Big Pictures Presents Holding Space, Their Final Show On Washington Blvd

The term holding space is often used when referring to supporting another persons emotional needs by being present for them. It can also mean creating a safe and contemplative context where sacred ceremonies can be performed. Here thoughts and emotions can be more deeply explored and appreciated. Both of these definitions describe important aspects of what Big Pictures Los Angeles has been about. The gallery has functioned as a safe place for art to be seen in real life. Always striving to be a beautiful space that uplifts the art and unifies it with the community in an attempt for all parties involved to learn and grow. Artists include: Scott Armetta, Eric Ashcraft, Matthew Arnone, Michael Assiff, Alison Blickle, Spencer Carmona, Manny Castro, Chris Collins, Brian Cooper, Joachim Coucke, Matthew Craven, Doug Crocco, Tom Delaney, Helen Rebekah Garber, Steve Gladstone, Eben Goff, Dan Gratz, Ethan Greenbaum, Kady Grant, Robert Gunderman, Aramis Gutierrez, Joshua Hagler, Julie Henson, Alvaro Ilizarbe, Samantha Jacober, Shaun Johnson, Kara Joslyn, Aaron Elvis Jupin, Lauren Spencer King, kyttenjanae, Alice Lang, L, Tyler Lafreniere, Matt Lifson, Megan Lindeman, Susan Logoreci, Brendan Lynch, Grace Mattingly, Jake Kean Mayman, Max Maslansky, Joshua Miller, Hugo Montoya, Aaron Morse, Nikko Mueller, Daniel Newman, Laurie Nye, Annie Pendergrast, Manny Prieres, Alex Jacob Reed, Alyssa Rogers, Maja Ruznic, Aaron Sandnes, Ben Sanders, Marty Schnapf, Alex Sewell, Kira Maria Shewfelt, Tosha Stimage, Erik Torregroz, Erin Trefry, Lani Trock, Dani Tull, Laura Watters, Paula Wilson, Hayley Quentin, Nelly Zagury, and Mathew Zefeldt.

Holding Space in on view through November 23 @ Big Pictures Los Angeles 2424 West Washington Blvd. photographs by Lani Trock

Opening of Las Lenguas Group Show @ BBQLA

Las Lenguas is an exhibition about the potential languages of the body. It presents works that explore the representation of the figure by way of its inaudible gestures of expression. This is different from the soul inside of the eyes. It asks to observe the nuance of a lover, of a stranger, the alienation of a foreign language, and the failures of both the voice and the body to translate into distinguishable codes of associations. Las Lenguas are presences whose capabilities figuratively translate through the mysterious shapes made by the body to reveal or conceal in interior and exterior worlds in which it exists. Exhibiting artists include: Manny Castro, Alan Gutierrez, Yaron Michael Hakim, Shaun Johnson, SofΓ­a LondoΓ±o, Jesse Mockrin, Nora Riggs, Ellen Schafer, and Hiejin Yoo. The exhibition is on view through July 14 at BBQLA 2315 Jesse Street Los Angeles. photographs by Lani Trock
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