Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa February 22, 2009 to June 14, 2009 Continental Rifts PhotoTour View video and digital film works by five contemporary artists with deep connections to Africa— Yto Barrada, Cláudia Cristóvão, Alfredo Jaar, Georgia Papageorge and Berni Searle—shown in Los Angeles for the first time. Each offers a visually seductive exploration of geology, geography, botany, memory, exile, or loss, especially as these areas of inquiry relate to a world that is simultaneously globalizing and fragmenting. In these compelling works the medium is itself a bearer of meaning. Through the moving image and its ability to create relationships between past and present, space and place, memory and absence, each artist addresses lives in transition and rifts of experience. Continental Rifts is curated by Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts. Major support is provided by the CAA College Art Association, FLAX Foundation (France Los Angeles Exchange) in collaboration with French Cultural Services, and the Joy and Jerry Monkarsh Family Foundation. Additional support is generously provided by the Directorate-General for the Arts/Ministry of Culture, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The accompanying programs are made possible through the Yvonne Lenart Public Programs Fund, the Jerome L. Joss Fund, the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies and Manus, the support group for the Fowler Museum. This exhibition was selected as the CAA College Art Association 2009 Annual Exhibition. News Release Link News Release PDF