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smoke the moon enthusiastically presents a solo exhibition of new work by Los Angeles multidisciplinary artist, Javier Ramirez. Born and raised in LA’s San Fernando Valley, the artist has honed a visual codex brimming with a material playfulness and poignancy. Ramirez’s work mythologizes the people and streets of the neighborhoods that raised him. Working deftly across painting and sculpture, the artist creates scenes that fabulate on the beauty of daily labors and objects. There is a raucous and technically precise revelry to Ramirez’s work; a universe brimming with life’s surreal beauty.

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