“You are not important, you are a fucking speck of cosmic dust.” @frohawktwofeathers
Once you accept that, everything shifts.We spent time in his studio talking through colonialism, history, and the narratives we’re still unpacking.
On this day of the 27th, @ilymicah2 and I would like you to know that you are, in fact, somebody! Shout out to the Jesse Jackson presidential campaign of ‘84! Happy black history month!!! Album coming soon. @superspecial2 Shot by @becauseitolduso 🙏🏿
"Degree Zero" continues at @wonzimer this weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Check it!!!
#losangelesart #losangeles #wonzimer #contemporaryart #lincolnheights
Comrades, Duns, and Dunnies! Myself, @artistnewsnetwork and @remaghuloum are gonna be on the radio ( @dublab ) tomorrow in the service of the @venicefamilyclinic annual art auction! Tune in tomorrow May 7th, 9-10AM PT! for a collaboration between dublab and Venice Family Clinic about art, music, health, and how they overlap. This special podcast highlights artists Rema Ghuloum and Umar Rashid in conversation with curator Max Rippon, as part of Venice Family Clinic’s annual auction coming up on May 8 - 17.
Today, my beloved mother would have been 79 years young. I miss her dearly although I know she is still around as energy. And, while thinking of my mother on this 5th of May, I thought about our lengthy, weekly, conversations about recipes, politics, spirituality, and everything in between. She would always leave me with a peace I have yet to experience again. And I really want to ask her about now. So, I asked her spirit essence a question. Why do humans continue to invest in wars (beyond obvious profiteering) that move us away from an achievable utopia? And, if my mother didn’t reply with quotes from the tenets of her faith, I have some idea of what she would say. “People just ain’t trying hard enough and always need a reason to be angry and fight one another over petty shit.” I laughed in my head. I laughed out loud. I cried on the inside. Happy birthday, Mama!
💥 OPENING APRIL 24TH💥
Degree Zero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art
Organized by Lawrence Gipe and Constance Mallinson
WONZIMER GALLERY
341 South Avenue 17, LA, CA 90031
April 24, 2026
5:00 -10:00 pm
8:00 p.m. Projection performance by Marcos Serafim
Closing Walk-through with Matt Stromberg (ARTFORUM), May 16th from 4:00 - 6:00pm
Artists:
Lynn Aldrich
Hilary Baker
Austin Caswell
Liz Cohen
Lawrence Gipe
Beihua Guo
Mark Steven Greenfield
Kaya & Blank
Ben Jackel
Constance Mallinson
Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers)
Marcos Serafim
Keith Walsh
And so, with great sorrow I have returned home, where the hatred is. My time in India and Japan was magical and restorative. Thank you to all of my friends and colleagues for making it great! A huge thanks to the @amaartistaward for the honor and the @indiaartfair for hosting me. And thank you @medha.jaishankar for helping me get there 😂 and @shaleenwadhwana for inviting me to speak on your panel. Delhi is an incredible city and the fair was lovely. And thank you @shunsasaki_photography@millvalley_tokyo and @nana.kikuchi77 for spending time with me in Tokyo! The key to healing the world is recognizing that it exists. Go, and see it! It’s goddamn marvelous! 🙏🏿
Umar Rashid
AMA Artist Award, Inaugural Recipient
On view at India Art Fair 2026, this solo booth by Umar Rashid brings together painting, drawing and sculptural works drawn from his ongoing parahistorical universe centred on the Frenglish Empire (1648–1880). Each work functions as a suspended scene from an alternative historical timeline, where fact and fiction collide.
Installed as a constellation of narrative fragments, the presentation foregrounds Rashid’s layered visual language, drawing from mythology, pop culture, revolutionary movements and canonical history painting. Sharp humour and cultural collision run throughout, reframing colonial histories and questioning how power, violence and identity are recorded, mythologised or erased.
On view through 7 February 2026
Booth M02
India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, New Delhi
