SAM DURANT – ICONOCLASM
2020-10-05For over two decades, Durant has been engaged in an ongoing dialogue with tumultuous and forgotten events of the past, shining a light on these histories to reveal their resonance with broader social, political, and cultural issues. In a new series of graphite works drawn from archival documentation, Durant depicts the intentional and often violent destruction of public monuments. Produced in 2018, this body of work was first exhibited last year at Library Street Collective in Detroit, and is being shown in October 2020 in Los Angeles at a time when monument-removal has become a divisive political debate issue in the lead up to the US General Election. A new electric sign by the artist commemorates the occasion.
Opposite – Remember in November, 2020
Exhibition runs through to November 7th, 2020
Blum & Poe
2727 South La Cienega Boulevard
90034
Los Angeles
