September 19–December 16, 2020
Presented by the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
Watch the special project film here
Click here to view Concession, the new work that I have made for this project
Almost Presidential presents new work by six artists who examine the American political landscape from an unfamiliar angle. Featuring sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, and video by Pio Abad, Deborah Aschheim, Matthew Brannon, and Cintia Segovia, and project curators Marisa J. Futernick and Rebecca Sittler, Almost Presidential highlights artists whose previous bodies of work have challenged the visual and rhetorical representations of former presidents and their legacies.
In the context of the 2020 U.S. Federal election, Almost Presidential looks at vice presidents and failed presidential candidates, investigating names forgotten to history, or reduced to one-liners or supporting roles outside the spotlight. Presenting a timely exploration of political rhetoric, failure, and gendered dynamics within political systems in the U.S. and beyond, including Mexico and the Philippines, these six artists combine fiction and historical fact into an active survey of political material, text, and image.
Artist panel discussion
Thursday, October 1, 2020
12noon–1pm PDT / 3–4pm EDT / 8–9pm BST
