What happens when contemporary art moves out of the traditional gallery—and into the field?
Join us for National Chain + Jiu Jitsu, a special installation presented as part of In the Field, the artist series hosted by Monique van Genderen at her MVG Social Practice Gallery in Lompoc.
For this iteration, internationally recognized artists Rita McBride and Glen Rubsamen join van Genderen in a series of collaborative interventions that respond directly to the gallery's unusual setting: an artist-run alleyway space where art encounters the architecture, materials, signage, systems, and visual language of everyday commercial and public life.
Rather than separating art from the world around it, National Chain + Jiu Jitsu plays with the very things we use to construct and organize that world.
The result invites us to look differently at objects and environments we might otherwise pass without a second thought.
Expect an evening exploring:
🎨 Collaborative interventions by Rita McBride and Glen Rubsamen
🏗️ Materials and visual language borrowed from commercial and public environments
🔗 The systems and structures that organize the spaces around us
👀 The transformation of familiar materials through an artist's point of view
🏙️ Art that responds directly to its architectural and social surroundings
💡 The possibilities of creating and exhibiting work outside a conventional gallery
🤝 The experimental, collaborative spirit behind In the Field
🍷 And an opportunity to experience contemporary art in an intimate and unexpected setting
In the Field isn't simply about placing artwork somewhere.
It's about what happens when the place itself becomes part of the work.
Come to Lompoc. Wander into the alley. Have a glass of wine. Meet the artists. And experience what happens when contemporary art leaves the white walls behind and enters the world around us.
IN THE FIELD
National Chain + Jiu Jitsu
Saturday, September 26, 2026 | Evening Hours
MVG Social Practice Gallery • Lompoc, CA
Featuring Rita McBride + Glen Rubsamen
An artist series by Monique van Genderen
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