Common Ground is an exhibition focused on the planet earth as an ever-shifting politicized landscape of borders, exclusions, and omissions as well as a shared terrain under pressing physical assault. Through paintings, photographs, sculptures and videos, this multi-cultural, multi-generational group of artists explore the reality of a single planet that is humanity’s most divided territory and damaged common ground.

ARTISTS:
Kim Abele, Mariona Barkus, Sharon Barnes , Pilar Castillo, Danielle Eubank, Samantha Fields,Eloisa Guanlao, Ann Isolde, Sant Khalsa, Meg Madison, Kaoru Mansour, Maryrose C. Mendoza, Sandra Mueller, Naida Osline, Pamela J. Peters, Sheila Pinkel, Sinan Leong Revell, She Votes/ Bonnie J. Smith, Stitch in Time/ Suvan Geer, Linda Vallejo, and Gail Werner

ARTISTS CONVERSATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE!

Opening Conversation & Virtual Tour
Curators Suvan Geer and Sandra Mueller with participating artists via Zoom on October 10, 2020.

Why Artists Make Socio-Political Images
Linda Vallejo with Mariona Barkus, Pilar Castillo, Naida Osline and Pamela J. Peters via Zoom on October 14, 2020.

Making Art in an Unbalanced World
Suvan Geer with Sharon Barnes, Danielle Eubank, Eloisa Guanlao, Maryrose C. Mendoza and Sinan Leong Revell via Zoom on October 17, 2020.

Making Change Through Building Community,
Sheila Pinkel with leaders from Justice LA & Dignity and Power Now, Los Angeles Poverty Department, Kaos Network and Uncommon Good via Zoom on October 20, 2020.

KThe exhibition can be viewed virtually by visiting
Embed Gallery, or in person by appointment only.

Pilar Castillo, Passport Digital media

Pamela J. Peters, Welcome to Los Angeles, 22"x18", Black and white photograph

Gail Werner, Smoke Thorn, 36"" x 24'"

Gail Werner, Rock Wren III, 14" x 11"

Gail Werner, Bird Dreams XXX, 14" x 11"

Meg Madison, No 179 Mojave Yucca from “Jemez Homestead /Stolen Land” project, 30” x 22", Cyanotype photogram of Yucca plant on grey Rives BFK paper

Linda Vallejo, 15.7% of Los Angeles’ Westside Community is Latino, 2019, 8.5"x 11", Colored pencil, archival marker, pigment print of repurposed photograph, paper

Linda Vallejo, 16% of California DACA Recipients Own Their Homes, 2019, 8.5"x 11", Colored pencil, archival marker, pigment print of repurposed photograph, paper

Linda Vallejo, 38% of Latinos in LA County Own Their Own Home, 2019, 8.5"x 11", Colored pencil, archival marker, pigment print of repurposed photograph, paper

Linda Vallejo, 94% of current DACA Recipients Were Born in Mexico, Central or South America (2017), 2019, 8.5"x 11", Colored pencil, archival marker, pigment print of repurposed photograph, paper

Sinan Leong Revell, Doppleganger—World News, 29" x 18" x 2", Digital print on metal

Sinan Leong Revell, Doppleganger—Border Patrol, 29" x 19" x 2" Digital print on metal