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Charlie James Gallery presents To Return, the first solo exhibition from Los Angeles based artist Shizu Saldamando since giving birth to her son in 2016. The exhibition, titled after the English translation of a song by Mexican crooner Vicente Fernandez, presents a series of new portraits paying homage to friends and peers in the vein of Alex Katz and David Hockney. Saldamando depicts her own life inhabiting and interacting with other artists, activists, and musician friends who make up varying Latinx music and art scenes in Los Angeles.

The exhibition incorporates graphite drawings, colored …