LA Art Documents Capture TAG Performances by Kayla Tange & Chuck Hohng

July 3, 2021 Kayla Tange & Chuck Hohng created an experience of art performances here at TAG Gallery.

"Beams Too Vast to Hold” by Kayla Tange / Curated by Peter Kalisch

Kayla Tange was born in Seoul, South Korea and adopted at age six months by a Japanese American family residing in Lemoore, California. She moved to Los Angeles in 2000, and among other endeavors at the intersection of art-making, self-discovery, and survival, began performing as an exotic and burlesque dancer, where she served not only as a sexual projection, but as a private confessor. These experiences inspired the performances Confession Box and A Bare Witness in which public space became an interactive confessional. In 2016, Tange created Confession Room, where these stories collected over a two year period were presented in an interactive multimedia installation at Coagula Curatorial in Chinatown. Under the name Coco Ono, she dances with the Bootleg Bombshells at Townhouse in Venice as wells as venues around Los Angeles and New York. She uses confession, sexuality and dark comedy in her performance work to explore love and longing, cultural stereotyping and societal taboos, catharsis and fetish.

Her passions are found in performance, poetry, photography and facilitating a unique relationship between art and audience leading her to create Intentions at Torrance Art Museum in September 2019, Defining Boundaries performed at Human Resources in December 2018 and Dear Mother, a visual letter to her birth-mother directed by Matthew Kaundart, produced by Luka Fisher and herself. All projects explore emotional, physical and cultural confines and transforming stories of shame into a symbolic and valuable medium.

“Norujeon" by Chuck Hohng / Curated by Peter Kalisch

Born in Long Beach, CA and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Chuck Hohng has always been living in the gray area. Not a fully Korean nor an American, his attempt to understand the cultural duality of life has led him to seek a way to connect different cultures through the visual medium. Finished his undergraduate study in Fine Arts at the University of Southern California and earned his MFA at Art Center College of Design, Chuck Hohng had been part of several national and international exhibitions/ art fairs including southern California, France, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and Great Britain.

Genie Davis Talks Pride Shows at TAG

Art and Cake, an online magazine, reviewed our exhibitions from June 2021.

“…Lane’s work creates the illusion of seeing into and within a flower, almost touching the tenderness of the petals.

Tenderness exemplifies the qualities in both Waiblinger and Henisey’s solo works as well, and also so many of the images in each of the two group shows – in each, there is a gentle willingness to look beneath the surface and into the depths – of love, relationship, longing, and the vibrancy of humanity itself.”

 

To read the full review, please check out this link.

The California Open Returns!

TAG's annual fine art competition returns with new selection from juror Gronk Nicandro. Our window performance series continues with Damon Dragon, August 31. See our current exhibits through July.

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TAG Gallery's California Open Returns

Our 16th Annual California Open launches in person and online, August 4, 2021. Please join us for an opening reception, Saturday, August 7, 7-10pm.


Selected artists include:

Mariko Bird (pictured ceramic), Alejandro Borges, Jonathan Crow, Lynne Deutch, Debra Disman, Kevin Eaton, Louis Jacinto, Brian Knoerzer, Debbie Korbel, Kenny Kwon, Johnny Naked, Barbara Nathanson, Toban Nichols, Bryan Northup, Joe O'neill, Manaz Raiszadeh, Steven Rahbany, John Rushing, James Sloman, Joshua Tann, Michael Tole (pictured painting), Paul Valadez, Robin Walker, Paul Westacott, Tina Ybarra, R Zach Zecha, Jim Zver(pictured sculpture).

 
Performance art is an artwork or exhibition that comes to life through actions executed by an artist and/or audience participants. As the destination of choice for artists and art lovers in Los Angles, TAG Gallery is proud to present a series of performance art pieces in our store-front window. Four artists across three nights of performance will present fine art behind the glass facing Wilshire Boulevard. Join us for a new Window Performance by artist Damon Dragon, July 31, 9-10pm.

Performance art is an artwork or exhibition that comes to life through actions executed by an artist and/or audience participants. As the destination of choice for artists and art lovers in Los Angles, TAG Gallery is proud to present a series of performance art pieces in our store-front window. Four artists across three nights of performance will present fine art behind the glass facing Wilshire Boulevard.

Join us for a new Window Performance by artist Damon Dragon, July 31, 9-10pm.

 
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TAG Gallery is open to the public, Wednesdays-Sundays, 1-7pm. Under public health guidelines, masks are currently required.