TRYST The international alternative art fair will return for the 3rd edition, alongside the 4th edition of NOMAD, a giant 3 day pop-up of SoCal artists.

Both events will take place at:
Del Amo Crossing
21535 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503

Friday, July 11: VIP Opening - 4-6pm
Saturday & Sunday July 12-13: Open 12-6pm

ADMISSION is FREE

MAIN GALLERY: SUR - Curator’s/Staff Picks

Founded in 2011, SUR: biennial features independently-curated exhibitions that showcase recent and newly-commissioned works by local and international artists who have been influenced by the cultures and artistic traditions of Mexico, Central & South America, and the Caribbean.

GALLERY TWO: Affective Territories, Alternate Belongings

Video and multi-media artworks from contemporary national and international artists whose current video production practice highlights technology as an extension of humankind and its desire to transcend corporeal identity. The works presented urge us to explore the increasingly entangled, unbodied, and physical worlds we take turns inhabiting so we can create new territories of belonging and develop alternate affections.

Participating Artists: Allyson Packer and Jesse Fisher / United States, Camille Dumont/ Switzerland, Chrystele Nicot & Antoine Alesandrini / France, Holly Veselka / United States, Joe Harjo / United States, Laine Rettmer / United States, Margaret Noble / United States, Paul Moore / Northern Ireland (UK), Scott Massey / Canada, Sophie Dia Pegrum / British/American, Spencer Chang / United States, Woohee Cho / South Korea/ United States

This exhibition is curated and organized by Gioj De Marco and Elizabeth Withstandley of Prospect Art. The project is co-created by Prospect Art’s 2023/24 Curatorial Fellow, Prima Jalichandra Sakuntabhai, and Prospect Art’s 4th-WALL program manager, Pedro Inock.

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.

MAIN GALLERY: MAS Attack

The return of the Mutual Appreciation Society event—MAS Attack! a one-night-only pop-up exhibition that invites all artists to share work that reflects upon our times and come together as a community.

MAIN GALLERY: Defending Ethical Integrity: Degenerate Art in the Age of DOGE

As political forces tighten their grip on cultural institutions, Degenerate Art in the Age of DOGE stands as both a rebellion and a celebration of fearless self-expression while confronting state-controlled narratives, censorship, and the suppression of creative autonomy.

Drawing from the Trump administration’s intervention in the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Center, and the NEA and evoking the legacy of the Nazi Party’s 1937 Degenerate Art exhibition—used to vilify and silence artists—this show reclaims the term as a symbol of resistance. Featuring a diverse group of contemporary artists, Degenerate Art in
the Age of DOGE challenges power structures, disrupts social taboos, and amplifies voices that refuse to conform.

Curated by TAM in collaboration with Jenny Hager, Ty Pownall and Steven Wolkoff.

GALLERY TWO: Nine Visions X Nine Artists

MRH Fund for artists exhibition

MAIN GALLERY: Ralph Steadman: and Another Thing

This traveling exhibition spans over 60 years of Ralph Steadman’s influential career, featuring more than 140 original artworks and ephemera, including sketchbooks, handwritten notes, and personal photographs. Steadman is best known for his long collaboration with Hunter S. Thompson, notably illustrating "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Their partnership helped define Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting that blends personal experience with political commentary. Coined by journalist Bill Cardoso, Gonzo’s impact is still felt today in online news, editorial pieces, social media, and political punditry.

The exhibition showcases his diverse body of work, from iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s "Alice in Wonderland" and Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Treasure Island" to collections like "The Gonzovation Trilogy," created in collaboration with documentarian and filmmaker Ceri Levy to raise awareness about endangered species. Featured works include nine portraits of U.S. Presidents, over 20 images of famous people, including T.S. Eliot, Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, and George Orwell, and "Vintage Dr. Gonzo," a life-size bronze sculpture.

This exhibition is organized by the Ralph Steadman Art Collection. Sponsored by United Therapeutics, Flying Dog, and Beta Technologies.

GALLERY TWO: Stuart Kusher: Ascension

DARK ROOM: Tom Dunn: The Gates of Hell

MAIN GALLERY: CHAMPION

A survey of sports themes in contemporary art.

MAIN GALLERY: STUDIO SYSTEM

The Studio System Experimental Residency project is a unique attempt to bridge the gap between artistic practice and the public. First held in 2015, Studio System seeks to bring the dynamism of the artist's studio into the museum space, encouraging audiences to not only see works as they are in progress but to interact with the artist to discuss inspirations, sources, thoughts, feelings, content and context, as well as chart the progression of the works over the month long period that the project encompasses.

MAIN GALLERY, GALLERY TWO, & DARK ROOM: London Calling!

Curated by Steve Douglas / Bod Boyle
A photography based history of the influential but largely under-represented British skateboard scene of the 1970s and the impact of skate magazines worldwide.

This exhibition will be accompanied by a continuous screening of London Calling: A Whole Era Showed Up an 80 minute documentary which chronicles the inception, creation, preparation and recollections of the ‘London Calling!’ exhibition launch, as well as accompanying events, held across London in 2023 (filmed and directed by Winstan Whitter) .

MAIN GALLERY: MAS Attack

The return of the Mutual Appreciation Society event—MAS Attack! a one-night-only pop-up exhibition that invites all artists to share work that reflects upon our times and come together as a community.