Anaheim Blvd: Hood to Suburb

Alkaid Ramirez

July 18 - September 14, 2024

Working radically and strategically to create a response to the continuous redevelopment in Anaheim barrios, Alkaid Ramirez is reimagining what it means to belong to a community that has been historically and constantly uprooted and gentrified. Ramirez “hijacks” messages from commercial real estate advertisements and re-presents them to reflect the impact on his hood and vanishing neighbors.

In this solo exhibition, he uses traditional photography of integral scenes and stories to pose a counter-narrative to local redevelopment through the framework of material analysis. Inspired by Edward Ruscha’s photographs of Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard, Ramirez uses archival photography practices to document his community from past to present, while also bringing forward conversations of inequity and the macroeconomy that holds up the community. For more info, visit alkaidramirez.com.

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