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Alejandro Escovedo
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Thursday July 31 (8pm) @ The Troubadour
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After kicking off his career with San Francisco punks the Nuns, Alejandro Escovedo ushered in the alt-country movement with Austin bands Rank and File and... View details »
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The Third Area
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Thursday July 31 (7pm) @ Pharmaka
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Considering their city's notorious light and dark sides, it's no surprise that Angeleno poets are continuously inspired. Pharmaka gallery channels those creative juices through the... View details »
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The Horror of Tradition
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ AndrewShire Gallery
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The five artists brought together for this end-of-summer group show have little in common — except perhaps episodes of childhood trauma involving home-ec class. They... View details »
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Marcel Duchamp Redux
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Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon
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This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum... View details »
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Mexican Calendar Girls
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Thursday July 31 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum
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Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The color-soaked exhibition comprises a... View details »
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Jerome Witkin
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Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
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Many art critics and scholars consider Jerome Witkin to be America's greatest living figurative painter. His portraits and landscapes combine an unerring eye for detail,... View details »
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The Puppet Show
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Santa Monica Museum of Art
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SMMoA gathers an eclectic array of work by 30 impressive artists — from Kara Walker to Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, and Kiki Smith — in... View details »
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Vexing
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Thursday July 31 (11am–5pm) @ Claremont Museum of Art
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In the early '80s, the Vex was an all-ages music club located in Self Help Graphics and Art, a Chicano landmark in East LA. Although... View details »
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Cadence Pearson
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Thursday July 31 (7am–3pm & 5–8pm) @ Kara Wily Pilates
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When dancer and art enthusiast Kara Wily wanted to open her own Pilates studio (having learned the ropes from the movement's founder himself) she always... View details »
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COLA Artist Fellowships
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Thursday July 31 (noon–5pm) @ Barnsdall Art Park
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The Cultural Affairs Department recently issued a statement to declare its unprecedented satisfaction with the state's arts budget — proof that our programs are hale... View details »
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Philip-Lorca diCorcia
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Thursday July 31 (noon–8pm) @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia's meticulously planned pictures look as effortless as Polaroids. Most of his works feature a single person — who diCorcia usually finds through... View details »
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Kori Newkirk
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Thursday July 31 (noon–5pm) @ Pasadena Museum of California Art
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Kori Newkirk first came to national attention thanks to his contribution to the Studio Museum in Harlem's daring group show Freestyle: a mural of a... View details »
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Mark Bradford
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Thursday July 31 @ Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
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Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious galleries and museums, but... View details »
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Rebel Legacy
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Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Pharmaka
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Hot on the heels of LACMA's controversial Phantom Sightings exhibition, Pharmaka Gallery tackles the issue of contemporary Chicano art with Rebel Legacy: The Abstract in... View details »
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Against the Grain
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Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
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Known for its progressive, boundary-pushing performances and interdisciplinary bravado, LACE's lofty space transforms into a clean, white gallery for Against the Grain, perhaps this summer's... View details »
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This Side of Paradise
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Thursday July 31 (10:30am–4:30pm) @ Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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If only our cracked sidewalks, classic homes, sprawling hills, and endless streets could talk. But even if objects can't, camera lenses spin many a word.... View details »
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Peter Saul
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Thursday July 31 (11am–8pm) @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
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Peter Saul, who hit his artistic stride mid-century during America's pop-art movement, has become best known of late as a creator of work that's part... View details »
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Corbin Smith
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Thursday July 31 (9am–6pm) @ MODAA gallery
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Photographer Corbin Smith's initial impressions of LA seemed to buy into into Baudrillard's description of Los Angeles as an illusion, "the horizontal fault, California breaking... View details »
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The Juxtapoz Factor
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Thursday July 31 (11am–9pm) @ Laguna Art Museum
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To those who have been reading the contemporary-art magazine Juxtapoz since it was founded in the mid-'90s, it may come as little surprise that some... View details »
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Flaunt
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Thursday July 31 (1–7pm) @ Junc Gallery
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This annual exhibition at Junc typically features new work by both its most promising emerging talents and good-old standbys. The 2008 edition acts as a... View details »
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Haegue Yang
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Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT
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REDCAT continues to be a beacon for cutting-edge contemporary art, featuring the first solo show of Haegue Yang in the US. The Korean artist's multimedia... View details »
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Cover Version
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Thursday July 31 (11am–5:30pm) @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery
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Thematic summer shows are as de rigueur in the art world as summer reading lists were in high school — and now a new group... View details »
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Antonio Ballester Moreno
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Peres Projects
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Antonio Ballester Moreno's first solo show in America explodes in vibrant colors and playful forms. His bold palette recalls the traditions of his native Spain,... View details »
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Weekend Warrior
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai
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The Ojai-based Nathan Larramendy Gallery has teamed up with the illustrious Beautiful/Decay magazine to produce Weekend Warrior, a group show of LA artists... View details »
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Witnessing the War
