FAR Bazzar, an "alternative" art fair, was held at The Old Federal Reserve Bank Building in downtown Los Angeles for three weekends in December, 1992.
Over 300 local artists participated with site specific installations, art exhibits, video, music, and performance. The event received support and funding from the California Redevelopment Agency (CRA), the Peter Norton Family Foundation, and the David Geffin Foundation. There were over 5000 visitors and wide media coverage. Conceived as an alternative to the L.A. Art Fair held each year at the Convention Center, we wanted to offer an art fair for artists--as opposed to an art fair for gallery owners.The event achieved it's stated goals:
"The specific activities of the Far Bazzar will be as eclectic and diverse as the Los Angeles arts community itself, with careful attention given to full representation of the City's cultural and ethnic richness."
Images from the FAR Bazzar @ the Federal Reserve Building
Participants
Becky Allen; Angel's Gate Cultural Center; ANTI (Printed) MATTER [Alicia Beach, Diane Bromberg, Tsia Carson, Benjamin Craig, John Friend, Josh Hartley, Douglas Lloyd, Laura Owens, David L. Weiner, Colin Zaug]; Steve Appleton; Annabelle Aylmer; Lynn Badeaux; Dave Bailey; Uta Barth; David Batalon; Between Image and Object [Judith Bell, Ingrid Brook-Kothlow, Paula Maxwell]; Caroline Blackburn; Karen Bonfigli; Andrea Bowers/Michael Coughlan/Sam Durant/Kent Young; Michael Buitron; Betty Burkhart/Susan Kornfeld; Chicken Werd Bruise Purex Guin Freak and Kovaks [Micheal Bell, Anthony Burdin, Sandra Hubshman, Linda Hubshman, Trevor Johnson, Joan Mahony, Robert O'Neill, Eddie Ruscha]; Tim Clare; Doug Cluff; Tita Cooley; Laura Cooper/Nick Taggart; Anthony Cox; Emilio Cueto/Linda O'Hagan/Anna M. Rodriguez; Dexter DelMonte; David DiMichele; Downtown Artists' Colony [Harry Bader, Casey O'Neill Cook, Kadu Lenox, Ivan Morley, Linden Ontjes]; The Dressing Room [Jacci Den Hartog, Jamey Garza, LouAnne Greenwald, Eric Magnuson, Christian Mounger, Kerrie Peterson]; Cynthia C. Egay/Lilia Hernandez/Greg Kimizuka/KayReiko Torres/Margaret; C. Toruno/Victor-Villa/Betty Phoenix Wan; Glen Eden Einbinder; FAR Board of Directors [Lynne Berman, Linda Besemer, Kathy Chenoweth, James Higginson, Pat Gomez, Franklin Odel, Jennifer Steinkamp, Carrie Ungerman, Holly Wilder]; Nicholas Fedak II; Food House [Kevin Appel, Michael Arata, John Elder, Antonio Gonella, Ed Harper, Kathleen Johnson, James Richards, Jack Richardson, Holly Wilder]; Ed Forde; From Hell to Breakfast [Amy Ellingston, Sean Smith, Tyler Stallings, Lisa Ward]; Cheryl Gran; Paula Goldman; The Guest Room [Rachel Bowman, Kathy Chenoweth, Robert Dansby, Laura Howe, Steve Hurd, Kim Lee Kahn, Charles LaBelle, Jose Lozano, Erik Otsea, Laura Parker, Carter Potter, Adam Ross, Francis Stark, Kevin Sullivan, Arne Svenson, Jan Tumlir]; Greg Gummersall; Steven Hanson; Andreas Hessing; Robert M. Hopkins; Matthew Hutchinson; Unkyung Hur; Steve Hurd; In the John [Derrick Armor, Doug Hammett, Marie Lafia, Jennifer Steinkamp]; Into the Lapse, [Curated by Brian Butler and Jean Rasenberger: David Askevold, Meg Cranston, Moira Davey, John DiStephano, Brad Dunning & Bongwater, General Idea, Joe Gibbons, David Kelleran, Carole Anne Klonarides and MICA TV, Kelly Mason, Paul McCarthy and Richard Metzger and Bongwater, Marcelle Odenback, Tony Orsler, Patti Podesta, Prewitt and Early, Jean Rasenberger, Rocky Schanic and Devo and the Cramps, Jim Shaw, Jason Simon, Micael Smith, Pae White, Chris Wilder, Bruce