Saturday, September 15, 2018

New Exhibit




                                                          



                                                                                                                                        “X” photo by Ted Soqui © 1992
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Photojournalist Ted Soqui Added to
The Lineup of "Out In The Street"
-Exhibition at Muzeumm in West Adams District
(September 10, 2018/ Los Angeles, California) The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art ViCA and Muzeumm present a unique fine art photography exhibition Out In The Street, which focuses on a nearly 200 year tradition in art, will feature a selection of work by Ted Soqui. He is known for his insightful and dedicated photographic coverage of Los Angeles in all it's aspects for the LA Weekly, TIME Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine to name a few - with special emphasis on cause-based events protests and demonstrations from the 1980's to the present. He became world renowned for a TIME Magazine cover image of an Occupy Movement protester by Shepard Fairey. The original “Protester” image and several protest images photographed over the last 30 years in Los Angeles, will be exhibited.

Artists selected for the show include the renowned Edmund TeskeAve PildasDiane CockerillSunny Bak and Osceola Refetoff. Out In The Street presents mages created with a camera that address urban challenges and solutions in terms of social issues, justice, political protest, demonstrations, geographical, and/or philosophically creative ways of seeing what's out in the street or out of doors - from around the world.
Curated by Director of ViCA Juri Koll, the exhibition opens with an artist’s reception on September 21 from 7:30 - 10pm, and continues through October 21, 2018 at Muzeumm in Los Angeles, a pre-eminent exhibition space located at 4817 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90016, in the burgeoning West Adams District.
Following the exhibition, a catalog will be published, for purchase in soft cover for $20.
Deadline for the Open Call approaches quickly - September 14, 2018 at 5pm. 
Submissions: https://www.veniceica.org/exhibitions/2018/9/21/out-in-the-street

For further information: ted@tedsoquiphoto.com
 juri@veniceica.org or +1 310-957-7037, and www.veniceica.org.
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