Bang Bang, a new group exhibition opened
last week in a Los-Angeles gallery, On the
Ground Floor. The show was born out of a trip
to Italy, which felt for Malika “like one big kiss.”
Meticulously curated by Malika Ali, eight artists
(both American and international) brought their
perspectives on this elaborate dance between
the light and shadow aspects of love and desire.
Ali writes: “A drippy, sticky, redolent group
of new works that collectively relay our human
dance with desire... this show tiptoes into the
bedroom, the bathroom, the back seat, and the
back pew to take a closer look at intimate life
and features recent works by eight emerging
artists who venture onto the merciless terrain of
a salacious kind of devotion”.
Like any real relationship, complexity finds its
way into the show, sometimes through humor,
at others through pain.Malika Ali – Curator Malika Ali viewing a readymade
sculpture titled "Relic: Star-Crossed II" by artist Julia
Barbosa Landois. Photo courtesy of On The Ground
BB opening night - Opening night visitors viewing Floor.
works on display. Photo courtesy of On The
Ground Floor.