Vielmetter Los Angeles is excited to present Perpetual Portrait, a group exhibition featuring the work of thirty artists drawn both from and outside the gallery’s program who engage in notions of portraiture. Focusing on artists who have made the portrait a central part of their practice, the exhibition will span all three galleries and will be on view from July 8 to August 18. It brings together a multitude of approaches and perspectives by artists from different generations and cultural perspectives to situate our understanding of the genre into a new and complex framework. While cross references abound, several themes resonate throughout the exhibition and show how the portrait is used: as self-reflection, as a symbol, as a trigger, and as a tool to address larger societal and historical issues. Participating artists include Laura Aguilar, Andrea Bowers, Ever Baldwin, Ellen Berkenblit, Sadie Benning, Sara Berman, Kwesi Botchway, Brian Calvin, Kim Dingle, Nicole Eisenman, Luis Flores, Nash Glynn, Genevieve Gaignard, Roger-Edgar Gillet, Salomon Huerta, Lavaughan Jenkins, Karl Haendel, Raffi Kalenderian, Nate Lewis, Helina Metaferia, Celia Paul, Pope.L, Tatiana Preciado, Robert Pruitt, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Amy Sillman, John Sonsini, Nicola Tyson, Hannah van Bart, Monique Van Genderen, and Esther Pearl Watson. Image: Celia Paul