In “Licorice Memory,” Bijou Karman’s new body of work welcomes us into her scene – a daringly colorful and women-dominated universe consisting of femmes fatales, heavy embellishment, and bold glamour above all else. Building on an enduring practice centered on the foundations of style, these paintings go beyond the standard appeal of record collecting – giving access not only to Karman’s taste in music but more importantly a window on her encyclopedic knowledge of the revolutions, design movements, and cultural touchstones of the 1960s and 1970s. As an established professional illustrator and painter based in Los Angeles, this exhibition is both a departure and an opportunity – offering the increasingly rare chance to share analog, hand painted favorites that encourage us to reflect on what was and imagine what could be. And while sophisticated decoration shines across these works, the album covers presented demonstrate the value of developing one’s own extremely personal visual vocabulary. Bijou Karman (b. 1992) is an artist and illustrator from Los Angeles. Her practice glamorizes and contextualizes vintage style while working to create an equal future for everyone. Karman splits her time between illustration and painting original pieces centered around women, fashion, and culture. Karman has exhibited with the Society of Illustrators in New York City, Hey There Projects in Joshua Tree, Nucleus in Portland, and PCA Gallery in Paris, among other spaces. She is the author of “Style Legends, Rebels, and Visionaries,” (2023, Chronicle Chroma) and her illustrations appear in magazines, books, advertising, and on goods, for clients such as The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Harper’s Bazaar, Penguin, National Geographic, Time, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Apple, Nike, and Lincoln Center.