L.A. artist Kandis Williams wins the top prize connected to the 'Made in L.A.' biennial. Monica Majoli and Fulton Leroy Washington also are honored.
is presented at both the Hammer in Westwood and the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.
Williams’ work traverses collage, performance, assemblage, writing, publishing and curating. She co-founded Cassandra Press, a nonprofit “publishing and educational platform” in 2016 with artists Taylor Doran and. It puts out lo-fi pamphlets, presenting texts by Black critical theorists, and it offers artist zines, classes and exhibitions.
Compton-based Mr. Wash mastered the art of photorealistic portraiture while serving 21 years in prison for a nonviolent drug offense he says he did not commit. President Obama commuted his sentence in 2016. Paintings from his teardrop series, on view in the biennial, depict public figures such as Obama and Michael Jackson as well as fellow prison inmates, all with robust tears rolling down their cheeks. Tiny figures and narrative vignettes appear inside the teardrops.The artist known as Mr.
The Mohn Award and Career Achievement Award recipients were selected by a jury of curators; the Public Recognition Award was chosen by visitors to the exhibition. “Made in L.A. 2020: a version,” the fifth iteration of the biennial, closes Aug. 1. The exhibition, curated by
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