Jay Lynn Gomez and Ezrha Jean Black will lead a discussion regarding Jay Lynn’s solo exhibition Butterfly Dream at CJG2 on Saturday May 24th, beginning at 1pm. No RSVP required. Jay Lynn Gomez’s Butterfly Dream is an exhibition of paintings and mixed-media installations that locate Gomez’s artistic practice within the context of her transition. The exhibition asks: what does it mean to exist in this new identity, instead of constantly striving to realize it? Through a series of dreamlike paintings, Gomez makes clear that community and self-acceptance are central. Butterfly Dream documents the people and places that make up the community of trans women Gomez has found in Los Angeles, all captured in her signature documentary style. The exhibition also tackles the concerns of the artist’s past work, including issues of labor and immigration, now through a trans lens. Butterfly Dream is the artist’s fifth show with the gallery, and her first exhibition post-transition mounted in Los Angeles.