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Koko and Ryuhow Shimizu: “The Message of Light and Love”
“And she will soon step out from this case into the outer world. That will be the beginning of her life in society which will be, for her, a place to contend with her difficulties.” Ryuhow Shimizu Last month in June during the artist reception for Ryuhow...
Goddesses & Gods @ Coagula Curatorial and Lisa Derrick Fine Arts
Louis Jacinto, Gold Descending Coagula Curatorial and Lisa Derrick Fine Arts present, Goddesses & Gods, one exhibition manifested in two art galleries along Chung King Road in downtown Los Angeles. The exhibition will feature over thirty artists presenting...
2019 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Sold Out
The Farhang Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive hosted the 2019 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema at the Hammer Museum, during which Tehran: City of Love by Ali Jaberansari premiered for a sold-out show. The festival featured 17 feature and short...
Interview: Jessica Todd
The dark night of the soul must have been an obvious title for you once you started putting the show together. When I was researching titles, I wanted a title that not only spoke about the subject of transformation, but also to have a magickal reference as well. I...
Metal Becomes Flesh: Jessica Todd’s ‘Dark Night of the Soul’
Dark Night of the Soul, an exhibition by Jessica Todd, is a compilation of 15 graphite drawings from three series that were created over the course of five years, during a period of self-examination that eventually led her transitioning out of the commercial fashion...
Farhang Foundation Freedom Sculpture
Originally published on Disinfo.com July 4th, 2017 On July 4th, 1776 the Second Continental Congress that represented the thirteen American colonies declared its independence from British rule. Colonial America was comprised of French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian,...
Modern Myth: An Interview with Rithika Merchant
Mythology is a vehicle to transfer archetypal principles that explain the origins of life in a contemporary context. Granted certain myths have survived thousands of years even though their imagery does not apply to modern fashion, thought, and speech. And though one...
WILLIAM MORTENSEN: CELLULOID BABYLON
In the 19th century there was a debate as to whether photography should fall under the category of science or art. New technology always attracts both scientists and artists. And while scientists took visual records of celestial bodies and specimens, artists began...
