OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS

OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS Sun, 04 Oct 2020 01:59:49 +0000 https://olgakoumoundouros.art en Olga Koumoundouros https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Olga-Koumoundouros Sat, 13 Oct 2018 07:45:39 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Olga-Koumoundouros I produce artworks that are an aggregate of the personal narratives of my life, those around me co-mingled with my understanding of American power dynamics and their impacts. These forms exist as stories as well as material objects joining the earthbound with the synthetic and ready-mades tracking their own energetic and capital driven supply chains. How do systemic structures buoy and harm the commons while forming a backdrop for the American Dream? These structures and systems do this in ways that embeds itself in people’s lives, mind, and body as it vibrates in the metaphysical space surrounding us all. My art expands on this understanding of power and their entangled relationships by considering  how violence and its ripple effects travel across time and geographies in the stories of my own family. Having been raised by immigrants, I have visceral memories driven by myths of meritocracy in an adaptive, ever-striving environment constructed from the brutality of the exalted and the disposable occupying the same space. Accessing critical analyses and fantasy via my own emotional and socio-political understanding of gender, sexuality, Greek-American identity, folk mysticism and trauma, I synthesize ancient and contemporary mythologies into a tactile present. In 2019 I became the Artist in Residence at Los Angeles County’s Office of Violence Prevention housed within the Department of Public Health. There I guide  the Violence, Hope and Healing Storytelling Project which records stories of people who have navigated and survived violence spanning the diverse cultures and geographies of Los Angeles County. <img width="4520" height="6374" width_o="4520" height_o="6374" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad20b32f1367c3534678a3b55d97f8691d24360d364946ea3d02c769f7e082ba/medusa-two.jpg" data-mid="84475907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad20b32f1367c3534678a3b55d97f8691d24360d364946ea3d02c769f7e082ba/medusa-two.jpg" /> Medusa Chthonic Chimes, 2019 Pink Himalayan salt crystals, black bituminous coal, rose quartz, Tiger’s Eye, acrylic paint, enamel paint, epoxy clay, nickel plated cast brass chandelier chain, nickel plated chandelier canopy, silver chain, porcelain and brown stoneware clays77 x 18 x 18 inches         Los Angeles Museum of Art | Commonwealth and Council Statement https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Statement Sat, 13 Oct 2018 07:10:59 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Statement By List https://olgakoumoundouros.art/By-List Mon, 15 Oct 2018 06:01:26 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/By-List 2019     Medusa Chthonic Chimes    Sextant for some peoples neighborhood convening     Silvias Find a New Moon 2018    Medusa Chimes     Cartwheel     We (tbd)     Still Life with Tickler 2017     Neither Liquid Nor Solid But Amorphous; differently ordered bodies flow under large stresses, creep or remain stationary under smaller stresses, and have complex, history-dependent behavior 2016     The Soul At Work: Phoning it In     The Soul At Work: Double Down 2015     The Soul At Work: Chamber of Commerce    Always Moving Towards Separation Together 2014     Denial and the Longing for the Big Nap     Roundhouse Shines 2013     Sunday Collapse     We Made Life Here For A Little While     TRANSFORMer: Platform for Community Education, Activism and Fundraising at TANG     Dream Home Resource Center     Possession; version 3      A Place That Treats Me Kindly     Possessed by Glint and Dreams 2012     Aurora Annulus and Butt Bag     A Notorious Possession 2011     Poor Pension Math      TRANSFORMer: Platform for Community Education, Activism and Fundraising at BASS 2010     Accumulation of Mondays     Triumph Over Survival2009     Demand Management 2008     Great Expectations and The Wreck of the Hope    The Unreposed     News from a Mime’s Thud 2007     A Roof Upended     On a Porch 2006     Thieves Vinegar 2005     A Philosophy of Time Travel 2004     Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole 2003     Monument to a town meeting: after Acconci By Image https://olgakoumoundouros.art/By-Image Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:39:43 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/By-Image Performance / Video https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Performance-Video Mon, 07 Jan 2019 06:29:45 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Performance-Video Site Informed https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Site-Informed Mon, 07 Jan 2019 06:30:28 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Site-Informed Collaboration https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Collaboration Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:10:14 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Collaboration 2020     What Do We Do Now? | Collaboration with Drew Pisarra 2018     We (tbd) | Collaboration with John Booortle, von curtis, Alexander Kroll, Francesca Lalanne, Kristy Lovich, Ofelia Marquez, and Jennifer Moon2017     No hitting or grabbing | Collaboration with Rakish Light and X-TRA 2013    TRANSFORMer: Platform for Community Education, Activism and Fundraising at TANG | Collaboration with Andrea Bowers 2011     TRANSFORMer: Platform for Community Education, Activism and Fundraising at BASS | Collaboration with Andrea Bowers 2008     News from a Mime’s Thud | Collaboration with Rodney McMillian 2007     On a Porch | Collaboration with Rodney