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By Laila Reshad

Our entire understanding of the world is built on associations—we see and believe in symbols and iconography, objects that represent a memory, a season, a person we once were. We base our past, and slowly, our entire lives on what we’re able to recall.

Los Angeles-based artist Brenna Youngblood has made an artistic identity out of breaking these associations, taking objects and images of everyday contemporary experience and shifting their meaning onto her canvas. In her exhibition at Roberts Projects, R.A..D…I..O., Youngblood displays nine new works, as well as older paintings, that take objects like Nilla Wafer boxes, coat hangers, gloves, and more, creating a new context for what might otherwise be considered trash.

By Lauren Gallow

In 2024, Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana permanently installed a glass and granite sculpture called “The Soil You See…” by the artist Wendy Red Star, who grew up on the nearby Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation. The sculpture, which resembles a giant blood-red fingerprint, is inscribed with the names of 50 Apsáalooke chiefs who were coerced by the U.S. government into using their thumbprints to cede their tribal lands. Today, the center’s guided tours incorporate information on the Apsáalooke people.

Indo-Caribbean artist Suchitra Mattai unravels stories of the past to imagine new futures. In her work, she is deeply influenced by the history of her ancestors, who were brought from India to work as indentured laborers in Guyana. She works with materials that honor the labor of women—including vintage saris, beads, and embroidery—and uses techniques passed down through generations. At the center of the exhibition, Mattai reimagines her grandparents’ home in Guyana, the core of her migration story. From there, a memory journey told through textiles and sculptures spills out into the rest of the gallery.

The Corridor Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its spring exhibition, Mystical Me, on March 29, 2025. The exhibition showcases works that either reveal the alienation and inner conflicts of individuals during the process of modernization through distorted forms and vivid color contrasts; or transcend the boundaries between reality and illusion through collage, juxtaposition, and recombination, thereby constructing an imaginative surreal space; or engage visitors into the artists' inner worlds, embarking on a profound spiritual journey centered on themes of loss and discovery.The exhibition explores how contemporary artists construct their own worlds through art, offering insights into self-awareness and spiritual development.