Lara Salmon
March
1, 2017
Performance: Ivanka
Loves Refugees
A performance by Lara Salmon
Performance:
Saturday, March 25, 7 – 10 pm
Exhibition:
Through April 15
Hours:
Saturdays, 12 – 6 pm and by appointment
In conversation with artist Iva Gueorguieva: Saturday, April 15 at 1:00 pm
PØST
1206 Maple Avenue, #515
Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
new@postlosangeles.org
Ivanka
Loves Refugees
PØST is pleased to be hosting the
performance/exhibition Ivanka Loves Refugees by Lara Salmon.
The performance took place on March 25th and her exhibition will continue
through April 15. Regular hours for Ivanka Loves Refugees are
Saturdays, 12 – 6 pm and by appointment. Lara Salmon will be in a conversation
with artist Iva Gueorguieva on April 15 at 1:00 pm. PØST is located in
the Bendix Building at 1206 Maple Ave. #515, LA 90015.
“A
silk scarf colored with deep ruby explosions. Light, soft and now wrinkled, its
border is a boring peach hue. The whole thing looks like a beautiful spill. My
mother’s accidental acquisition of this garment five years ago brought it into
our lives. Forbidden to wear and yet not-quite-trash, what would we do with an
Ivanka Trump scarf?
Like
you, I wake up many days devastated by the news pouring out of the Middle East
and out of Washington. Perhaps also like you, I have made signs and gone to the
streets and to the airport to protest. Here is simply one more attempt to
rewrite reality. “
Performance
duration: 3 hours
Lara Salmon is a Los Angeles-based artist who
works in performance, video and sculpture. Through acts of endurance and
vulnerability her pieces address the interplay of culture, biology and
identity. Her live work often invites audience engagement. Since the outbreak
of war in Syria much of Lara’s work is inspired by her personal relationship
with the refugee crisis. Lara received her BA from UC Berkeley and her MFA at
Claremont Graduate University. She has lived, studied, and traveled in the
Middle East. In addition to her own practice Lara has helped develop several
projects that unite art with refugee aid. Her mother, Niki Salmon, tutors
refugee children at a high school in San Diego. www.LaraSalmon.com
For more information about
the exhibition, please contact HK Zamani at new@postlosangeles.org
