r d f a presents “Let our hearts be a little happy,” an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Matt Lifson opened on Saturday, August 13, 2022, and will run through September 10, 2022. Remember to check with the gallery for up-to-date covid protocols and guidelines – (proof of vaccination and masks MAY be required once again).

Matt Lifson, Harvest. 2021. Oil on canvas, 21″x16″

Matt Lifson’s paintings employ symbolism and narrative devices that explore the relationship between trauma and the erotic through a queer lens. Though immediate in their painted gestures, the figurative works linger in a transient space between anticipation and longing. The relationships between fragmented works bridge an overarching narrative of life cycles spanning love, transformation, loss, rebirth. Feathers inserted into orifices, flowers growing from erogenous zones, ghostly figures imprisoned by stained glass are woven together to create a system of allegorical symbols that illuminate peripheral conditions of queer intimacy.

On view: August 13, 2022 – September 10, 2022

What:  “Let our hearts be a little happy,” Matt Lifson
Where: r d f a, 3209 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angles, CA 90018
Website: https://www.rorydevinefineart.com/