Tonight my installation opens at Future Studio, Amy Inouye and Stuart Rapeport's gallery in Highland Park (aka Home of Chicken Boy). Here is a description of the show taken from the press release:After World War II, sending Christmas cards became a popular way to wish friends well and to keep up with news of new homes and growing families. While dismantling the contents of her parents’ house, artist Deborah Thomas discovered a trove of boxes filled with every Christmas card her parents ever received, beginning in 1948. Appreciating the design and fabrication of these cards – many including singularly whimsical images common to that time, custom family representations, and individualized engraving -- she decided that the cards deserved to be displayed once more during the holiday season. In addition to revisiting holiday festivities of the 50s and 60s, her installation will be an exploration of memory, time and self-perception. Model trains, music and other ephemera will also add to the mid-century holiday atmosphere during “Christmas Past at Future.”
Future Studio is located at 5558 Figueroa in Highland Park; the show opens tonight (December 8) from 7 - 10; also open on Sunday afternoons from noon to 4 or by appointment (323 254-4565 or amy@futurestudio.com.
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