Never Ever Land

Mar 28

L.A., USA - This submission came from artist Renée Fox, who was part of an exhibition that was supposed to open in downtown Los Angeles. A show that was meant to examine feelings like uncertainty and precariousness, the work feels resonant now.

From the submission:

Never Ever Land, curated by Narges Hamzianpour, is an exhibition that was meant to open at Backspace LA gallery in downtown Los Angeles, this coming Tuesday March 24. Each of the 3 artists created brand new work for this timely and relevant exhibition which was suddenly cancelled because of the oncoming pandemic.

Backspace LA is pleased to present Never Ever Land, a group exhibition curated by Iranian American Narges Hamzianpour, featuring new works by Renée Fox, Semco Salehi, and Hossein Edalatkhah. Never Ever Land is focused on how global society is increasingly shaped by the precarious realities of migration, identity politics, environmental uncertainties, and threats to cultural traditions. The works in this exhibition collectively respond to these concerns and examine various roles that individual agency, self expression, political hubris, and human progress play in influencing our understanding of them. In a combination of media, including paintings, prints, and a video installation, they imagine an alternate reality in which these concerns are engaged, and an expectant message of hope emerges. This group exhibition marks the first time the selected artists have shown work together as well as the first time the selected works have been presented to the public.