Fall Exhibitions, 2024
October 2, 2024 - February 4, 2025
About the Exhibition
On August 9, 1983, LBMA premiered the self-produced cable television series titled Shared Realities: A Cultural Arts Cable Programming Series. Consequently, twelve one-hour episodes aired on Long Beach Cablevision’s local Channel 3 over an eighteen-week period. Produced by LBMA VIDEO and overseen by Executive Producer Kathy Rae Huffman, the series featured interviews, art reviews and discussion, music, and live performances, among many other topics and disciplines. The series took its name, Shared Realities, from the statewide Cable and Arts Conference held in Long Beach at the Queen Mary in 1983. Utilizing accessible cable television was a key objective within the original vision of the LBMA VIDEO Program since its inception by curator David Ross in 1974. This exhibition offers a screening of eight out of the twelve one-hour programs that have been digitally archived by the Getty Research Institute’s Media Archival Department.
As a medium, video art prides itself on providing an original and experimental perspective on the world. The innovative concept of using cable access to expand this new medium beyond an institutional context elevated LBMA’s community engagement and commitment to contemporary art. The 1983 programming of Shared Realities was supported by California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
LBMA was one of the first museums in the United States to embrace video as an artistic medium. The museum began collecting and displaying video art in 1974, and went on to develop one of the country’s most significant video collections, consisting of approximately 5,000 videotapes amassed over three decades. In 2006, the Getty Research Institute acquired the video collection in its entirety; 5,000 tapes, documents, and ephemera were transferred to them for stewardship. More than one-third of the collection has been reformatted, and this exhibition would not have been possible without the processing and cataloging by the Getty Research Institute’s Media Archival Department. 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the inception of the LBMA VIDEO program. This exhibition endeavors to honor LBMA as pioneers in showcasing the medium, and to continue the tradition of enriching our community and beyond via video art.
Shared Realities, A Cultural Arts Cable Series (1983)
Series Produced by: LBMA Video
Executive Producer: Kathy Rae Huffman
Series Production: Joseph Leonardi, Art Nomura, Kathy Rae Huffman
Promotion: Kira Perov
Composition of Series Theme: WIPPO
Graphic design: Joseph Leonardi, Art Nomura, Ned Augustenborg
About the Exhibition
The Long Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present MOTION PICTURES; a solo exhibition of works by Los Angeles based painter Greg Ito. This exhibition will be Ito’s second institutional survey, continuing a cycle which began with past exhibitions and bodies of work. The various stages of his life, from adolescence, to husband, to father are represented through the culmination of the natural elements of water, fire, air, and earth in the form of paintings, sculpture, and Ito’s first video installation. Ito is a vibrant storyteller, and uses the sensory elements of light, texture, and poignant nostalgic objects to engage the viewer’s memory and to foster connection between his own story and the audience’s personal histories. Ito’s past exhibitions have reflected on his family lineage and how his parents, grandparents, and Japanese heritage have impacted his life and outlook.
As a fourth-generation Angeleno of Japanese heritage, Ito primarily centers graphic visuals in his surrealist-style paintings and installations, which act as symbols and portals into his memories. His compositions contain meticulous backdrop choices, as well as domestic objects which are partly inspired by his Japanese heritage and his affinity for Los Angeles. Using common acrylic house paint, Ito has created a discernible palette of vivid colors associated with the Southern California landscape, which serves to evoke both collective and individual memory.
Greg Ito (b. 1987, Los Angeles, CA) earned his BFA from San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions including at Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; The Cantor Center of the Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Maki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY; SPURS Gallery, Beijing, China; Lyles and King, New York, NY; Jeffrey Deitch, New York; NY and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), San Francisco, CA. Ito’s work is included in the permanent collections of public institutions including the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA Miami); K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Ito lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Pasadena Art Alliance.
Greg Ito, Light the Way, 2024, Acrylic on canvas over wood panel, 60 x 38 inches, Courtesy of Greg Ito Studio, Los Angeles
