Source: Daily Breeze A free art exhibition that sheds light on the impact of prison on incarcerated individuals and their families will be available for public viewing at Cal State Dominguez Hills starting Saturday, Sept. 30. “Personal, Small, Medium, Large, Family,” an installation by Mario Ybarra Jr., will run through Dec. 8 at the University Art Gallery. A public opening reception is scheduled for 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday. “Mario Ybarra’s work uses the everyday to make his audience reconsider big concepts such as mass incarceration,” said Aandrea Stang, director of CSUDH’s University Art Gallery. “His work makes it personal, and makes those that experience the installation stop and ... Read More
Fine Arts
KOKO’s Neighborhood Exhibit Opens in the University Art Gallery
(Carson, Calif.) KOKO's Neighborhood, an exhibition that runs Jan. 30 - March 23, 2019 at California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) University Art Gallery, features new work by contemporary Los Angeles artist Yoshie Sakai. The exhibition is Sakai's fourth installment of her ongoing video project “KOKO's Love,”which explores the everyday anxieties, fears, and joys of living, all depicted using the over-the-top tropes of a soap opera. In the “KOKO's Neighborhood” exhibition, Sakai introduces new characters to her ongoing video project. This new installment is called KOKO's House, a fully scripted reality show created in the vein of the current Netflix Japanese reality show ... Read More
‘Made in Cotton’ Exhibit Intertwines Production of Cotton with African American Experience
Three Los Angeles artists interpret the legacy of cotton in powerful mixed media works WHAT: “Made in Cotton: Mark Steven Greenfield, Karen Hampton and Raksha Parekh WHEN: October 25 - December 7, 2017 Mon-Thurs, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Opening reception, Wednesday, October 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Conversation with the artists: 6 p.m. WHERE: University Art Gallery, LaCorte Hall, A-107 California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, Calif. Editors: Click here to download images of the artists' work. Closely intertwined with racial politics, the production of cotton and the history of slavery are encapsulated in the potent exhibit “Made in Cotton: Mark Steven ... Read More