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Portraits Among Friends and Melrose Graffiti
Season 2
Episode 2
This episode of Artbound features the portrait work of bi-cultural artist Shizu Saldamando who uses her portraits to explore a specific subculture of Los Angeles, Nery Gabriel Lemus' artwork inspired by his experiences as a social worker and his experiences encountering domestic abuse, the history of L.A's street art culture featuring a history of the Melrose graffiti scene that blossomed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the mapping of Tijuana's burgeoning arts scene by exploring the passageways of vendors and art galleries in the heart of the city, and a musical performance by the folk-country band I See Hawks in L.A.
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