Los Angeles: Art, Labor, and Immigration

Los Angeles

July 20, 2022 • View in browser

The Labor of US Citizenship, One Stitch at a Time

As if making her own census, Han Sifuentes surveys groups of immigrants to reveal the labor, research, and proof needed by an immigrant in order to demonstrate their belonging. | Cat Yang

WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEKEND

Edgar Ramirez: I’ve Been Dreamin’ Too Long installation view (photo by Dan Finlayson, courtesy the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles)

Edgar Ramirez: I’ve Been Dreamin’ Too Long
Chris Sharp Gallery through July 23

Edgar Ramirez’s text-based works are deceptively simple, drawing on a range of styles from landscape to appropriation and abstraction.

Pope.L: The Ritual is for All of Us
Vielmetter Los Angeles through July 23

Enigmatic artist Pope.L works across performance, installation, and video to explore race, identity, language, and material culture. For his second solo show at Vielmetter, he has transformed the gallery into a series of sheds through which viewers must navigate.

Read Allison Conner's review here.

ARTISTS & ADVOCACY

The Precarious Lives of Los Angeles Artists

The first Los Angeles Artist Census newspaper juxtaposes data about LA artists’ quality of life — such as earnings, housing, and healthcare — with personal stories and reflections. | Matt Stromberg

LA’s Academy Museum Voluntarily Recognizes Workers’ Union

The announcement comes less than two months after a group of museum employees declared their intention to unionize. | Matt Stromberg

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CLOSING SOON

Installation view of works by Jimena Sarno (left) and Raphael Montañez Ortiz (right) in Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art, Vincent Price Art Museum, 2022 (photo by Monica Orozco)

Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art
Vincent Price Art Museum through July 30

Radical Propagations / Propagaciones Radicales
18th Street Arts Center through July 30

Minerva Cuevas: Dark Matter
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego (ICA North) through July 31

Laggardism
Canary Test through August 4

Beatriz Cortez: One Eye Yes, One Eye No
Commonwealth & Council through August 6

Matthew Thomas: Enlightenment
California African American Museum through August 7