On view:

Dean Sameshima

being alone

April 1st - May 13th, 2023

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 1st, 5-9 pm

—> Flash Art Review

To this day, Dean Sameshima is somewhat of a legend embedded within the (often) sordid tales of a Los Angeles Art World of the past. Based now in Berlin, his exhibition being alone, represents a triumphant return not only to his home town, but also to his roots as a photographer (or documentarian, as he often refers to his practice). Sameshima decisively locates his impulse to document in a fear of loss - of losing something important. Social activities, no matter how circumstantially taboo, shape the physical world we live in. His new series of photographs, being alone, show spaces designed and built for certain (social) activities, but also document an endangered breed of public space. While similar spaces have all but completely disappeared in the US, the photographs of being alone (taken in Berlin) document a different kind of para-technology social potential. 

This exhibition is presented concurrently with the exhibition, VERBIAGE;, by Los Angeles-based, Canadian artist, Mark Verabioff. Both artists collaborated on a publication for the occasion of their exhibitions. The publication is available at the gallery.