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California Love

“California Love” is a strikingly expansive wall installation that draws its inspiration from  the sheet music of the iconic song “California Love” by 2Pac, featuring Dr. Dre and  Roger Troutman, which holds special significance as the Clippers’ win song. This  meandering artwork is composed of 80 circular sculptures, meticulously arranged to  reflect the different sections of the song. The varying sized circles correspond to the  musical notes on a staff, translating the song’s rhythm and melody into a tangible visual form.

Game Play

“Game Play” is a visually engaging artwork installation that captures the excitement and  strategy of basketball. The piece features sculptures arranged in a formation  reminiscent of a basketball play, employing the LA Clippers’ team colors—red and blue —to distinguish between offensive and defensive players. Each circular sculpture is  designed to evoke the appearance of both a basketball and a ship’s porthole, with  textural painting that reflects the dynamic motion and sensation of waves. This fusion of  elements creates a vibrant and immersive experience, blending the fluidity of basketball  with the strategic depth of the game.

KX2 is a collaboration between Ruth Avra and Dana Kleinman, sisters and artists whose practice revolves around the fusion of metalwork and painting. Their artwork delves specifically into the domain of data research, with a particular emphasis on climate change and water infrastructure, in order to illuminate pressing environmental concerns.Employing a blend of repurposed and sometimes salvaged industrial materials with more traditional artistic mediums such as paint on canvas, KX2’s work yields a distinctive visual encounter. At an initial glance, these artworks captivate the observer with their bold forms, color and textures. Yet, upon closer inspection, viewers can unravel a visual narrative addressing themes such as environmental concerns, infrastructure, and overdevelopment.

Each artwork conceived by KX2 seeks to raise an awareness of and foster an appreciation for the fragile balance needed between our natural ecosystems and industry.Since establishing their artistic collaboration in 2007, KX2’s work has been featured in notable galleries and museums around the world.  Importantly, the work was leveraged to the international art scene with an invitation to represent the United States at the 2008 Beijing Biennale at the National Art Museum of China. Their work can be found in numerous private, corporate and public art collections throughout North America.  Avra and Kleinman currently reside with their individual families in Southern Florida. KX2 is environmentally conscious of material choices, using up to 50% recycled metals and recycled canvas.