LAXArts presents an exhibition of work by Melanie Schiff (a series of photographs entitled Pains), Zoe Crosher (from her LA-Like: Prospecting Palm Fronds series), a sculpture installation of Vessels by Galia Linn and a modular wall sculpture by Mark Hagan. These exhibitions will be on view until October 24 at LAXArt, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, C. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Galia Linn’s sculptures are translators and communicators of nature’s mysterious and often untranslatable language. As a site-specific installation, they stand as symbolic guardians in the face of nature’s intrinsic fragility, especially in the face of human disregard. Each sculpture is a totem, inspired by relics of the Neolithic era, that communicate deeply complex philosophies about our relationship with nature on a primal and subconscious level. Based in Los Angeles, Galia Linn grew up in Israel, on the very axis of ancient and modern civilizations. Water, oxygen, fire and earthen clay are manipulated in random orders and machinations to develop her works, which seem almost like timeless artifacts. Autre was lucky enough to pay a visit to Linn's studio to experience her works. Like an excavation site, Galia Linn's work can be touched, peered inside and meditated with – with the intention that the viewer will walk away with a transformative understanding that we are not separate from nature, but a part of nature. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
