Near Here with Paul Druecke this Saturday
HABEAS LOUNGE is back with a new space off of Broadway in downtown Los Angeles!
In collaboration with the MKE<->LAX, a new Artist-in-Residence program, we invite you to join us for an informal public discussion:
In collaboration with the MKE<->LAX, a new Artist-in-Residence program, we invite you to join us for an informal public discussion:
Near Here
with Paul Druecke
MKE<->LAX Artist-in-Residence, March 2012
Saturday, March 17
4-6pm
@
HABEAS LOUNGE
new downtown location!
117 West 9th Street
Suite 1122
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Free and open to the public
Seating capacity is limited, so please RSVP by March 16 to habeaslounge@gmail.com
Parking
Metered street parking on Saturdays, most free after 4 PM (check signs to confirm)
Reasonably priced parking options on 9th Street between Hill Street and Broadway:
Outdoor lot - north side of street
Indoor lot – south side of street
Habeas Lounge is open from 3:45.
Near Here continues Paul Druecke’s use of historic plaques to contribute to the story of place. The project expands local lore by dislocating history while asserting the centrality of the plaque itself. Near Here continues Druecke’s use of bronze plaques
as sculptural interventions. Often overlooked, these markers embody questions of authority, communal value, and personal agency. Druecke’s pioneering work offers new perspectives on the social landscape. As part of his residency in Cleveland, Ohio, Druecke permanently placed two plaques on the facade of Spaces art center. The Near Here series is a collaboration with poet, Donna Stonecipher.
For his projects, Paul Druecke has solicited strangers door to door, christened a park and courtyard, rolled out the red carpet, been a benefactor, initiated a Board of Directors, and memorialized the act of memorialization. Druecke enacts subtle dramas of perpetual potential — at times celebratory, desperate, underwhelming, or all three. He has worked with the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne; Suburban, Chicago; Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Green Gallery, Milwaukee; Many Mini Residency, Berlin; and the Contemporary Art Museum Houston among other venues. Druecke’s work has been featured in Camera Austria and InterReview, and written about in Artforum, Art in American, Artnet.com, and Metropolis.com. Druecke was a resident in Spaces World Artist Program in 2010 and received the 2010-2011 Mary L. Nohl Fellowship.
For more information about Druecke’s work, please visit: www.asocialevent.com.
HABEAS LOUNGE is an environment created by Linda Pollack designed to foster and animate civic dialogue. Editions of HABEAS LOUNGE’s have been installed in cities in the U.S. and abroad, addressing issues ranging from urban planning and constitutional democracy to economic bubbles.
MKE<–>LAX is an initiative created by Sara Daleiden which investigates cultural exchange between two American regions, with Milwaukee and Los Angeles as epicenters, through residencies and public programs.
To schedule an appointment with Druecke during his residency from March 10-17, please contact Sara Daleiden at saradaleiden@yahoo.com.
Made possible with support from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund for Individual Artists.
