In her work, artist Alice Könitz explores the interaction of institutional structures, systems of display, public participation, and the built and natural environments. In 2012, Könitz founded the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LAMOA), a ...See moreIn her work, artist Alice Könitz explores the interaction of institutional structures, systems of display, public participation, and the built and natural environments. In 2012, Könitz founded the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LAMOA), a nomadic sculpture and experimental exhibition space that began as an open-air pavilion outside her studio in Eagle Rock. An architectural display system that functions as a site for public engagement, LAMOA is a dynamic platform in which other artists are invited to participate and artistic dialogues are constructed. In this film, Könitz speaks about her exhibition Display Systems of the Los Angeles Museum of Art (2019) at Commonwealth and Council, a gallery that began as an artist-run space and has been located in Koreatown since 2010. Both LAMOA and Commonwealth and Council share a community-oriented sense of purpose and spirit of inclusivity. Here Könitz discusses works on view by artists represented by the gallery, including Carmen Argote, Clarissa Tossin, Jen Smith, Gala Porras-Kim, Beatriz Cortez, Katie Grinnan, and Olga Koumoundouros, and how utopic leanings tie them together.
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