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Layers of California • Cynthia Ona Innis

Layers of California • Cynthia Ona Innis

Lum Art Magazine
Artist Profile, Los Angeles

There are often aspects of an artwork that are impossible to capture with a camera lens; some quality of color or light or tangible substance that vanishes the moment a picture is snapped. It doesn’t look like that, you think, frowning at the oddly lit, washed out image on your phone screen. Maybe you then feel frustrated that you can’t save or share the artwork in a way that feels like you’re doing it justice. But could an argument be made for the unique significance, or the singular intimacy, of such an artwork experience that defies replication?

Ishi Glinsky: Upon a Jagged Maze

Ishi Glinsky: Upon a Jagged Maze

Lum Art Magazine
AD&A Museum, Los Angeles

I first encountered Ishi Glinsky’s monumental soft sculpture Coral vs. King Snake Jacket (2019) in March 2021 at the Chris Sharp Gallery in Los Angeles after completing a road trip from Minnesota to California. Upon entering the gallery, I was completely amazed by the work’s size, scale, attention to detail, but most importantly, the tapestry of stories that were woven into the jacket in the form of oversized patches referencing a mix of Indigenous movements, punk rock/noise bands and the artist’s own biography. These stories, like the work itself, are a testament to Native American survival and speak volumes about Indigenous resilience and resourcefulness. What also struck me was the punk, DIY attitude the jacket embodied in its form and materiality.

Beta Epochs

Beta Epochs

Madeleine Eve Ignon
Los Angeles, Los Osos, Print Issue

Beta Epochs is an unapologetically unpolished, collaborative adventure. We organize aspirationally in the spirit of basement punk shows and unsanctioned apartment galleries. The first eponymous exhibition, in October 2020, brought together work from twenty eight artists in a 4,200-square-foot warehouse situated between downtown Los Angeles and Echo Park Lake.

Love Me, Love Me Not • Anna May Wong

Love Me, Love Me Not • Anna May Wong

Debra Herrick
Print Issue, Los Angeles, Essay

When the US Mint in 2022 released its Anna May Wong quarter, the fifth coin in the American Women Quarters Program, female Asian American representation got a boost. The following year, it had a pop culture moment when Mattel released the Anna May Wong Barbie, wearing a red dragon dress, in its Inspiring Women series. But who is Anna May Wong and what made her an icon?