Yukin Zhang is a current senior fine art student at the USC, and a practicing artist that covers a wide range of mediums including painting, photography, video arts, and more.
Urban planning throughout history has long been operated as a tool of political control and economic dominance, disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities through zoning laws, highway construction, and patterns of displacement, which is also the case for Los Angeles.
Different people may have their own answer, but it is inevitable that this medium has showcased its possibility to be something more than purely entertainment or a way to make money.
Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film is probably the most relevant group show I have seen this year to contemporary and modern technology and advancements that have happened outside of the field of art.
As I was researching and casually asking ChatGPT about what are some of the present trend/tendency in art creation these days. One stood out to me which seems pretty distinct from the rest of the AI-summarized trend.
Despite the recent fire that had a damaging impact on the art community in LA, LA Frieze, being one of the biggest art events, that started last weekend has been a huge success.
Recently I came across an rather old, but interesting technology, called Pepper’s ghost. Toady, there are artists who utilize this old technology in their works, which I always found romantic in a conceptual way.
