CLOTHING OPTIONAL, the 2017 CalArts MFA post-graduate exhibition, opens at Night Gallery this Saturday night, and runs through Wednesday, August 9. Organized by REDCAT’s Sohrab Mohebbi, the show brings together work by recent graduates of the Art, Art and Tech, and Photography and Media programs at CalArts.

Artist participating in the exhibit include: Yair Agmon, Deirdre Bailey, Maya Beaudry, Charmaine Bee, Niels Bugge, Joestine Con-ui, Courtney Cone, Hagar Cygler, Maria Bang Espersen, Lorena Espitia, Joshua Evan, Geir Foshaug, Isabelle Harada, SeJin Hyun, Jeanine Lewis, Tyler Lumm, Emily Marchand, Corey McGhee, Mariner Padwa, peckingnets, Jaklin Romine, AJ Strout, Jack Taylor, Efrain Torres, Matt Town, Jazmin Urrea, Amanda Vincelli, John Wu, and Sichong Xie.

CLOTHING OPTIONAL, August 5 through 9.

Opening night reception, Saturday, August 5, from 6 to 9 pm.

NIGHT GALLERY, 2276 East 16th Street, Los Angeles.

blog.calarts.edu/2017/07/20/mfa-post-graduate-art-show-at-night-gallery/

nightgallery.ca/assets/img/ClothingOptionalCalArtsMFAPostGraduateExhibitionpr1500586960.pdf

See: “Metal Shop: Sohrab Mohebbi and Aram Moshayedi in Conversation,” PARIS LA 15 (Spring 2017): 92 – 97.

Sichong Xie, You Can’t Take That Away From Me (in Zhangbei, China), 2014.