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Kelly Akashi: Formations
On view at MCASD
September 21, 2023 to February 18, 2024
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents the first museum survey of LA-based artist Kelly Akashi, curated by Lauren Schell Dickens for the San José Museum of Art.
Jill Dawsey, the exhibition's hosting curator in San Diego, will highlight Southern California’s history with WW2 incarceration camps, as explored by the artist in relation to her family's experience.
Press
“L.A. artist Kelly Akashi’s work evokes tangled feelings about impermanence.”
—Los Angeles Times
“If you need to be convinced that art hits different in person, go see 'Kelly Akashi: Formations.'”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Akashi’s practice extracts meaning from the ore of object relations, striking at the heart of our attachment to things.”
—Artforum
Funders
Kelly Akashi: Formations is generously supported by the Teiger Foundation.
Top: Cultivator (Hanami), 2021