Marisa J. Futernick: Popular Vote
October 1–November 18, 2022
Opening reception: Saturday October 1, 4–7pm
Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 12–5pm
The Art Gallery at Glendale Community College
1500 N. Verdugo Rd., Glendale, CA 91208
“Any election can be the last.” —Timothy Snyder
The Art Gallery at Glendale Community College is pleased to present Popular Vote, a solo exhibition featuring the work of Marisa J. Futernick.
Taking place at a crucial moment in American democracy, and coinciding with the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, this exhibition considers what constitutes “Americanness” through new works that use photography and text in experimental ways.
Marisa J. Futernick explores the promise of the American Dream by intertwining the personal with the historical and fact with fiction, telling stories that address issues of inequality. Through the combination of text and image, Futernick seeks to uncover the less visible social and political histories of the United States and its complex mythologies. Her invented narratives weave together rigorous research, humor, and the poetry of the everyday in an effort to understand and humanize history.
Works on view include Concession, a series of staged photographs in which the artist assumes the identity of 12 failed presidential candidates; and A Catalog of American Things, a video slideshow that borrows the notion of the encyclopedia to present a sardonic and deadpan "archive" of what constitutes national identity. The people, places, and objects featured in Futernick's work remind us that the distinction between center and periphery can be both artificial and arbitrary.
This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Greater Los Angeles.
Artist workshop
Friday October 21, 12–3pm
Get-out-the-vote sign-making workshop
Presented in partnership with Artists 4 Democracy
Panel discussion
Wednesday November 2, 12:20–1:30pm
Artists Marisa J. Futernick and David John Attyah on art and civic engagement
Moderated by Dana Marterella, Director, The Art Gallery at GCC
All events are free and open to the public.
Pay-and-display/metered parking is available via Mountain St. (Lot B) or in the city lot on Verdugo (across the street from the college). Parking info and maps