Art Talks at Brand is a monthly conversation that invites contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues surrounding it, followed by a moderated Q&A with Brand staff member, artist, and writer Jennifer Remenchik. Art Talks at Brand artists are selected to reflect the diversity of the art scene of the greater Los Angeles area. Carrie Cook was born in Nashville, TN, and she currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Through a rigorous process of mining her archive, Cook’s practice explores the psychological territory of memory, ecstasy and grief. Circling poetic everyday moments into a mystical narrative, the works create a symbolic visual language. The works seek to reassess the tradition of surrealism and employ the symbolism of ancient art history and Eastern and Western religious traditions. Resulting in large scale works on canvas as well as intimate icon-like paintings on panel. Cook’s work has been exhibited at Best Western in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Goldfinch Gallery in Chicago, Baik Gallery, Seoul, CFHILL, Stockholm, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, Make Room, Los Angeles, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, Below Grand, New York, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, and Blaffer Museum of Art, Houston and featured in publications such as Bat City Review, Art Maze Magazine and Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles.  The Art Talks at Brand series is sponsored by the Brand Associates. All programs are free and open to the public. Arrive early to view the current exhibition, "Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination,” presented in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide. For more information on Art Talks at Brand, please visit our website: BrandLibrary.org/Art-Talks Images: Carrie Cook. Two Tables (detail), 2024, oil on canvas, 33 x 44 inches; Artist portrait. Images courtesy of the artist. --- Free parking is available in Brand Park. An accessible entrance and accessible parking for cars with a disabled parking placard or license plate is located on the East side of Brand Library. For additional information about this event, please contact Brand Library & Art Center at (818) 548-2051 or send us an email at Info@BrandLibrary.org.