Damon Casarez’s exhibition My Name’s Not Damien reflects on memory, identity, and assimilation through staged photographs shaped by a documentary aesthetic. Raised in suburban Los Angeles County as a fourth-generation Mexican American, Casarez reimagines childhood moments that are both humorous and haunting. Collaborating with a recurring cast of emerging actors, he reconstructs these memories in familiar domestic spaces, drawing from lived experience, family archives, and speculation. Everyday objects—a garden hose, a tortilla mask, a folded flag, and religious iconography—become charged symbols of cultural history. Blurring fact and fiction, Casarez invites viewers to consider how memory is remembered, reshaped, and mythologized across generations. Info: Los Angeles Southwest College Art Gallery — Cox Building, 2nd Floor
, 1600 West Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA 90047 Closing Reception: Saturday, November 8, 2–4 PM Gallery Hours: Thursdays 11 AM–1 PM and by appointment (Contact: EVANSLL@lasc.edu ) Image title: Take Your Shirt Off, 2025