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(📷 Agnes Denes
Wheatfield - A Confrontation
1982) by @nico1as

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I decided to post this year after all. 💙💙 by @nico1as

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💚 @sherin.guirguis.studio
OPENING SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4

RG: @luisdejesuslosangeles
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is very pleased to announce SHERIN GUIRGUIS: “A’aru // Field of Reeds: Gathering,” an exhibition of carved paper, mixed-media paintings. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, and her first in Los Angeles since 2018. The exhibition will be on view from November 4 through December 22, 2023. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 4th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Sherin Guirguis’ new works are an expansion of A’aru // Field of Reeds which the Egyptian-American artist exhibited during her 2023 residency at Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design in Honolulu, Hawaii. Continuing her dialogue with contemporary and historical antecedents, Guirguis posits cultural identity and intersectional feminisms through an integration of oral histories, abstracted motifs and a consideration of minimalism and ornamentation in non-Western aesthetics.

In this series, Guirguis draws inspiration from communal gatherings which she participated in during the COVID-19 lockdown, in which she and a group of female artists, poets, writers, and activists —organized and guided by artist Amitis Motevalli—took turns reading Farīd al-Dīn Aṭṭār’s 12th-century Sufi poem, The Conference of the Birds (Manṭeq al-ṭayr). This epic Persian narrative tells the story of a group of birds who set out to find God and enlightenment. They journey through seven mystical valleys, each of which requires the birds to confront some inner weakness and moral failing.

Throughout the centuries, the poem has been adopted by generations of artists, writers, and poets who, inspired by their own search for meaning, beauty and truth, find a deeper universal message of personal development and discovery within their communities. In “A’aru // Field of Reeds: Gathering,” we experience the transformation in Guirguis’ artistic practice which was formed from these simple acts of communal care. taken in Luis De Jesus Los Angeles by @nico1as

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... because it's Earth Day again. 🕊️ by @nico1as

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4 years ago

...on to the next! ❤️🍸🐍
"The End" from Auntie Mame, 1958
Main title/End title card design by Wayne Fitzgerald 🎨 by @nico1as

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💔 RIP VIVIENNE WESTWOOD 🖤
Photograph by Andreas Kronthaler by @nico1as

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💔 RIP Terry Hall 🖤🤍🖤🤍

- April 19, 1980

The Specials performing Gangsters on Saturday Night Live

- I couldn't find a photo credit for this beautiful image, with the WTC twin towers behind him...anyone know? by @nico1as

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THIS performance. 🤍 Gal Costa + Jorge Ben Jor - QUE PENA by @nico1as

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