GUEST CURATOR - Joachim Castaneda                                        



Joachim Castaneda

Feb. 8 – 12, 2021

The paintings and assemblages of Joachim Castañeda (@joachimcastaneda)  dream of the daily and live in the details. Media, material and message melt into reflecting pools as portraits, speaking to personal histories and universal understandings. His sidelong glances at life will aim their gaze at the news this week, surly to the benefit of us all.

Joachim Castañeda is an American multi-disciplinary artist based in Los Angeles.  After studying fine art at San Francisco State University, he continued his study at Metafora E’scola di Arte Contemporani in Barcelona, Spain.  Since returning to his native California his work has centered around the idea of perception to the broken, the connection between fact and truth.  Resiliency is a big theme in the artist's work, by showing wear and tear, Castañeda pushes a discourse of a history unknown, where the viewers' perspectives are brought in to participate.  It is by way of his art background from figure painting, mural making, and graphic design, Castañeda works are on an ever changing plane arriving just at the edge of empathy.⁠

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The weight of the average cumulus cloud is 1.1 million pounds
Published by Heads Up: A Scout’s Guide To All Things Cool

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Counterfeit popsicle stick gang busted in Turkey
Published by Hurriet Daily news
Jan 28, 2015

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Alex Kearns died thinking he owed hundreds of thousands for stock market losses on Robinhood. His parents are set to sue over his suicide.
Published by CBS News
Written by Tony Dokoupil, Michael Kaplan, Martin Finn, Cassidy McDonald, Jennie Kamin, and Rob Kaplan
Feb. 8, 2021

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Florida rapper Black Kodak offers to pay college tuition for children of fallen FBI agents: reports
Published by Fox 13 News
Feb. 8, 2021

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Czech woman performs oral sex to stop robbery of Slovak gas station
Published by Squeekly
Jan. 28, 2021

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Kim Kardashian’s BFF defends North West’s painting⁠
Published by Page Six
Written by Francesca Bacardi
Feb. 9, 2021

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Aunt Jemima Officially Has A New Name After Quaker Oats Pledged To Change It Due To Racial Stereotypes
Published by The Shade Room
Written by Christina Calloway
Feb. 9, 2021

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Nearly 200 pounds of contraband bologna seized at New Mexico border, feds say
Published by Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Written by Mitchell Willetts
Feb. 11, 2021

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Bodiless Cal Ripken Jr. joins wife’s virtual judicial confirmation hearing
Published by New York Post
Written by Kenneth Garger
Feb. 12, 2021

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