In Los Angeles This Fall
by
Matt Stromberg
Sept. 3, 2025
Ken Gonzales-Day: History’s “Nevermade”
USC Fisher Museum of Art, 823 Exposition Boulevard, University Park, Los Angeles
Through March 14, 2026
“LA-based artist Ken Gonzales-Day invented the term “nevermade” to refer to invented historical documents that call attention to who constructs mainstream narratives and why. This mid-career survey brings together more than 100 works from the past three decades that look at how race, culture, and identity are portrayed in the US. The show includes his haunting investigation of lynching, Searching for California Hang Trees (2002–ongoing); his series of Decolonial Drawings, recreated period scenes from Spanish colonization with conquistadors and Native people removed; and Profiled, a photographic series that reveals how sculptural busts reflect ideas of race, physiognomy, and purity.”
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