
Grounded
Lisa Reihana, Clarissa Tossin, Laura Aguilar, Ana Mendieta, Eamon Ore Girón, Courtney M. Leonard, Rose B. Simpson, Leslie Martinez, Abraham Cruzvillegas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tue-Wed, Thu-Mon 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-8pm
Admission
Free Admission
About
Grounded invites visitors to see land not just as terrain, but as a foundation for exploring ecology, sovereignty, memory, and home. Featuring 35 artists based in the Americas and the Pacific, the exhibition showcases 40 works, spanning the 1970s to today, with many on view for the first time. Works include Lisa Reihana's monumental video installation In Pursuit of Venus [infected] that reimagines colonial narratives from her perspective as a Māori artist; photographs and video by Clarissa Tossin, Laura Aguilar, and Ana Mendieta that trace the artists' bodies in dialogue with the earth; paintings and sculptures by Eamon Ore Girón, Courtney M. Leonard, and Rose B. Simpson that blend technology with Indigenous iconography and craft; and works by Leslie Martinez and Abraham Cruzvillegas that upcycle everyday materials to document consumption and to suggest possibilities for renewal. Grounded is currently closed for artwork rotation. This exhibition will reopen on Saturday, January 31.