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Los Angeles-based artist Umar Rashid has been constructing a narrative of an “epoch of totalitarianism” since 2015. Last month at Blum, he presented The Kingdom of Two Californias, a sculptural series that introduces a series of subplots to his fictional, dystopian tale, such as “the explosive Battle of Los Cabos,” wherein “Frenglish” conquerors battle along the coastline of San Francisco through to Baja. In another room, a tableau depicted a version of 19th-century Northern California where “native residents fight a colonial fur trapper with crossbows—only to have their target whisked away by a spaceship.” It’s imaginative and illustrious, and to get a sneak peak into the process of mounting the show, I handed Rashid a disposable camera for the week leading up to its unveiling. Let’s take a look… —Annie Armstrong

The Order of the Golden Dawn in Glassell Park for Andres and Dadelus. When You Roll Up on Two Strangers in Front of Your Work at Guerrero Gallery and Ask Them to Pull Up for a Photo and It Works Out So Well You Forgot That You Made the Work.

Son Adjacent to Infinity. When You’re Standing in a Doorway and Someone Randomly Takes a Picture of You but You Still Keep That Standing in the Doorway Energy.

Commendante Y Soldados. The Commander and His Attendants at the Function Making Plans and Securing a Possible Future in What We Have No Idea.

Lorenzo of Arabia and His Cohort Attempting to Look Stylish Under an Autumn Moon of Uncertainty or with the Staff of BLUM Los Angeles After the Artist Talk with Myself and Mika Yoshitake.

The Homie Dave in Real Joy. The Spectre of Things to Come and the Future Is Bright.

Type Shit. After Talk Celebrations with New Friends at BLUM and the Spectre Remains.

In the Foreground, You Can See Chris the Photographer and Abel the Artist in Conversation with the Spectre and Other Luminous Beings, Again, After the Talk.

The Shadow of Things to Come. Sam Durant Looms Above Us All.

Sweetlings. It’s Always Great to See People Who Believed in You from the Beginning Along the Road and Rejoice in Knowing That They Still Low Key Fuck with You.

Kaifan Wang in Conversation with His Admirers.

The Dance of the Machetes or I Whip My Hair Back and Forth. The Back of the Neck of Two People. The Vanishing Point of a Performance on the Occasion of the Exhibition of Kaifan Wang at BLUM.

A brief pause and a conversation about everything.

The Rashidun Effect. Video Dave and Rachid Bouhamidi. Friends, Painters, Crafters, Music Aficionados, and Lovers of Beauty.

Compton Juice Company and Company. Don’t Let the Empty Seats Fool You Because They Got Filled. Everybody Wants a Taste and They’ll Get It.

Friends who brave the rain in Los Angeles are national treasures.

Come on with the Bullshit Man. Open Your Fucking Eyes. 🙂 JK. Thank You, Brother! Or I’m Not Here with You, You’re Here with Me. JK. This Is Paul, My Brother and Liaison. Thank You for Seeing This Through.

My Dearest Friend Arshia and the Barron—Forever Friends or the Flash Blew Out Everything Except for Good Times.

YOU’VE GOT THE TOUCH. YOU GOT THE POWER. YEAH!! Lord Venzor and the Lady Rhian or a Proper Ending to a Fabulous Opening Night in LA at BLUM.

Agata Słowak Queen of the Poles and Everyone Else or Sage Malecki Emphatically Translating the Worlds Between the Atlantic Ocean to New and Willing Audiences.

A Quiet Moment with Lord Kaifan and the Lady Felicia or It Is Possible to Enjoy Work with Sound When It Is the Voice of the Artist and the Liaison in Tandem. A Most Beautiful Resonance.

Umar Rashid Himself Leading the Charge of the Press Preview with Style and Grace That Will Never Be Matched in One Hundred Years.

A Three Minute Tour. Thank You for Coming, Michael Slenske. Looking Good So Early in the Morning Requires a Lot of Work, and I’m Always Grateful for the Presence of the People Who Get It.