David DeSanctis Gallery
314 N Crescent Heights Blvd
323.782.9404
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David LaChapelle: The Rape of Africa (detail) at David DeSanctis Gallery
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Opens Saturday Sep 12, 2009 (6–8pm)
Sep 12, 2009 – Oct 31, 2009
Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–5pm)
Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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Check out Flavorpill's exclusive interview with LaChapelle back at Flavorwire.
David LaChapelle is one of the most well-known and controversial photographers working today, who recently retired from a career in fashion and pop-culture publishing spanning more than 20 years, in order to bring his skills to bear full time on his personal fine art. His much-anticipated new work, The Rape of Africa, a year-long labor of passion and persistence, casts a regal Naomi Campbell in the role of Venus from the Botticelli masterpiece Venus and Mars, in a monumental tableaux that seduces viewers with sexy bling, only to shock them with the environmental devastation and violent conflicts that pervade African mining. Exhibited in LA alongside a compendium of process renderings, collages, and drawings, this sensational work infuses LaChapelle's unapologetic opulence with profound pangs of conscience.
