AMERICAN GURL
PRESENTED BY WOMXN IN WINDOWS
24 June – 20 August 2023
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
Womxn in Windows presents ‘American Gurl,’ an ongoing curatorial project that showcases video art, film, and performance to unpack and re-envision the American Dream through the lens of women. Co-curated by Zehra Zehra and Kilo Kish, this iteration of the American Gurl project takes its shape as a group film exhibition.
Guided by the central question ‘how do we re-imagine the American Dream to include the hopes, musings, and fantasies of women of color?,’ the exhibition brings together a constellation of eight powerful and poignant film works by intergenerational artists.
The films are exhibited in the following order on a loop:
Kilo Kish, Death Fantasy, 2:10 min Lorna Simpson, The Institute, 5:13 min Savanah Leaf, run, 9:06 min LaJuné McMillianin collaboration with Marguerite Hemmings, Antidote, 21:38 min Carrie Mae Weems, Afro-Chic, 5:00 min Ayanna Dozier, Forever Your Girl, 7:35 min Ja'Tovia Gary, Quiet As It's Kept, 26:00 min Martine Syms, Meditation, 4:19 min
Total run time: 1 hour 21 minutes
Kilo Kish
Death Fantasy
2022
Single channel video
Duration: 2:10 min
Courtesy the artist
Lorna Simpson
The Institute
2007
Single-channel video installation, color, sound
Duration: 5:13 min
Courtesy the artist
Savanah Leaf
run
2023
Single-channel video, transferred from 35mm film, color, sound
Duration: 9:06 min
Courtesy the artist
LaJuné McMillian
Antidote
2020
Video
Duration: 21: 38 min
in collaboration with Marguerite Hemmings
Courtesy the artist
Carrie Mae Weems
Afro-Chic
2009-10
Video projection
Duration: 5:00 min
Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery
Ayanna Dozier
Forever Your Girl
2022
Video
Duration: 7:35 min
Courtesy the artist and Microscope Gallery
Ja'Tovia Gary
Quiet As It's Kept
2023
Single channel
Duration: 26:00 min
Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery
Martine Syms
Meditation
2021
Digital video (color, sound)
Duration: 4:19 min
Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue
On view in Downtown LA
‘American Gurl’ is on view now through 20 August 2023 at Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles. Please visit our location page to plan your visit.
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On view now through 20 August 2023 at Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles.
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