On view: "Where Do We Stand? Two Years of Drawing with Open Sessions", the second whole-group exhibition of the Open Sessions program. Wed-Sun 12-6pm | Thurs 12-8pm through September 17. 〰〰
Guerrero’s drawings consider the landscapes of suburban California, the United States/Mexico border and the tropical spaces of Western expansion through the depiction of their deterioration and reclamation by nature as experienced by the region’s inhabitants. Guerrero writes: “Rather than utopian backyard pools tinted in pastel, I am interested in drained backyard pools worthy of skateboarding, spray painted and trimmed with dead grass; foreclosed homes illegally trespassed; cinder block walls lined with broken glass; chain link fences interwoven with overgrowth.” 〰〰
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Pictured: Eric Ramos Guerrero, “Anhedonic”, 2017, Graphite and ink on paper, 50 x 38 inches.