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Uprising Los Angeles

Related events and gallery hours:

Opening reception with the artist: Thursday, October 11, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Open house and tea with the artist: Saturday, October 13, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Limited gallery hours: Tuesday, October 16–Saturday, October 20, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

All other times the gallery is open by appointment only, contact Erdene Greene at 646.246.4481 to schedule an appointment.

The exhibition will be on view Thursday, October 11–Saturday, December 1, 2012

The exhibition features large-scale color photo collage panels and black & white photographs of a city and its people following the violence of the Los Angeles Riots in 1992. On display in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the civil unrest, this is the first time the work will be shown in New York.

On April 29th, 1992, following the acquittal of the police officers that beat the African-American motorist, Rodney King, large sections of Los Angeles erupted into five days of violence. Christine Burrill’s photo collages are made up of over a hundred 4x6 images that have been layered digitally then printed as a single image on archival paper. The exhibition presents a range of subject matter—would-be gang girls flashing victory signs, empty shells of stores, elegant African-American churchgoers displaying resolve after Sunday service, a Korean family sweeping up the remains of their store, and a dismayed Latino cop standing quietly among by wreckage. The images feel remarkably current, invoking the pathos and lurking potential for violence in communities plagued by injustice.