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DESERT X 2017

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Channel: ERIC MINH SWENSON ART FILMS · 2017 · Education

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Film by Eric Minh Swenson.

Desert X : Feb 25-April 30, 2017, California Desert

Curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield, the inaugural Desert X exhibition, one of the most anticipated exhibitions this year, will open Feb 25-April 30, 2017 at various locations in the California Desert.  The exhibition media preview will take place in Palm Springs and the various artists’ project sites over two days on Feb 23 and 24.

Artists from different parts of the world will be invited to make work that responds to the unique conditions of Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley.The themes and locations of the exhibition will engage surrounding communities, other Valley organizations, visitors, and students through works that respond to environmental, social and cultural conditions specific to the Valley, while also focusing attention on the creative energy of the participating artists and their work.

Among the internationally-recognized artists living and working around the world and locally who will be part of the exhibition, are:

Doug Aitken, Lita Albuquerque, Jennifer Bolande, Will Boone, Claudia Comte, Jeffrey Gibson, Sherin Guirguis, Norma Jeane, Glenn Kaino, Gabriel Kuri, Armando Lerma, Cinthia Marcelle, Richard Prince, Rob Pruitt, Julião Sarmento, Phillip K Smith III, Tavares Strachan

Visiting the works will take approximately 2 long half-days. 

Various parallel programs with local arts organizations and institutions will take place in conjunction with the exhibition to form a robust education and community program. Highlights include a partnership with DIGICOM which will allow students and teachers to make video and develop digital story-telling around the exhibition, and a special one-day symposium Desert Constellations: Art and Mythologies at the Palm Springs Art Museum on March 11. 2017. The symposium is organized by Desert X Vice President, Steven Nash, in collaboration with Daniell Cornell, The Donna and Cargill MacMillan Jr., Director of Art at the Palm Springs Art Museum. The day-long symposium is a vehicle to contextualize the work of participating artists culturally and sociologically and will include a keynote address by land art expert William L. Fox, Director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. 

Program partners of the exhibition include Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, DIGICOM, Modernism Week, Palm Springs Art Museum and Sunnylands Center & Gardens.

Desert X is funded by its board of directors, philanthropists well-known to the desert community and its Founding Members. It has received generous support from cities, including Palm Desert, Indio, Palm Springs, and Rancho Mirage; and organizations and corporate entities in the region.  

For more info on Eric Minh Swenson visit his website at thuvanarts.com. His art films can be seen at thuvanarts.com/take1

Eric Minh Swenson also covers the international art scene and his writings and photo essays can be seen at Huffington Post Arts : http://m.huffpost.com/us/author/eric-minh-swenson/

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