MAIN GALLERY: Baker’s Dozen

A survey of thirteen Southern California contemporary art practices

Baker’s Dozen acts as a review of sorts; a survey show of thirteen artists whose work made an impression upon the curators in the last year. These thirteen reflect current directions in Southern Californian contemporary art practices.

Historically, a Baker’s Dozen is thirteen instead of twelve, as British bakers in the 13th century gave customers an extra loaf of bread to avoid being punished by King Henry III for cheating the public when serving up notoriously light loaves. The selections within this exhibition reflect our own preconceptions and biases, centering on artistic endeavors at this moment in history.

Participating Artists: Brenna Youngblood, Brian Hubble, Canyon Castator , Joaquin Boz, Jason Lahr, Jenny Rask, Joshua Nathanson, Justin Lyons, Nadine Schelbert, Nick Modrzewski, Rema Ghuloum, Rosalie Smith, Shannon Freshwater

GALLERY TWO: Code Collapse - Bachrun Lomele and Perin Mahler

A two person exhibition featuring artists Bachrun Lomele and Perin Mahler.

”Code Collapse is a concept in tech where most of the code in a piece of software gets hidden and just a synopsis or abbreviation remains visible. The actual concept could refer to how information can be edited to such a degree that truths can be obscured by falsehoods or conspiracies.  It could also suggest the breakdown of moral or legal codes that were previously considered normative.  Lastly, it relates to our work on a purely visual level, referring to the collapsed structures that are common to both of our work.”

MAIN HALLWAY: liminal level

Semi Permanent Installation

An immersive hallway experience featuring a new site-specific installation by artist Darel Carey.

Darel Carey is a visual artist focusing on optical perception. He graduated from Otis College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2016.His Optical Art (Op Art) includes immersive tape installations, painted murals, and digital art.  The demand for his crowd-pleasing work has been in demand in recent years, with installations at art institutions around the world and featured in major commercial ad campaigns.

Darel’s previous hallway installations for TAM include DIMENSIONALIZATION (2018-2019) and COALESCENCE (2019-2024).

Fallen Fruit's projects invite people to experience their city as a fruitful, generous place, to collectively reimagine the functions of public participation and urban space—to ponder forms of located citizenship, and to explore the meaning of community and neighborhood through creating and sharing new and abundant resources.

In 2021 Fallen Fruit installed a permanent community Fruit Park around the perimeter of the pre-existing community garden in Torrance’s Lago Seco Park as part of TAM’s public art exhibition ULTRA!

Permanent Installation: Public Art mural

This installation brightens the hallway of the Cultural Arts Building with bold and dynamic color in abstract arrangements that enliven the space and alter the perception of it as a neutral space into one of integrated experience with the studios.