RADIO INTERVIEW

Jeffrey Vallance channels famous dead artists for ‘The Medium is the Message’

By John Rabe and Robert Garrova

July 22, 2015

John Rabe of Off-Ramp previewing Jeffrey Vallance's work

KPCC’s John Rabe and Jeffrey Vallance with Vallance’s “Duchamp Spirit Readymade,” a reliquary showing off some Duchamp cufflinks. (Photo: John Rabe)

Art prankster Jeffrey Vallance’s new show “The Medium is the Message” opens at downtown L.A.’s CB1 Gallery on July 25. A mix of large prints and small objects, Vallance says the inspiration for the show came from a séance he held in London a few years ago.

For the séance, Vallance hired five psychics to channel famous dead artists — Frida Kahlo,  Leonardo DaVinci, Marcel Duchamp, Vincent Van Gogh, and Jackson Pollock. A Fortean at heart, Vallance doesn’t necessarily believe in a contactable spirit realm, but just wanted to observe the phenomena — and make some art.

John Rabe interviewed Vallance at the gallery to talk about “The Medium is the Message” and why it’s good not to take contemporary art too seriously.

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Jeffrey Vallance unwrapping one of his work

Jeffrey Vallance unwraps “Kahlo Spirit Crystal,” a piece in his CB1 Gallery exhibit Jeffrey Vallance: The Medium is the Message, on view from July 25 through September 5, 2015. (Photo: John Rabe)

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