PEJ BEHDARVAND – DREAMING CALIFORNIA
2014-05-05Dreaming California is about the longing for elsewhere. Pej Behdarvand seeks to elicit the feelings of both beauty and uncertainty that arise when one yearns for another time, place, or circumstance. The Golden State has evocated yearnings for riches, fame, leisure and warm weather from the time of the Gold Rush to the creation of films from the movie studios to songs of surf and sun. This landscape series employs an old Hollywood technique known as Day for Night to create an illusion as well as to capture a different perspective on the “sunny California” landscape. Dreaming California is not a commentary on the state itself or a pessimistic stance against hopes or dreams. It is more of an exploration of the abstract notions of yearning and desire and the moments before actualization or disillusion.
Exhibition runs through to May 21st, 2014
drkrm / Gallery
727 S. Spring Street
Los Angeles
CA 90014
