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THE-GREEN-HEART

February 24th, 2018  - March 17th, 2018

Opening Reception February 24th, 2018, 6pm - 9pm

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Building Bridges Art Exchange is honored to host the interactive installation the-green-heart by Petra Eiko

Image from the-green-heart 2017

Eiko designed the-green-heart project to inspire, share ideas and widen the human circle through interactive art. The intention of this community driven project is to unite people of all walks of life with one question: what is in your heart? - the world is listening.

 

the-green-heart comes from a place of connectivity, that we all share the same fundamental life goals and that the oppurtunity to share this with one another is a way of breaking the barriers that seperate us. By bringing markers and paper into our communities and high schools, offering people the chance to express anonymously what is in their hearts, Eiko has been able to confirm her thesis and create a profound work of art.

 

The voices of the participants are individual, unique and unidentified while also recognizable to all. The messages range from funny to heartbreaking. The vast majority are handwritten, some feature illustrations, are love letters, document struggles and challenges and recall memories. All are placed together on walls that contain one of Eiko's own painted green hearts. The visual effect is overwhelming, and every installation different. To date, the project has collected a total number of 7,732 drawings nationwide.

GUATEMALAN MASKS: A HOLY AND MAGICAL OBJECT

OF TRANSFORMATION

February 24th, 2018  - March 17th, 2018

Opening Reception February 24th, 2018, 6pm - 9pm

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The Kim Martindale & Giorgio Rossilli Collection

Left: the Spaniard from Totonicipan's Dance of the Conquest, late 19th/early 20th century, Right: the Devil from Totonicipan's Dance of the Devils, late 19th century

For centuries, the indigenous people of Guatemala have produced extraordinary masks that show us the varied and colorful expressions of their culture. The purpose of the mask seems to be transformation,when one wears the mask the person acquires a completely new and different personality, becoming somebody else, a magical and unique experience.

 

Masks are worn by dancers during ceremonies, they have played an essential part in Guatemalan ritual, their dances, drama, fertility rites, planting cycles and religious ceremonies. Most masks are made out of wood,  with a thin layer of plaster, paint and a variety of materials that range from horse hair for beards to feathers and colorful ribbons. While Guatemala has the finest Spanish-American colonial sculpture made out of cedar, many of the masks today are made from softer woods, including pine and cypress.

 OUR GRANTS 
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Support from the

National Performance

Network (NPN)

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Supported in part by a grant from the City of Santa Monica & Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs

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Support in part by a grant from the Los Angeles County

Department of Arts & Culture

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Support from the Getty Foundation through its Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship initiative.

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Support from the Consulate General of the Netherlands

in New York

OUR PARTNERS

QATAR VISUAL ARTS CENTER 

 

MINISTRY OF CULTURE, ARTS AND HERITAGE QATAR

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KATARA ART CENTER 

 

MOPLA

MUSEO DE LAS ARTES UNIVERSIDAD

DE GUADALAJARA

IFITRY RESIDENCY OF ARTISTS

UNIVERSITY OF ARTS BAJA CALIFORNIA

CULTURAL INSTITUTE

OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

CONTEMPORARY ART

PLATFORM - CHILE

ARTE AL LIMITE

CENTER OF THE 

ARTS ESTACION 

ANTOFAGASTA - CHILE

BICE BUGATTI

CLUB

CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN

ESSAOUIRA 

REDLINE

CONTEMPORARY 

ARTS CENTER

LA ART SHOW

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CONTEMPORARY

EXPRESSIONS OF ART

MAROC PREMIUM

FOUNDATION

THE BROAD

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KAI 10 ARTHENA FOUNDATION

INTERNATIONAL 

BIENNIAL

OF CASABLANCA

CENTER OF THE ARTS

ENSENADA, BC, MEXICO

SANTO TOMAS

CULTURAL ART CENTER

ART SCI CENTER UCLA

IASAS

VILLA AURORA +

THOMAS MANN HOUSE

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UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED

ARTS VIENNA

CONSULATE GENERAL

OF POLAND

SENATE OF BERLIN

NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION

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ITALIAN CULTURAL

INSTITUTE OF

LOS ANGELES

LUCIE FOUNDATION

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