AAC at Avenue 50 Studio: Make Light To Me

Works by Victoria Ester Orantes

August 1-31, 2024

Reception, August 11, 3-6pm

“Love, a word often used to describe the feeling of desire or fixation, and as a result the word has gradually been trivialized into having a superficial connotation. The phrase Make Light to Me is an attempt to provoke the viewer to rethink how they interpret love and intimacy. In ancient times, love was recognized to be complex, heartful, and have various specific classifications. The varieties of love were specific, describing love between friends, romance, family, and a general care for the human race: Philia, Eros, Storge, and Agape. Make Light to Me means to experience these individual types of intimacy that are not dependent on physicality, rather the experience of tenderness through knowledge and genuine connection. To Make Light to someone is not to lust but to know- truly, purely, and wholeheartedly.” – Victoria Ester Orantes

 

Blue Wall Alcove
Mon. -Thu. 1pm – 5pm and Sat.-Sun. 1pm to 5pm
Closed Fridays
Admission is FREE

Avenue 50 Studio
131 N Avenue 50
Los Angeles, CA 90042

This exhibition is made possible in part through the generous support of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.