ART & PERMISSION

A conversation with
Jill Magid and Jill Soloway

Thursday, Feb. 14
9:30 a.m. (doors at 9 a.m.)
NeueHouse Hollywood, 6121 Sunset Blvd.

Artist/writer Jill Magid (The Proposal) and artist/activist Jill Soloway (Transparent) both trace and trouble the systems of power that invisibly shape our lives. As part of Frieze Week at NeueHouse, Fathomers curator and executive director Stacy Switzer moderates a conversation between the artists exploring how permission — asking for it and not asking for it; having it granted or denied — variously enables, challenges, and invigorates their work.

Complimentary coffee, tea, and light breakfast goods will be served. This is a free event, but RSVP is required; please email us at yes@fathomers.org.

THE PROPOSAL

Film screening

Wednesday, Feb. 13
3:30 p.m. (doors at 3 p.m.)
NeueHouse Hollywood, 6121 Sunset Blvd.

The Proposal follows conceptual artist Jill Magid as she develops a radical project to explore artistic legacy, centering on the celebrated archive of Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Magid cultivates relationships with Barragán's family members, his admirers, and the director of the Barragán Foundation, in Switzerland — where the architect’s archives are aggressively "protected" and kept from public view.

Please join Fathomers for a screening of Magid's debut film, to be released in theaters this spring by Oscilloscope Laboratories. This is a free event, but RSVP is required; please email us at yes@fathomers.org.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Jill Magid is an artist, writer and filmmaker. Solo exhibitions include Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; San Francisco Art Institute; Tate Modern, London; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Berkeley Museum of Art, California; Tate Liverpool; and the Security and Intelligence Agency of the Netherlands. She has participated in Manifesta and the Liverpool, Bucharest, Singapore, Incheon, Gothenburg, Oslo, and Performa Biennials. Magid is the recipient of the 2017 Calder Prize. Her first feature film, The Proposal, which premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, will be released in theaters in spring 2019 by Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Jill Soloway is an artist and activist who created the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Amazon streaming program Transparent. Jill also co-created and directed I Love Dick and wrote and directed the feature film Afternoon Delight, which won the 2013 Directing Award at Sundance. Jill founded TOPPLE, an intersectional brand for the revolution to create TV and film content, as well as TOPPLE BOOKS, an imprint of Little A. Jill has published two memoirs, She Wants It: Desire, Power and Toppling the Patriarchy (Crown/PRH) and Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants (Free Press/Simon and Schuster). Jill co-founded 5050by2020, an artist empowerment network and strategic initiative of Time's Up, as well as the community organization East Side Jews and the spoken word series Sit n' Spin. Jill also co-created theatrical experiences The Real Live Brady Bunch and Hollywood Hell House. Jill lives in Los Angeles with their family.