Artists Reflect on LA Wildfires in opa projects Group Show
'Out of LA: Contemporary Voices' highlights paintings, sculptures and mixed media works that touch on the LA wildfire disaster
Participating artists incldue Cleon Peterson, Ed Ruscha, Kour Pour and more notable names
Miami-based opa projects is showing a group exhibition featuring works by eight notable artists from Los Angeles whom were affected by the Southern California wildfires that took place this past January. Entitled Out of LA: Contemporary Voices, the group presentation features a range of diverse works, encompassing painting, sculpture and media, that channel themes of survival, renewal and resilience. Participating artists include Cleon Peterson, Ed Ruscha, Kour Pour, Emily Ferguson, Jessica Taylor Bellamy, Kenny Scharf, Nicholas Shake and Zoe Walsh.
Highlights include a life-sized work by Peterson entitled 'Between Fate and destiny I' painting that features his primitive, dark figures in a clashing scene as well as Ruscha's 'FAST FROM' (2019) acrylic work on paper that touches on his experiments with text. 'I like the idea of a word becoming a picture, almost leaving its body, then coming back and becoming a word again,' said Ruscha. Bellamy's 'Pastime paradise' (2025) oil painting, is perhaps one of the more noticeable works reflecting the wildfires, that displays a chaotic composition of an LA Times newspaper with the headline 'California's climate apocalypse' as it melts against a backdrop of burning leaves.
'In this moment of rebuilding, Out of LA honors the artistic voices that define this city—not through nostalgia, but through action, expression, and an unshakable belief in creative future-building,' said the gallery in a statement.
'Out of LA: Contemporary Voices' is on view through July 10.
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