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By Erica Silverman

On the festive occasion of The Getty’s Pacific Standard Time (PST) project: “Art and Science Collide,” ever-inspired artist Lita Albuquerque debuts her fourth presentation with Michael Kohn Gallery. The immersive installation and collection of paintings fuses Mother Nature’s grandeur with Albuquerque’s deeply-felt creative language. “Earth Skin,” a trance-inducing installation, utilizes decomposed granite to transport visitors atop the earth’s labyrinthine surface. Paintings brimmings with primal motifs kindle private conversations with the ancient and the intangible.

“Feet dancing above the earth, dancing with fervor, drumming, the increasing drumming of the feet not fragile on the fragile earth,” said Albuquerque.

What we love: “Earth Skin” stands as one of three, exploratory exhibitions offered by Albuquerque on the occasion of PST. This past June, her installation Malibu Line, curated by Ikram Lakhdhar, profoundly echoed a previous pigment earthwork. In addition, This Moment in Time unfolds as a gilded installation under open sky at Caltech Hall Pond Bridge, on display September 27–December 15.