An Art Wandering with Beck+Col

An Art Wandering with Beck+Col

Performance and Opening Reception for Lumpen Station, a new exhibition at the Adams Square Mini-Park Gas Station

Event organized by Brand Associates and the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association

Saturday, July 24, 2021 | 2 PM

Performance starts at 2:20 PM

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. This is an in-person outdoors event and all COVID safety protocols must be followed. If you are not fully vaccinated, please wear a mask.

Please join Brand Associates and the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association for an Opening Reception and Performance for Lumpen Station, a new exhibition at the Adams Square Mini-Park Gas Station by artists Beck + Col (July 12 - Aug 20). We will experience a short performance by the artists, view the exhibition and mingle, and then head over to KAFN for those who want to purchase drinks and nibbles and visit further.

Lumpen Station is a based off of the series The Revolting Lumpen by artists Beck + Col, which features bright, colorful, multidisciplinary experiences combining wearable sculpture, performance, dance, music and live operatic vocalizations. The versatility of textiles allows the artists to build elaborate worlds and the themes running through them. The entire installation was created using three textiles: velvet, cotton and mesh, as well as wood, foam and pex for structure. For the Adams Square Park Gas Station, the artists will hang one or two of the lumpen chandeliers with lights. The bright, inviting colors grab the eyes of passersby. As they approach the structure, patrons will see the floor of the gas station filled with colorful lumps.

Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station

1020 E. Palmer Ave.

Glendale, CA 91205

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

For this special event, the artists will inhabit their wearable sculptures in a performance they describe here as : “A sole monster is trapped in a ritual as they circumambulate a lumpen shrine. A ghostly spectre sings a haunting aria to disrupt the seemingly endless cycle.”

This temporary art installation is generously sponsored by the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission through funding from the Urban Art Program, and support from Glendale Library, Arts & Culture, Glendale Community Services and Parks, and the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Beck+Col are a Los Angeles based artist duo who have been working exclusively in collaboration since 2014.

Beck+Col have performed at numerous venues including the Hammer Museum, REDCAT, and JOAN Los Angeles. They have had multiple solo exhibitions at Human Resources and their work has been exhibited worldwide including the Royal College of Music in Sweden, Colección AMALITA in Buenos Aires and at Biquini WAX EPS in Mexico City. Beck+Col have received multiple FCA grants and were nominated for a Rema Hort Mann Emerging artist grant in 2019. They have been invited to host art education workshops and lectures with the Hammer Museum, the Craft Contemporary Museum,18th Street Art Center and the City of Santa Monica. In Spring of 2020, Beck+Col were the artists in residence for the San Diego International Airport Performing Arts Residency and represented LACE at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair. They are the current Virtual Artists in Residence at UNLV.

Beck received an MFA from CalArts in 2019 and Collin received an MFA in New Genres from CSULA in 2014.

Header Image Photo by Rafael Hernandez.