“10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This December”
By Matt Stromberg
“A Tender Excavation assembles a diverse group of primarily US-based artists who engage with archives to create alternative narratives. Working with family or historical photographic archives, these artists transform these documents through collage, paintings, sculpture, or video, offering new perspectives on migration, diaspora, discrimination, and violence. Through abstraction or distortion, they draw attention to historical erasure and the instability of memory. Curated by Selene Preciado and presented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, the exhibition includes Zeynep Abes, Mely Barragán, Mercedes Dorame, Star Montana, Camille Wong, and others.”
