June 17, 2023 - August 5, 2023
Gallery reception is Saturday, June 17 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm
Jackie Castillo, "Turning No°2" (2022), reclaimed brick, laser print, polyvinyl acetate adhesive, 5’ x 7’ x varies
Turning consists of three works in which domestic tracts and remnants of infrastructure are unearthed and rebuilt; raised and collapsed. “Turning” is an excavation of the historical and material loss of the Southern California built environment. Three images—a hearth without a home, a tomb-like structure, and a mound of earth—are segmented and fused to the topmost layers of topographic stacks of reclaimed building units (reclaimed tiles, bricks, and cement pavers). The demolition sites erupt from the ground like a staircase, rapidly ascending into both mounds of debris and, alternately, the foundational layers of building. In moments of quaking tension, the edges of the photographic frame begin to fragment, breaking our habitual experience of photography and holding still the transience of the developing metropolis. Important to the work is the visual language of labor, called to mind by my physical act of solely assembling the modular sculptures when exhibited. The emphasis on the material evidence of construction reflects on the laboring class that built the structures around us. The lack of mortar and the gesture of stacking, challenges the viewer to reimagine a structure that could be. “Turning” is a clarion call to the need for housing through its lack. —Jackie Castillo
“Jackie Castillo: Turning” is presented in conjunction with “Hildegarde Duane: Wild Honey.” Reception for the artists is on Saturday, June 17 from three to five pm at as-is.la
Recent acquisition of Turning No°2 Edition 1/2 by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with a special thanks to the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and thanking the entire team at LACMA for their support. The work was purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund.
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