GALLERY SADE LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES MAYA SPANGLER’S STOLEN BESOS BOOK LAUNCH WITH AN IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION OF HER WORKS FROM THE BOOK, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL MORE RECENT WORKS, WITH AN EVENT ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 18TH AT GALLERY SADE LOS ANGELES FROM 7-11PM MAYA SPANGLER // STOLEN BESOS // SADE LOS ANGELES // CATALOG PREVIEW PRESERVED IN A BREATH HELD FOREVER, MAYA SPANGLER’S STOLEN BESOS STRETCHES THE NOW INTO SOMETHING ETERNAL. WHERE GIRLS EXIST IN LANGUOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY’RE SEEN. SHOT OVER TWO YEARS ACROSS EIGHT CITIES, THE SERIES UNFOLDS AS A VISUAL DIARY OF LONGING, REBELLION, AND UNRESOLVED GIRLHOOD. SPANGLER PHOTOGRAPHS HER SUBJECTS IN INTIMATE, OFTEN IMPROVISED SPACES THAT ECHO HER OWN UPBRINGING. THERE’S A TENSION BETWEEN SOFTNESS AND GRIT, BETWEEN THE CURATED AND THE ACCIDENTAL. CREATED DURING A PERIOD OF PERSONAL ESTRANGEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION, SPANGLER RESISTS NOSTALGIA BY EMBRACING DISSOLUTION — SOFTENING THE EDGES AND SURRENDERING TO FLEETING MOMENTS THAT SLIP THROUGH MEMORY. IT’S A PORTRAIT OF GIRLHOOD NOT AS INNOCENCE, BUT AS MYTH: TOUGH, TENDER, AND SELF-MYTHOLOGIZING STOLEN BESOS IS A DEBUT VISUAL MONOGRAPH BY MAYA SPANGLER (@STOLENBESOS). PUBLISHED BY ENTER BLISS, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD KERN, THE BOOK MARKS SPANGLER’S FIRST OFFICIAL BODY OF WORK, AND IS LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. // EDITED BY RAF (RI) PATEL AND DESIGNED BY JUNE LIHUA YU MAYA SPANGLER (B 1999. LOS ANGELES) IS A LENS-CENTRIC ARTIST LIVING AND WORKING BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK. HER WORK IS AN ONGOING EXPLORATION OF FEMININITY, LONGING, AND THE EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES OF PHOTOGRAPHY THE WORKS WILL BE ON VIEW EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 7-11PM UNTIL JUNE 29TH & BY PRIVATE VIEWING APPOINTMENTS AT ALL OTHER TIMES. GALLERY SADE LOS ANGELES IS LOCATED AT 204 S AVENUE 19, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90031 FOR INQUIRIES + PRIVATE VIEWING APPOINTMENTS CONTACT SADE-LA@SADE-LA.COM