> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Sculptures in Showers, Paintings Above Toilets: Moments From the Felix Art Fair - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/sculptures-in-showers-paintings-above-toilets-moments-from-felix-art-fair-2021/ - Published: 2021-07-30T19:56:55.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:06:28.000Z - Description: Hosted at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the fair mostly focused on local LA galleries this year, and that’s a good thing. - Author: Samanta Helou Hernandez - Tags: Art, California, Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, Photo Essays, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1) LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles galleries are having their moment at this year’s [Felix Art Fair](https://felixfair.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com). For its third iteration held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, organizers decided to scale down and feature 29 galleries (compared to 40 and 60 in [previous years](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/felix-art-fair/)) and most of them are local. After checking in, and showing proof of vaccine or a negative COVID test, masked attendees are able to weave in and out of poolside cabanas while hotel guests tan and swim. Placing art pieces on the walls and in crevices of hotel rooms, rather than typical white walls, makes for a much more interactive experience. Sculptures are placed in the shower, paintings hang above toilets, and even wooden closets become display boxes. At Charlie James Gallery, busts by [John Ahearn](https://hyperallergic.com/john-ahearn-rigoberto-torres-the-bronx-comes-to-los-angeles-charlie-james-gallery/) hang on indoor and outdoor walls as if taking part in patrons' conversations. Other works include paintings by Gabriella Sanchez and two cake sculptures by Patrick Martinez which honor slain Chicano journalist Ruben Salazar and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1724.jpg) Patrick Martinez at Charlie James Gallery A few hotel rooms over, Inglewood-based Residency Art Gallery highlights Black and Brown artists like the Perez Bros, Jonah Elijah, and Yvette Mayorga, among others, whose work explores migration, militarization, gender, labor, and race. Chris Sharp Gallery features a single artist: Los Angeles-based Indigenous artist Ishi Glinsky who makes sculptures of cartoon characters using resin inlay techniques common in Indigenous jewelry-making practices. The use of these popular figures is in conversation with “Zunitoons,” which are made by the members of the Zuni nation and sell mostly to tourists in the Southwest. One particular stand out is Gavlak Gallery featuring sculptures by Kim Dacres made of interwoven tire strips, and the Afro-futurist, glittering tapestries of April Bey. Like most art fairs, there's an exclusive air about it, with tickets selling at an unfriendly $75\. But if you get a chance to see it, you'll get a window into the wide-ranging and effervescent Los Angeles art scene. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1439.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1534.jpg) Jonathan Wateridge at Nino Mier Gallery ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1571.jpg) Sam Anderson at Tanya Leighton ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1600.jpg) Ishi Glinsky at Chris Sharp ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1652.jpg) April Bay and Kim Dacres at Gavlak Gallery ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1617.jpg) Lenz Geerk at Roberts Projects ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1673.jpg) Glen Wilson at Various Small Fires ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1667.jpg) Jonny Negron at Chateau Shatto ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1680.jpg) Sarah Ann Weber and Amanda Wall at Anat Ebgi Gallery ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1684.jpg) Greg Ito at Anat Ebgi Gallery ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1711.jpg) Ed Ruscha hangs above the bed art at Gagosian ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1763.jpg) Veronica Fernandez, The Perez Bros., Jonah Elijah, and Yvette Mayorga at Residency Art Gallery ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1739.jpg) John Ahearn at Charlie James Gallery ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2021/07/img_1754.jpg) Fabian Guerrero at Residency Art Gallery *The* [*Felix Art Fair*](https://felixfair.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) *continues at the Hollywood Roosevelt (7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles*) *through Sunday, August 1.*