Sandow Birk: Los Angeles and Her Surroundings, and other works
March 26, 2022
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Track 16 Gallery
1206 Maple Ave, #1005, Los Angeles CA 90015
Sandow Birk’s new exhibition, “Los Angeles and Her Surroundings” explores the metropolis and her sprawl, glimpsing overlooked poignant moments of resilience, and staring aghast at the chosen hostility of our built environment. His 40 drawings update the orange crate art and railroad advertisements that once attracted Americans to the burgeoning city, supplanting edenic groves and orchards with moribund concrete. As “Hollywood Sign” announces, we are gazing at Los Angeles from its inverse angle. The vaseline has worn off the lens just enough to reveal that the American Century is past its prime, the American Dream is on the cutting room floor, and suggests the production itself was a fever dream sequence of our own narcotic direction.
1206 Maple Ave, #1005, Los Angeles CA 90015
