Concrete Is Fluid

Victor Hugo Zayas is a painter and sculptor based in Los Angeles, originally from Mazatlan, Mexico. He focuses on large scale, industrial cityscapes, and he has been working on a series of paintings that focus on the LA River since the 1990's.

Debra Scacco’s practice is tied to the nature of a line. In her artist statement she writes: “My work is a study of lines of lineage, lines of passage, lines of policy. I aim to question and contest these lines, reflecting a more accurate representation of our layered past by examining the environmental, cultural and political structures of permission by which we live. And in doing so, I seek to highlight lines that are historically undocumented, unarchived, silenced.”

Her practice works toward contextualizing her own immigrant history and tracking the lines that make up the paths she and others have taken. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2012, Debra has dedicated her work to the LA River. She has a public installation housed on display at the Los Angeles State Historic Park titled “Origins: Los Angeles River 1815/1825” documenting the previous courses of the LA River; and curated ”La Reina de Los Angeles”: an exhibition with a focus on the LA River that opened on September 16, 2018 at Descanso Gardens.

To learn more about Debra Scacco visit: http://www.debrascacco.com/