Veronica De Jesus – Matrix 268 – Del 25 de octubre de 2017 al 26 de febrero de 2018

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MATRIX 268 features 239 drawings by the Los Angeles–based artist Veronica De Jesus (b. 1970), who from 2004 until 2016 made portraits of artists, writers, and diverse cultural figures to mark their passing. The first subjects of her Memorial Drawings were the famous chef Julia Child and the Polish poet Czes?aw Mi?osz, whose deaths moved De Jesus greatly; eventually she expanded the project to include a wide range of people, some of whom she knew personally, such as Irene Pijoan, an influential artist friend of hers when she studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. The personalities she has honored range from celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Roger Ebert, and Václav Havel to members of various local communities, including Luce Depestre, who created literacy programs in Haiti; Mission District community…