by Sydney Walters
“Black” at The Loft at Liz’s in downtown LA presents a unique examination of the color black. Rather than commonplace tropes of black, such as being a signifier of desolation, dreariness or morbid, “Black” highlights both the drama and contemplative sides of darkness.
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Venue director Liz Gordon says that working around a color theme allows for more abstract interpretation. None of these artists, save perhaps Camilla Taylor, work exclusively with black and that restriction is a unique creative opportunity. In “Black”, the color is a mode of movement. As T.S. Eliot so precisely describes in East Coker III, “I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you which shall be the darkness of God. As, in a theatre, the lights are extinguished, for the scene to be changed with a hollow rumble of wings, with a movement of darkness on darkness.” This exhibit is a prime example of changing scenes and the rising tides of darkness on darkness.
Artists included: Kelly Berg, Carlos Grasso, Michael Hayden, Jeff Iorillo, Veda B. Kaya, Rosana Lagos, Andy Moses, Lindsey Nobel, Miguel Osuna, Stefano Panichi and Camilla Taylor.