For Immediate Release
June 30, 2017
Media Contact: Livia Mandoul
livia@lynwinter.com
City of Malibu and DEPART Foundation to Host Media Preview of “Sea Sick in Paradise” Group Pop-Up Art Exhibition Highlighting the Intersection of Surfing and Art on Friday, July 7
(Malibu, CA) – The DEPART Foundation and the City of Malibu are hosting a media preview of “Sea Sick in Paradise,” a summer group exhibition featuring the work of 46 artists, on Friday, July 7, 11:00 AM at Malibu Village in Malibu.
Sea Sick in Paradise, on display July 8 through September 30, 2017 at DEPART gallery in Malibu Village, is curated by Amy Yao, featuring works in a variety of media by 46 established and emerging artists, many of whom are surfers or are inspired by surfing, the ocean, and coastal culture.
DEPART Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in Italy in 2008, with a gallery in West Hollywood, dedicated to the discussion, exhibition and promotion of art, with a focus on the development and support of contemporary, emerging artists. DEPART organized Sea Sick in Paradise in collaboration with the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA (LENS) and the Surfrider Foundation. The exhibition explores the longstanding relationship between surfing and art making, particularly highlighting work made in Southern California.
With an emphasis on diversity and environmental concern, the exhibition traces evolving surf culture in the
21st century through a variety of vantage points. The multiplicity of work, artists and surfers in the exhibition strives to demonstrate the divergence of experience, concerns, identity, culture, and generation, attesting to the draw of the ocean.
The Media Preview is followed by the public opening, on Saturday, July 8, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM at DEPART Foundation’s new 4,000 square-foot pop-up venue in Malibu Village, with free live performances by DJ Darren Rademaker and Forbidden Trim Band. Sea Sick in Paradise has an accompanying summer program of free art and surf-related public events, talks and screenings taking place on-site in Malibu Village and at Malibu City Hall.
Media Preview
Friday, July 7, 2017,
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
DEPART Foundation Malibu Village
3822 Cross Creek Road, Malibu, CA 90265
RSVP: livia@lynwinter.com
Public Opening
Saturday, July 8, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Live performances by DJ Darren Rademaker and Forbidden Trim Band
DEPART Foundation Malibu Village
3822 Cross Creek Road, Malibu, CA 90265
Sea Sick in Paradise Featured Artists:
Chris Ballreich, Base Barajas, Jennifer Bartlett, Billy Al Bengston, Cristine Blanco, Jamie Brisick, Brown Girl Surf, Catherine Byun, Alexandra Cassaniti, Samantha Jane Clark, David Donahue/Robin Kegel, Danica Elbertse, Roe Ethridge, Peter Fend, Eve Fowler/ Mariah Garnett, Danny Fuller, Zoe Ghertner, Nolan Hall, Jeff Ho, Hoffman Fabrics, Stanya Kahn, Margaret Kilgallen, Alex Knost, Rob Kulisek, Margaret Lee, Matthew Lutz Kinoy, Barry Mcgee, Sarah Mcmenimen, Daniella Fernandez Murphy, Zak Noyle, Tin Ojeda, Riley O’neill, Kevin O’sullivan, Peter Schroff, Pacific Specific, Jean Painleve, Prerna Sampat With Melissa Ip and Ramdasha Biceem, Mika Tajima, George Trimm/Colin Whitbread, Jennifer West and Phillip Zach.
Summer Events
Panel: The New Lineup: Surfing, Sea-Level Rise, Access, and Inclusion in the 21st Century
Thursday, July 13, 6:30 PM
A conversation about challenges to the coast and the future of surfing with exhibition curator Amy Yao, artist Alexandra Cassaniti, surfer and author Kevin O’Sullivan, Brown Girl Surf, Surfrider Foundation West LA/Malibu Co-Chair and City of Santa Monica Sustainable Building Manager Joel Cesare, moderated by Jon Christensen, professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA.
Summer Screenings
Saturday July 15 and 29, August 12 and 26, September 9
Exhibition curator Amy Yao and David Donahue, artist George Trimm, Surfrider Foundation, Jon Christensen, professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA will each present one of five free Saturday night screenings co-hosted with the City of Malibu. Program details to be announced.
Malibu Library Speaker Series Presented In Collaboration with the City Of Malibu and Los Angeles County Library
Tuesday, September 19, 7:00 PM
Pulitzer-prize winning author of “Barbarian Days” William Finnegan in conversation with artist Barry McGee moderated by Jon Christensen, professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA.
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