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And that there is something to be said for living outside of value, for acknowledging the absolute violence of value, of being party to a system in which one either has value or is devalued and consequently must make all sorts of diabolical concessions, alignments, and, ultimately, misalignments, in order to stay on the positive end of that scale.

from Scandalize My Name: Black Feminist Practice and the Meaning of Black Social Life by Terrion L. Williamson

from top left to bottom right: Kennedi Carter; Elliott Jerome Brown. Jr; Quil Lemons; Shikeith; Kennedi Carter; Nydia Blas; Chrisean Rose; Deana Lawson; Quil Lemons; Kennedi Carter

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photography by deana lawson. cropped and censored by me.

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Deana Lawson, Joanette, Canarsie, Brooklyn, 2013. Inkjet print.

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Deana Lawson, An Ode to Yemaya

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photography by deana lawson. cropped and censored by me.

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Matthew Schreiber, “Bowie 1-8”, 2016-23, a series inspired by David Bowie’s death in 2016.

As part of their programming for PST ART: Art & Science Collide, The Getty is showing Sculpting with Light: Contemporary Artists and Holography. The exhibition explains the process and presents the unique ways several contemporary artists experimented with it in their work.

From the museum-

Holograms produce the magical illusion of three-dimensional objects floating in space. They were made possible by the invention of laser technology in the 1960s, and since then, many artists have experimented with the art form. This exhibition presents holograms by John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Ed Ruscha, and other artists who were invited by the C Project to explore the creative potential of the medium in the 1990s. Deana Lawson turned to holography to expand her photographic practice around 2020. The master technician in both instances was artist Matthew Schreiber, whose work is also featured.

Pictured above is Deana Lawson's Black Gold (“Earth turns to gold, in the hands of the wise,” Rumi), 2021 which includes a hologram of Ron Finley, an LA based food activist and farmer.

Ed Ruscha, The End, 1998 reissued 2016

Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 1998, reissued 2014

This exhibition is on view until 11/24/24.