Tovaangar

Satsuki Shibuyas newest work Tovaangar is an appeal to contemplate and consider those who came before us the indigenous people who thrived here and cared for the land long before we existed. A direct reference to the people whose homelands spanned the Greater Los Angeles Area, Tovaangar means the world or homelands in the native tongue of the Tongva. The works are rendered in the artists signature abstract, meditative style and inspire the viewer to remember that we are all connected; the ties that bind us across generations and landscapes cannot be severed or forgotten. In the artists own words:

As we continue to reclaim lands as our own,
we somehow fail to also remember the origins of the land,
who cultivated and brought it to life,
and most importantly, who cared for it as an extension of themself.

Our home, Los Angeles, is made of
multicultural, multifaceted, multinational, multidimensional beings,
interconnected with a lands history that cannot be forgotten,
aligning lives lost, living, and born.
We are the past, present and future.