Tag: oscar tuazon

Oscar Tuazon’s activist art project LAWS: Los Angeles Water School combines high concept with a rigorous materiality. Machined folds and facets shape The Evening Redness in the West (2024) a C-print printed on an aluminum sheet that mimics the way coated analog photo paper responds to folding. Sculptural works incorporate architectural elements, and 2-D works with a circular theme represent the sun, moon, water distribution pipes, and the rings of a tree. One of my favorites of these is the cleverly titled Inner Ring (2024). Less successful are a series of marbled paintings—I get what they are trying to do, but am not a fan of the results. Overall, the show succeeds in showing rather than preaching.