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Leon Borenszstein - it's so fucking lonely here AND Don McCullin

  • Little Big Man Gallery and Hauser & Wirth 1427 East 4th Street #2 Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA (map)

Please join us for an exhibition walkthrough with the artist Leon Borenszstein of it's so fucking lonely here, a series of images that document life with his disabled daughter over 30 years. Sharon, Borensztein's daughter, is legally blind, prone to seizures, and diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia. By the time Sharon turned 15, her mother was unable to care for her due to drugs and alcohol, tasking Borensztein with raising their severely-disabled daughter by himself. The series investigates life with chronic illness from a familial perspective, as well as the harsh realities faced by disabled women today. Click here to read a review of the exhibition in the LA Times.

We will then head to Hauser & Wirth in the Arts District for a tour of their exhibition by British photographer Sir Don McCullin, CBE, including a selection of his acclaimed images of war from around the world and societal upheaval in his home country. This show is a prelude to McCullin’s forthcoming retrospective at Tate Britain in 2019, which will be the museum’s first survey for a living photographer. The majority of works on view are limited-edition platinum prints, created through a special photographic process that delivers a particularly wide range of tones unattainable in more conventional gelatin silver prints.