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6830 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038, Los Angeles, United States
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Zachary Ochoa: Manifest Destiny
Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Sat 21 Oct 2023 to Sat 18 Nov 2023
6830 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038 Zachary Ochoa: Manifest Destiny
Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
Artist: Zachary Ochoa
Steve Turner presents Manifest Destiny, a solo exhibition by Zachary Ochoa which features recent paintings that conflate the artist's lived experiences as an Afro-Latinx queer person with the escapades of cartoon characters such as Popeye, Donald Duck and Tweety Bird.
Artworks
Acrylic, oil pastel, and vinyl sticker on canvas
58 × 66 in
© Zachary Ochoa
Acrylic, Lisa frank stickers, and paper on canvas
41 × 47 in
© Zachary Ochoa
LUCKY GIRL 2002, 2023
Acrylic, oil pastel, cigarette, and ace of diamonds playing card on canvas
66 × 58 in
© Zachary Ochoa
Acrylic, oil pastel and ink on canvas
66 × 58 in
© Zachary Ochoa
Acrylic, oil pastel on canvas
58 × 66 in
© Zachary Ochoa
Installation Views
According to the artist, “I use the imagery of American cartoons to address the disappearing American Dream and the rise of teen suicide and depression. The characters are stand-ins for me, both psychologically and physically as they also bear my scars and tattoos. They embody darkness and violence, but they are also funny and playful. They enable me to find inner peace and power amidst a constant onslaught of ghetto aggressions.”
Zachary Ochoa (born 1998, Aurora, Illinois) earned a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (2020). They have had solo exhibitions with Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2021 & 2022) and have had works included in group exhibitions at Spring Break, New York (2021) and Woaw, Hong Kong (2022).
