Exhibitions

Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination brings together seven artists who turn to craft to divine memory, enact ritual, and seek knowledge of the future. Working with earth, fiber, metal, cyanotype, terracotta, and film, they carry ways of understanding the world passed through generations, giving form to what is felt, inherited, and unseen. Through these practices, material becomes both medium and oracle, connecting with Spirit, place, and ancestral knowledge.

Rooted in the San Gabriel Valley, where cycles of wildfire, floods, winds, and regrowth shape the landscape, the exhibition reflects on time as nonlinear and ever returning. The artist's works echo these rhythms, suggesting that transformation is both inevitable and generative, and that materials remember across distance and lineage.

The exhibition features works by Jackie Amézquita, April Bey, Calethia DeConto, Emmanuel Louisnord Desir, Joel Gaitan, Sky Hopinka, and Lani Trock.

Curated by Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Director of Exhibitions. Exhibition Management by Danielle A. Hill, Exhibition Manager.

Image: April Bey. I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT, 2024. Jacquard, sherpa, crushed velour, metallic thread, beads, adorned clothespins. 4 Panels: 80 x 240 inches overall. Gallery Inventory #BEY1062. Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles. Photo credit: Jeff McLane.

Lead support for all Armory programs comes from the Perenchio Foundation. Exhibition public programs are supported, in part, by California Community Foundation.