The spectacular NOMAD art exhibition, which ran the weekend of August 28th and 29th at Del Amo Crossroads, a former medical center building in Torrance, was a site-specific series of installations, paintings, photography, drawings, mixed media, sculptures, and just plain fun.
There is so much to mention – and so many photographs – that I cannot include them all, but this show is a fantastic example of art as a community, as an exciting, vibrant, welcoming, innovative experience. Masked and thrilled, artists and attendees enjoyed each others company, introduced new works, riveted viewers with performance, and offered pretty much everything that makes up passionate, talented art in Los Angeles.
Described as a two-day pop-up event to for artists “designed to reforge our connections to each other and our audiences,” over 500 artists exhibited at the free event, which ran from 12-5 p.m. both days.
First, credit must be paid to the prodigious effort of all the artists and organizers. Torrance Art Museum’s team, from Director and Head Curator Max Presneill to Sue-Na Gay, Assistant Curator; Hope Ezcurra, Registrar; Jason Jenn, Outreach Specialist; City of Torrance staff including Eve Rappoport, Community Services Division Manager; Michael Field, Senior Supervisor; and Marcus Rodriguez, Getty intern. And of course additionally many thanks to the awesome support team of artists and curators Carl Baratta, Sean Noyce, Alexandra Wiesenfeld, Beverly Siu, Daniel Wiesenfeld, and Tom Dunn.
And now to the art.
And there was so much more. A stupendous show, which unfortunately I cannot do justice to in coverage – literally have over 700 photographs. To view more, see our page on Facebook.
And the next time there’s a massive art event – don’t you miss it!
- Genie Davis; photos: Genie Davis
Wow! Fantastic! Thanks!
Wow!!! Bravo!! Thank for including my work! Love seeing such thorough survey of the exhibition!