Court Space
Court Space
0
A photographic art work by Jeanetta Rich at The Bag Los Angeles in 2023. The Polaroid photograph is a self portrait of Jeanetta Rich. The artist holds a metal gag in her mouth and holds a purple cloth to her chest while looking off screen. The art work is a Polaroid photograph in a large white frame. The work hangs on a white wall of the gallery.
Close up shot of a video art work by Jeanetta Rich titled

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" at The BAG, 2023.

Court Space

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

A photograph of the interior gallery space of The BAG Los Angeles. Installed on the far wall are two white frames with two Polaroid photographs by artist Jeanetta Rich. In the center of the gallery floor is a plinth that has been significantly damaged.

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

A photographic art work by Jeanetta Rich at The Bag Los Angeles in 2023. The Polaroid photograph is a self portrait of Jeanetta Rich. The artist bites a metal gag in her mouth and holds a purple cloth to her chest while looking off screen. The art work is a Polaroid photograph which has been scanned at high resolution.

Beauty is a Terrible Thing
Jeanetta Rich

March 25, 2023 at 6 – 9 PM

Fundraiser for FEELINGS a film directed and produced by Jeanetta Rich

The BAG LA
2030 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027


Beauty is a Terrible Thing is a series of self portraits and video works by multi-disciplinary artist Jeanetta Rich. The gag in her series of photographs represent a choice of silence: to shut the fuck up and listen; to submit to softness; to surrender to love, joy and peace.

Feminism was intended to create choices for women, but it has remained a symbolic gesture of the elitist class. She contemplates, if feminism is about choice why is it that most women live between a rock and a hard place? Feminism has only been a political device and has not influenced change in communities of disenfranchised “cooxie” (ku:ʧɛ). It lacks utility for working-class women; or any woman for that matter. Through allegorical renderings and poetic language Jeanetta  attempts to define intersectional activism within the liminal space between erotic and sacred, crass and formal, institution and havoc.

Jeanetta Rich, b. 1989, Chicago

Jeanetta Rich is a mother and poet based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on the emotional lives of voiceless women, those who have been silenced through poverty and/or lack of education. Most recently her work was included in Texte Zur Kunst 30th anniversary issue "The Feminist" and has been published in No. 11 from the The Quarterless Review. Other publications include Changes Press, Polyesterzine and Deluge. The film Desperate LA written and directed by Jeanetta Rich won Best Narrative Short at IMFF 2021 and premiered at Metrograph NYC.

A photographic art work by Jeanetta Rich at The Bag Los Angeles in 2023. The Polaroid photograph is a self portrait of Jeanetta Rich. The artist bites a metal gag in her mouth and holds a purple cloth to her chest while looking off screen. The art work is a Polaroid photograph which has been scanned at high resolution.

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing", 3.5 in x 4.2 in Polaroid, 2023.

A photographic art work by Jeanetta Rich at The Bag Los Angeles in 2023. The Polaroid photograph is a self portrait of Jeanetta Rich. The artist holds a metal gag in her mouth and holds a purple cloth to her chest while looking off screen. The art work is a Polaroid photograph in a large white frame. The work hangs on a white wall of the gallery.
Close up shot of a video art work by Jeanetta Rich titled

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" at The BAG, 2023.

Court Space

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

A photograph of the interior gallery space of The BAG Los Angeles. Installed on the far wall are two white frames with two Polaroid photographs by artist Jeanetta Rich. In the center of the gallery floor is a plinth that has been significantly damaged.

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

Jeanetta Rich, "Beauty is a Terrible Thing" install view at The BAG, 2023. Photo: Ezequiel Olvera.

Beauty is a Terrible Thing
Jeanetta Rich

March 25, 2023 at 6 – 9 PM

Fundraiser for FEELINGS a film directed and produced by Jeanetta Rich

The BAG LA
2030 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027


Beauty is a Terrible Thing is a series of self portraits and video works by multi-disciplinary artist Jeanetta Rich. The gag in her series of photographs represent a choice of silence: to shut the fuck up and listen; to submit to softness; to surrender to love, joy and peace.

Feminism was intended to create choices for women, but it has remained a symbolic gesture of the elitist class. She contemplates, if feminism is about choice why is it that most women live between a rock and a hard place? Feminism has only been a political device and has not influenced change in communities of disenfranchised “cooxie” (ku:ʧɛ). It lacks utility for working-class women; or any woman for that matter. Through allegorical renderings and poetic language Jeanetta  attempts to define intersectional activism within the liminal space between erotic and sacred, crass and formal, institution and havoc.

Jeanetta Rich, b. 1989, Chicago

Jeanetta Rich is a mother and poet based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on the emotional lives of voiceless women, those who have been silenced through poverty and/or lack of education. Most recently her work was included in Texte Zur Kunst 30th anniversary issue "The Feminist" and has been published in No. 11 from the The Quarterless Review. Other publications include Changes Press, Polyesterzine and Deluge. The film Desperate LA written and directed by Jeanetta Rich won Best Narrative Short at IMFF 2021 and premiered at Metrograph NYC.

Court Space
0
    0
    Your Cart
    Your cart is emptyReturn to Shop
    Continue Shopping