Artist Yaron Michael Hakim talks about his practice and work in group exhibition See and Be Seen II on Instagram Live:
Los Angeles artist Yaron Michael Hakim’s portraits depict imagined anthropomorphic creatures. He examines his South American heritage and the exoticization projected onto him. He's inspired by the quintessential parrot, the Macaw, which is native to South America, and thinks about how it's attributes of camouflage and ability to mimic vocal pitch can function as a metaphor for assimilation and living between cultures. Hakim is represented by Sargent’s Daughters, New York and Los Angeles.
