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“Some of Parts”: A new sculptural installation by Hadiya Finley

 

November 6, 2004 – January 14, 2005
Reception event: Saturday, November 6, 6 - 8pm
1639 18th Street, Santa Monica

 

 

18th Street Arts Center presents a new mixed-media installation work by artist Hadiya Finley, November 6, 2004 – January 14, 2005 at 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica. The reception will be Saturday, November 6, 6-8pm. This is the third show in a new exhibition series, entitled Spontaneous Combustion, dedicated to showcasing emerging contemporary artists in the greater Los Angeles area and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The show will coincide with “Prism: Beyond the Focal Plane,” a group show of South Asian and Turkish artists living in Southern California and curated by Andaleeb Firdosy.

Hadiya Finley will create a new sculptural installation in 18th Street Arts Center’s Project Space, which will use a variety of materials and aesthetic techniques to stimulate the viewer’s subconscious. Following in the footsteps of her mentor, legendary assemblage artist George Herms, Finley employs, transfigures and breathes new, wondrous life into found objects combined with seemingly quotidian materials such as clay, wood, stones, plaster, cement, wire, fiberglass, and lightbulbs. She has exhibited locally at Armory Center for the Arts, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Claremont University, and Santa Monica College.

Hadiya Finley (Artist): "My work, fabricated from many different materials with a variety of techniques, often appears diverse, though thematically the pieces are all related. In this show, I am hoping to make these connections apparent while challenging viewers. My work is highly personal and comes from that place deep in me from that time before understanding when the unexplained and unexplainable of life with a schizophrenic brother took control. From this place come stories, dreams and fantasies in the form of sculptural pieces and paintings. Though highly personal, they spark imaginations and higher levels of understanding and bring up social and emotional issues in the viewer. I strive to create work that is both beautiful and disturbing, magical, thought-provoking and often humorous.”

 

ArtNight is made possible with the support of the City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica Arts Commission, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, Hypnotiq, and IZZE.

 

18th Street programs are supported by the James Irvine Foundation, California Community Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, National Endowmwnt for the Arts, Santa Monica City Cultural Affairs Division, L.A. County Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Dana Foundation, J. Paul Getty Grant Program, and others.

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