Justin Yoon, At Midnight, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist and Hashimoto Contemporary. — Justin Yoon, *At Midnight*, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist and Hashimoto Contemporary.

Hashimoto Contemporary presents Are You A Friend of Dorothy? a group exhibition featuring new works by Santiago Galeas, Jean-Paul Mallozzi, Juan Arango Palacios, Carlos Rodriguez, and Justin Yoon. Each artist explores their identity and sexuality in emotive, figurative painting to create depictions of joy, belonging, and queer intimacy.

Juan Arango Palacios, Eclipse, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist and Hashimoto Contemporary.

Carlos Rodriguez, the myth of nerites, 2023. Images courtesy of the artist and Hashimoto Contemporary.

Rooted in personal narratives and lore, all five artists have created their own visual languages to imagine queer utopias filled with safety, community, tenderness and serenity. As the Cowardly Lion said while making his way through the Land of Oz, “Any friend of Dorothy must be our friend, as well.”

Are You a Friend of Dorothy? is on view through July 8 at Hashimoto Contemporary, 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd. Suite B - Los Angeles, CA