Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers explores work of a diverse group of visual artists that have emerged from aspects of street culture loosely associated with the subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, punk, and hip-hop in US urban centers. The core of the project involves painting, sculpture and photography, as well as film, video and clothing and product design by more than thirty individuals — some now established figures in the art world, but many receiving their first broad exposure here.
Curated by: Iconoclast Productions (Aaron Rose and Christian Strike)
Co-Organizing Institutions: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco & Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Space Requirements: Approximately 8-10,000 square feet (745-930 square meters). Some works require room construction or modification. Storage = approx 55 cubic meters.
Technical Requirements:
7-17 DVD presentations on monitors; 2 video projections; 1 audio piece on CD
Fee: $18,000 for 10 weeks, plus pro-rated shipping expenses. Travel expenses of two YBCA installation managers.
US tour schedule:
Mar 12–May 30, 2004 CAC, Cinncinatti
Jul 17–Oct 10, 2004 YBCA, San Francisco
Feb 2–May 15, 2005 Orange Co. Museum of Art,
Newport Beach
Jun 30–Sep 24, 2005 The Contemporary, Baltimore
Nov 4–Dec. 17, 2005 U of So. Fla, Tampa
European tour schedule:
Feb 15–Mar 15, 2006 Milan, Italy
Apr 15–Jul 2, 2006 Lille, France
May 31–Aug 12 2007 Lodz, Poland
Sep 2007–May 2008 AVAILABLE
Jun 6–Aug 17, 2008 Arhus, Denmark
Oct–Dec 2008 Madrid, Spain
Contact:
Valerie Imus
Exhibitions Manager
vimus@ybca.org
+1.415.321.1327