and Norman Yonemoto]; Kim Lee Kahn; Habib Kheradyar; Jeff Kies; Sheila Klein; Donald Krieger; Liz Larner/Jack Renner; L.A. Center for Photographic Studies; L.A. Place Projects [Lynn Aldrich, Karen Keehne, Kirk Miller, Christian Mounger, Carolee Toon]; Thomas Lawson; Linda Levinson; LfI [Location for Ideas]; Mara Lonner/Andrew Freeman; Gale McCall; Kevin McHugh; Aline Mare; Elin Martens; Kelly Mason; Sean Maytum; Memory Inserts [(Installations curated by Joseph S. Santarromana) Annie Appel, Mary Cecile Gee, Jeanie Frias, Rosemary Morris, Kristen Morse, Felicia Page, Pamela Strugar]; Maryrose Mendoza/Yoshi Makino; Karl Mihail; Alice Momm; Elizabeth Montague; Roland Jack Nault; News World Order [Marcie Begleiter, Kelly Hashimoto, David L. Weiner, Franklin Westbrook]; Ries Niemi; Linda Nishio; Mark Norris; Office for Art [(Curated by Mark Wehby) Angie Bray, Suzanne Garrison, Tim McCord]; Erik Otsea; Laura Parker; Marino Pascal; Anthony Pinto; George Porcari; Jill Poyourow; Project X [Miyoshi Barosh, Stephen Berens, Elizabeth Bryant, Jan Tumlir/Erik Otsea]; Eli Pulsinelli; Red Zone 6 [James Duck, Mike Hickman, Lynne Kaneshiro, Ron Linden, Gary Matteson, Al Nodal, Blood Offus, Franklin Odel, Kathe Schreyer, Stephen Seemayer, Robbin Harvey Trousdale, Marnie Webber]; Redefined [Wendy Adest, Phyllis Baldino, Laura London]; Jean Rasenberger; Jim Reva; Karen Roarke; Steve Roden; Tammy Rosen; David Rushing; John Russett; Mary Schairer; Lisa Schoyer; Richard Schroeder; Karen Schwenkmeyer/Cinthea Fiss; Sci-Arc/Inner City Mural Project; Self Help Graphics [(Curated by Alex Alferov) Magdalena Audifred, Richard Balboa, Christopher, Dolores Guerrero-Cruz, Rudy Calderon, Ancona Ha, Leonardo Ibanez, Leo Limon, Miguel Angel Reyes, Sister Francis Xavier Shimotsuma, Eloy Torrez]; Lesley Marlene Siegel; Carl Smith; Spy vs. Spy [Andrew Freeman, Shelby Roberts]; Rachel Stratton; Mark Stritzel; Ed Suman; Tastes Like Chicken (TLC) [Sandra Hubshman, Joan Mahony]; Dean Terry; Three Friends [Sandra Varos Clark, Bernardo Martinez, Daniel Trevino]; Donna Tracy; Tri [Carter Potter, Trudie Reiss, John Souza]; Robin Valle; Miki Warner; Westlake/Silverlake Grupo [Guido Contreras, Kirk Philips, Yuiro]; Lea Whittington; Liz Young; Your Turn [Emily Castillo, Benjamin Encarnacion, Rus Garner, Rubin Green, George Gomez, Marisela Gomez, Steve Hurd, Toda Khedsari, Gina Lamb, Luero, Elisa Padilla, Denise Panton, Martha Ramos, Frank Young, plus students from the 10th and 11th grade Humanitas Program at Jefferson High School]; Bernardo Zavattini/Beat Gassner; Sherri Zuckerman/Julie Becker/Gay Outlaw.
Music and Performance Schedule
Opening Friday, December 4: Elisha Shapiro; Events curated/directed by Deborah Oliver, assisted by Becky Allen;
Saturday, December 12: Danny Babcock; Lisa Barnet; Hugo Carrillo; The Hittite Empire; John Jahnke; Lunk; Frederick Moore; Rodney Oakes; Kenneth Scott Wiener;
Saturday, December 19: Carol Cetrone; Lynel Gardner; Tanya Henkel; G. Colette Jackson; Kate Knuth; Ernie Lafky; Mythter; Robert O'Neill; Robert Scott/Jared Sanford; Ivette Soler; Marty Walker; ; Music Bazzar (ongoing); Music Coordinator-Becky Allen; DJ-Dave Muller; DAT, curated by Barry Shrader, David Bradfield, Bernardo Feldman, Michael John Fink, Jim Fox, Frederick Lesemann, Ira Mowitz, Barry Shrader, Carl Stone; Becky Allen; Pamela Aronoff; Ronda Rindone-Baird; Rick Cox; Wiley Evans; Matt Hutchinson; Tom Lopez; Andrew May; David Miller; Robert O'Neill; Marina Rosenfeld; Cathy Silverman; Marty Walker; Atsushi Yoshihara.