McMillian 2005     Philosophy of Time Travel | Collaboration with Edgar Arceneaux, Vincent Johnson, Matthew Sloly, and Rodney McMillian What Do We Do Now? https://olgakoumoundouros.art/What-Do-We-Do-Now Sat, 03 Oct 2020 07:38:15 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/What-Do-We-Do-Now What Do We Do Now? | Collaboration with Drew Pisarra 2020 Hosted by Global Poemic - Participation in online poetry project, click HERE to view Los Angeles, California  It Beckons With Feet | Drawing by Olga Koumoundouros <img width="2048" height="1622" width_o="2048" height_o="1622" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb4a534598eebc6dc045cd30dfb8d1a9ad9dd50acbb2c93ed2cb2d8e5b3d23d2/it-beckons-with-feet-crop-and-color.jpg" data-mid="84624709" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb4a534598eebc6dc045cd30dfb8d1a9ad9dd50acbb2c93ed2cb2d8e5b3d23d2/it-beckons-with-feet-crop-and-color.jpg" /> It Beckons With Feet, 2020 Acrylic mixed media on paper 9 x 12 inches What Do We Do Now? | Poem by Drew Pisarra <img width="2000" height="1548" width_o="2000" height_o="1548" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8372eed327014841be1a80286a0b633edd75bf34ef8f549e036f3522162b8bf4/screen-shot-2020-07-21-at-3-1.14.43-am.png" data-mid="84624924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8372eed327014841be1a80286a0b633edd75bf34ef8f549e036f3522162b8bf4/screen-shot-2020-07-21-at-3-1.14.43-am.png" /> Medusa Chthonic Chimes https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Medusa-Chthonic-Chimes-1 Sun, 04 Oct 2020 01:59:49 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Medusa-Chthonic-Chimes-1 <img width="4520" height="6374" width_o="4520" height_o="6374" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdd30c605c35470728634c81be39903159cccc8442af9b8d371cf61d612c09b0/medusa-two.jpg" data-mid="84523773" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdd30c605c35470728634c81be39903159cccc8442af9b8d371cf61d612c09b0/medusa-two.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="2653" width_o="2500" height_o="2653" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41343eca35af58eb69fad419449e47b8477d99b68808474abdfa929cfcc441f0/Medusa-Chimes-2-head.jpg" data-mid="89843713" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41343eca35af58eb69fad419449e47b8477d99b68808474abdfa929cfcc441f0/Medusa-Chimes-2-head.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="2286" width_o="2500" height_o="2286" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3fced3c9140e7818c02b324d305c7f230fe4d654ab8db7cf397c7dc2f384513/Medusa-Chimes-2-eyes.jpg" data-mid="89843740" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3fced3c9140e7818c02b324d305c7f230fe4d654ab8db7cf397c7dc2f384513/Medusa-Chimes-2-eyes.jpg" /> Medusa Chthonic Chimes, 2019 Pink Himalayan salt crystals, black bituminous coal, rose quartz, Tiger’s Eye, acrylic paint, enamel paint, epoxy clay, nickel plated cast brass chandelier chain, nickel plated chandelier canopy, silver chain, porcelain and brown stoneware clays77 x 18 x 18 inches        Los Angeles Museum of Art | Commonwealth and Council Sextant for some peoples neighborhood convening https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Sextant-for-some-peoples-neighborhood-convening-1 Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:20:21 +0000 OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS https://olgakoumoundouros.art/Sextant-for-some-peoples-neighborhood-convening-1 <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8286178146e8ae1e515dcf8142cf5c749571af950b658547cf2197c305d07f9a/_RVD1723_WEB.jpg" data-mid="49887289" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8286178146e8ae1e515dcf8142cf5c749571af950b658547cf2197c305d07f9a/_RVD1723_WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/339699dd554499f464399642579539eaa158fd86970d00d288e19ec42d033961/_RVD1762_WEB.jpg" data-mid="49887295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/339699dd554499f464399642579539eaa158fd86970d00d288e19ec42d033961/_RVD1762_WEB.jpg" /> <img width="1353" height="2000" width_o="1353" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a01bf5871c0652bdb1d1cc6b477fc6bd7c09ad4dd5dcecaae7180bea5c71834f/_RVD1739_WEB.jpg" data-mid="49887291" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a01bf5871c0652bdb1d1cc6b477fc6bd7c09ad4dd5dcecaae7180bea5c71834f/_RVD1739_WEB.jpg" /> <img width="1335" height="2000" width_o="1335" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87b6e7745f1517ec8a546840218d7bedff2dab0da44a12a660587d94d43ec866/_RVD1748_WEB.jpg" data-mid="49887293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87b6e7745f1517ec8a546840218d7bedff2dab0da44a12a660587d94d43ec866/_RVD1748_WEB.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85ac777e9d6bf3c6f328e525845622851e85bb8e831f9ae8129c5f596abfc9c6/006---Olga-Koumoundouros--A-sextant-for-some-neighborhood-s-convening--2019.JPG" data-mid="49887297" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d63d5e21d7c27d41470f4e46c39df0b1be12a88363e4546dc4936c11c81fef9f/_RVD1765_WEB.jpg" data-mid="49887296" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d63d5e21d7c27d41470f4e46c39df0b1be12a88363e4546dc4936c11c81fef9f/_RVD1765_WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1366" width_o="2000" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff09a21bd11ae9a88cc9e75fe72148d4ef0d0108984e78fd6e99bf725365c830/_RVD1735_WEB.jpg" data-mid="49887290" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff09a21bd11ae9a88cc9e75fe72148d4ef0d0108984e78fd6e99bf725365c830/_RVD1735_WEB.jpg" /> Sextant for some peoples neighborhood convening, 2019 Hand carved birch plywood, powder coated steel tubing, spray paint, oil printers ink, Tiger’s Eye, rose quartz crystal, Himalayan salt crystal, copper bolts, indigo dyed silk 168 x 168 x 96 inches Photographer: Ruben Diaz