Tag: A Pleasent Mess

Opening reception of Alex Face’s ‘Scorch and Drop‘, Huntz Liu’s ‘Strata’, Brian “Dovie” Golden’s ‘Small Wins‘, and Don’t Fret’s ‘A Pleasent Mess‘ exhibitions on view August 14, 2021 – September 4, 2021

EXCERPT FROM ALEX FACE INTERVIEW

What is the inspiration behind this latest body of work?

I get my inspiration from the world’s current situation; things like the pandemic, pollution, and the negative changes that the world is currently experiencing. It shows how fragile humans are, and invokes a question we all have to ask. Will the next generation survive? How will humans handle change to the world as we know it? Humans have created things to help make life easier and more comfortable, but those things have to be exchanged for the earth’s limited resources, which can be compared to humans burning themselves in order to step forward, but inevitably our flames will burn out.

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EXCERPT FROM HUNTZ LIU INTERVIEW

The time you spent at the Getty Research Institute helped provide a second education and define your work, what is one of the lasting lessons you learned from that experience?

I saw a lot of work and artist books in their special collections’ vaults, which made me realize the breadth and range of art that has been, is, and will be created. And that however disheartening and challenging it is to find your own voice and make your own space, there is a lightness and freedom in being just a singular artist making work in a singular time.

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