ANN 330 Gallery
170 S La Brea Ave
Art 170 Bldg
323.954.9900
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Lehman Morris
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Opens Saturday Jan 14 (6–8pm)
Jan 7 – Mar 3
Tuesdays–Fridays (noon–5pm)
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“ANN 330 Gallery showcases this group photography show delving into the theme of saudade, a deep, melancholic sense of loss or incompleteness. Joey Lehman Morris' portrait of an urban mountain of sand — the aftermath of land leveled for development — stirs a longing for unsullied nature, while a structuralist photograph by April Friges of a weed-covered lot inhabited by an old home being readied for transport evokes wistfulness, in spite of the blatant subversion of modern disposability and consumerism. Also including works by Josh Cho and Dong Hoon Jun, Saudade provokes an uneasy nostalgia.”
Karin E. Baker, Flavorpill
Saudade is a Portuguese term that has no direct translation in English. It is often loosely defined as a recollection of feelings and experiences and a deep emotional state of nostalgia. This exhibit explores the notion of yearning and longing, particularly for something that may not or cannot exist. Although photographs are often inherently linked with the evocation of nostalgia, this yearning, within the context of the show, is not in an idealized form — it is precarious, challenged, and perhaps both repressed and permitted in some respects. These artists expand and draw out the various interpretations of saudade both in method and ideology. The works in the show range from a stack of take-away unfixed black and white photographs, depicting trashed photographs acquired from the dumpsters of commercial photography labs in Los Angeles to photographs that evaluate the histories of land use and the geographical changes that occur over time as well as expired, conscripted and repurposed structures.