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Thursday July 31 (2–7pm) @ Carol Henry Studio
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An overstuffed white glove might bring to mind images of a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but for artist and curator Cecelia Kane, it stands for something... View details »
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(Neo) Realism
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Thursday July 31 @ George Billis Gallery
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Just like the A.O.S. song says, history repeats itself. The new exhibition at George Billis Gallery offers a refreshing take on mid-19th-century realism, as an... View details »
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Jekyll Island
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Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Honor Fraser
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Artist Erik Parker and curator/critic Max Henry put their heads together to gather a group of talented artists for Honor Fraser's annual summer show, which... View details »
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Two Madmen
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Thursday July 31 (10am–7pm) @ Otis College of Art and Design
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Clive Barker is a successful author, director, screenwriter, playwright, and poet; Myron Dyal is a classical musician. But both artists also maintain an interest in... View details »
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Andy Warhol
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Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Michael Kohn Gallery
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The quintessential pop artist was much more than a factory for silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's soup cans. In fact, the prolific Andy Warhol... View details »
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Gillian Wearing
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Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Regen Projects
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This dual exhibition from British artist Gillian Wearing begins with Pin-Ups, displayed at the Regen Projects' Almont Drive location. For her collaboration with illustrator Jim... View details »
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David Eddington
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Thursday July 31 (11:30am–6:30pm) @ Frank Pictures Gallery
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British ex-pat painter David Eddington may have left the grandeur and historical heft of Europe for a life by the Pacific shore, but his new... View details »
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No Room
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Thursday July 31 (10am–5:30pm) @ Christopher Grimes Gallery
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Architects and international-design darlings Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are known for innovative materials and forms. Visually and conceptually promiscuous, Christopher Grimes Gallery has invited... View details »
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Mike Stilkey
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery
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While Mike Stilkey's fanciful-yet-edgy works draw comparisons to Egon Schiele, Modigliani, and Aubrey Beardsley, their contemporary illustrative twists give the Los Angeles artist's output real... View details »
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Eduardo Sarabia
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Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ LA Louver Gallery
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A participant in LA Louver's group show Rogue Wave '07, Sarabia proves that his work is dynamic enough to stand on its own with a... View details »
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Big Kids/Little Kids
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Thursday July 31 (1–6pm) @ Subliminal Projects
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Big Kids/Little Kids is the brainchild of curator John Freeborn, author of a book of the same name that chronicles the graffiti-inspired art movement that... View details »
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Summer Smockshop
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Thursday July 31 (noon–4pm) @ Smockshop
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For artists who don't yet sustain themselves from their work, there are myriad ways to bring in some income — peddling smocks is one of... View details »
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Edwin Ushiro
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Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ project: gallery
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Edwin Ushiro's multimedia paintings are ethereal combinations of pop art and anime, which explains why he is in high demand as a production designer, art... View details »
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Frédéric Magazine
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Thursday July 31 @ Fette's Gallery
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Every day, at least one new drawing posts to the online magazine/gallery Frédéric. Founded in 2004 by Isabelle Boinot, Frédéric Fleury, Emmanuelle Pidoux, Frédéric Poincelet,... View details »
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Splash
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Cerasoli Gallery
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While others seek refuge from this season's sweltering heat, Cerasoli Gallery director Freddi Cerasoli is inspired by it — hence Splash, a group exhibition that... View details »
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Jim Marshall
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Duncan Miller Gallery
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During his 40-year career, rock 'n roll photographer Jim Marshall has captured some of Bob Dylan's, John Coltrane's, and Janis Joplin's most intimate moments. "There's... View details »
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Truthiness and Absurd Recreation
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Thursday July 31 (noon–5pm) @ California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside
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Borrowing a recently coined neologism from Stephen Colbert's faux-conservative lexicon, Truthiness questions the reliability of the visual by featuring artists who transform photography (decidedly two-dimensional)... View details »
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Aragna Ker
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Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Sabina Lee Gallery
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Cambodian artist Aragna Ker can't help but poke and prod at cultural meanings until they fall apart. His elaborate mixed-media installations infuse Asian traditions of... View details »
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Signals: A Video Showcase
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Thursday July 31 (11am–8pm) @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
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For California Scenarios — the third installment of Signals, OCMA's ongoing contemporary video-art survey — the museum showcases the vivid work of Mungo Thomson, Enid... View details »
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Marlene Dumas
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Thursday July 31 (11am–8pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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The first stateside exhibit of French/South African/Dutch artist Marlene Dumas' work, Measuring Your Own Grave is a prodding collection of sketches and paintings that explore... View details »
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Dave McKean
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Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery
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During this solo show, Dave McKean leaves no medium unexplored. McKean is a prolific artist who dabbles in — among other things — digital photography,... View details »
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Pierogi Et Al
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Thursday July 31 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Daniel Weinberg Gallery
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Before Williamsburg was Williamsburg (in other words, when taking the L train to Brooklyn was a perilous undertaking devoid of glossy gallery-district maps), there was... View details »
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Rozi Demant
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Thursday July 31 (11am–5pm) @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery
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The work of New Zealander Rozi Demant depicts feathered friends, but her birds don't always stand for things like freedom, peace, and beauty. Demant's utterly... View details »
