As part of the museum’s ongoing engagement with the community, LACMA presents an exhibition of work by Kaz Oshiro at the museum's satellite gallery within Charles White Elementary School. The exhibition juxtaposes objects Oshiro selected from the museum's collection, new work based on his interactions at the school, and student art. Oshiro is best known for creating high fidelity sculptures of everyday objects—microwaves, dumpsters, file cabinets. By using the materials of painting (paint, canvas, stretcher bars) to fabricate sculpture, Oshiro’s work transcends tromp l'oeil trickery and blurs the distinction between the two media. Oshiro was born in Okinawa, Japan and is based in Los Angeles.

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Kaz Oshiro, Dumpster (Yellow with Blue Swoosh) (2010),
Acrylic on streched canvas over panel and caster wheels,
Gift of Steven Hull and Tami Demaree, Yasmine Benyamini and Samuel Kashani.