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Above:
"May Day in Los Angeles, 1980" - Mark Vallen.
Photograph 1980 ©.
"FARAWAY,
SO CLOSE."
A
group exhibition of Photographs taken in Los Angeles between
1980 and 1989
Morono
Kiang Gallery. Artists Reception, Saturday February 4,
2012 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Featuring
works by Mark Vallen, Edward Colver, Ann Summa, Willie
Robert Middlebrook,
Richard Wyatt, Sara Jane Boyers, May Sun.
Throughout
the 1980s a good deal of my art had as its focus the unfolding
story of repression and revolution in Central America;
I chronicled events with a series of paintings, drawings,
prints, and public works in the form of posters, flyers,
and street performances coordinated with others. My artworks
not only provided a narrative of the struggles occurring
in Central America, they became intertwined with the history
of Los Angeles as tens of thousands of Central Americans
fled the bloodshed engulfing their homelands for sanctuary
in the "City of Angels".
Much
of my art from that period was based on the photographs
I took while documenting the growing Central American
community in Los Angeles. I will be showing six of these
never before exhibited photographs at the Faraway,
So Close exhibit. One of my photos, May Day in
Los Angeles, 1980, was taken in L.A.'s MacArthur Park
just moments before the Los Angeles Police Department
attacked a crowd celebrating International Workers Day.
[Press
Relsease from the Morono King Gallery]
"Artists in the exhibit have all built their careers
on looking at Los Angeles and entreating others to do
the same. Their Photographs highlight some of the unique
moments in Los Angeles during the '80s. While some of
the images have been published in books or in newsprint,
most of them have rarely been exhibited. Faraway, So
Close brings together a collection of works that represent
a wide spectrum of vantage points capturing moments that
only occurred once. Each photograph is a certificate of
presence that leads us back to a time that will never
be repeated but upon reflection makes the viewer contemplate
what has changed and what remains the same."
Faraway, So Close runs from February 4, 2012 through
March 31, 2012. The Morono Kiang Gallery is located in
downtown Los Angeles on the ground floor of the historic
Bradbury Building; 218 West 3rd Street, Bradbury Building.
Los Angeles, CA 90013 (map).
Gallery Hours: 12 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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