Art Talks at Brand invites contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues surrounding it, followed by a moderated Q&A with Brand staff member, artist, and writer Jennifer Remenchik. Artists are selected to reflect the diversity of the art scene of the greater Los Angeles area.
The series is sponsored by the Brand Associates and is free and open to the public.
Art Talks are held in the Brand Library Recital Hall.
October 8, 6:30 PM | Nehemiah Cisneros
Nehemiah Cisneros' work celebrates histories of figurative painting by inserting familial characters as central figures of iconic and lesser known works of art. The process of subverting paintings that have penetrated popular culture; as well as illuminating niche visual art genres is Cisneros' practice of navigating his place within art history. Cisneros’ work is riddled with meta meanings, often introspective and vulnerable. Like diary entries, each body of work straddles contemporary events while archiving culture. Cisneros received his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute in 2021, and his MFA from the University of California Los Angeles in 2024.
November 5, 6:30 PM | Paige Greco
Paige Greco is a writer, critic, curator, and editor based in Los Angeles. Her work spans poetry, fiction, criticism, publishing, and curatorial practice. Throughout Greco’s writing, desire is a dull sword: shaped by lack, heavy with what it cannot sever. Her fiction, poetry, and art criticism examine intimacy alongside loss, power, violence, and disappearance. Bodies become sites of memory and projection, where absence can exert as much force as presence. She is Associate Director at Shoshana Wayne Gallery and was a co-founder and editor of Material Editions. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Brand staff member and program moderator Jennifer Remenchik is an artist and writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited in several institutions and galleries, including No Gallery, VIVO Media Arts Centre, HILDE, basement projects, Industry Lab, and The Contemporary Austin, among others. She is a regular contributor to Hyperallergic and has written for CurateLA, BOMB Magazine, and Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles. Remenchik began art talks at Brand Library & Art Center to showcase artists who reflect the diversity of the art scene of the greater Los Angeles area.