles) Instituto de Visión (Bogotá) Luis De Jesus Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Kayne Griffin Corcoran (Los Angeles) Lisa Kehler Art + Projects (Winnipeg) Marie Kirkegaard Gallery (Copenhagen) KLOWDEN MANN (Los Angeles) David Kordansky Gallery (Los Angeles) LAZY Mike (Moscow) Josh Lilley (London) M. LeBlanc (Chicago)* M+B (Los Angeles) Marinaro (New York)* Miles McEnery Gallery (New York) Meliksetian Briggs (Los Angeles) Nino Mier Gallery (Los Angeles) Mixografia (Los Angeles) Shulamit Nazarian (Los Angeles)
Nicodim Gallery (Los Angeles / Bucharest) Night Gallery (Los Angeles) Ochi Projects (Los Angeles)* ODD ARK LA (Los Angeles) ONE AND J. Gallery (Seoul) Parisian Laundry (Montréal) Parker Gallery (Los Angeles)* Peres Projects (Berlin) The Pit (Los Angeles) The Pit II feat. FriendsWithYou (Los Angeles) Praz-Delavallade (Paris / Los Angeles) Printed Matter (New York) REGARDS (Chicago) Rental Gallery (East Hampton) Revolver Galería (Lima) Reyes Projects (Metro Detroit) Galerie Nicolas Robert (Montréal) Marc Selwyn Fine Art (Los Angeles) SEPTEMBER (Hudson) STARKWHITE (Auckland) Vermelho (São Paulo) Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Los Angeles) Vigo Gallery (London) * Indicates Freeways exhibitor
ABOUT Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the International Contemporary Art Fair of the West Coast, returns for its ninth edition at the Barker Hangar, Santa Monica from January 25 28, 2018. The fair presents a selection of over 60 established and emerging galleries from around the world, with a particular focus on galleries based in Los Angeles. Participants for the 2018 edition include newcomers from Europe and Latin America as well as the third edition of the Freeways section featuring young galleries less than four years old. Exhibiting galleries present unique, dynamic works from their roster of represented artists, offering a survey of new ideas and critical directions taken over the past year in the field of artmaking. The fair offers collectors, curators and enthusiasts alike a shared forum to participate with the emerging ideas and discourses in contemporary art. Public hours Thursday, January 25, 7 9pm Friday, January 26, 11am 7pm Saturday, January 27, 11am 7pm Sunday, January 28, 11am 6pm Barker Hangar is a historic arts venue in Santa Monica, California. With over 40,000 square feet of exhibition space and soaring 40-foot ceilings, the venue is uniquely positioned to create an enjoyable experience for fair attendees. The venue is located at the Santa Monica Airport, one of the nation s premier airports for private airplane travel, located in close proximity to nearby beach hotels, world-class restaurants and renowned contemporary art museums and private collections. Tim Fleming is the founder of Fair Grounds Associates, producers of Art Los Angeles Contemporary and the publisher of Art Los Angeles Reader, the platform for established and emerging voices in art criticism. Fleming has directed and produced some of the top contemporary art shows in the United States. After graduating from the School of Art Institute of Chicago, he served as director of project gallery Seven Three Split, and was on the team that developed The Stray Show, the ancillary art fair of Art Chicago dedicated to alternative gallery spaces. ACCREDITATION Press Accreditation is now open. All requests for credentials must be made before Friday, January 12, 2018. PRESS CONTACTS Darius Sabbaghzadeh THIRD EYE darius@hellothirdeye.com 646-593-8713 Kelly Kimball k2pr k2@kkimballpr.com 310-7101-7773
2018 PARTNERS & SPONSORS Banc of California, Sponsor Art Los Angeles Contemporary is extremely pleased to announce Banc of California as its 2018 sponsor. Banc of California, Inc. is a full-service banking organization and provides comprehensive banking services to California's diverse businesses, entrepreneurs and communities. Banc of California operates over 100 offices in California and the West. Additional Partners and Sponsors include: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Sponsor Gander & White, Professional Partner CoachArt, Programming Partner Art Los Angeles Contemporary, January 25-28, 2018 The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica. The International Contemporary Art Fair of the West Coast The Barker Hangar 3021 Airport Avenue Santa Monica, California 90405 www.artlosangelesfair.com #ALAC2018 @alacontemporary Produced by Fair Grounds Associates