American Dreams by Brian Ziff
Thu, Apr 11
|Los Angeles
GALLERY THIRTYSIX is proud to present Brian Ziff’s American Dreams, a photography collection exploring the propaganda of desire within the iconography of wealth, leisure and exclusivity present in classic American post-war aspirational imagery.
Time & Location
Apr 11, 2024, 8:00 PM – 11:50 PM
Los Angeles, 1260 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
About The Event
The notion of the American Dream is one that grows continually more confounding and elusive. For Brian Ziff, as a first generation American, the iconography of wealth, leisure and exclusivity has presented itself as an abstraction rather than a tangible, achievable goal. Presented from the vantage point of a viewer very much on the outside looking in, this series depicts Brian’s take on two bastions of post-war American Jetset propaganda—the aspirational sexuality of Hefner’s Playboy Bunny, and the exclusionary opulence of Slim Aarons’ mid-century leisure class. Together, they paint a tantalizing picture—infinitely alluring, and yet perpetually out of reach.
American Dreams will be on display from April 11th to April 23rd, by appointment only and scheduled events, at the gallery space on the 36th floor of the Moxy building in downtown LA. Opening reception: Thursday, April 11th at 8pm, entrance through Level 8 at 1260 S Figueroa St. 90015.
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