Join us for artist-led walkthroughs and discussions by ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ก๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฆ-๐๐๐ฌ and ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ . ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ on Saturday, December 13, from 2-3 pm. The artists will guide us through their solo photography exhibitions and discuss themes in their works. Light refreshments will be served. Kindly RSVP via EventBrite ticketing link in our bio or email: gallery@luisdejesus.com.
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Over the past 20 years, Gonzales-Day has photographed objects in museum collections and digitally reassembled them into new works. Drawing on his own cultural influences, he brings together objects from the Mexica and broader Mesoamerican traditions with those from Europe, Africa, and Asia, foregrounding his intersectional perspective as a Queer Latinx artist. By combining these collected objects in photomontage, Gonzales-Day creates playful and sometimes poignant images that are both timely and timeless, encouraging us to discover our own connections.
๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ . ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐: ๐ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ โ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฌ๐
A Two Second GazeโPhotography from the 1970s and 80s presents a selection of rarely and never exhibited photographs by John M. Valadez from his seminal body of work, the East Los Angeles Urban Portrait Portfolio. The series is a visual archive of portraits of neighbors, friends, and everyday people he encountered on walks through his neighborhood in East Los Angeles and his studio in Downtown L.A.โs theater district. By situating this work in Asian, Black, Brown, and immigrant communities, Valadez activated the Chicano movementโs concerns: visibility, space, and pride.
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