Grand Central Art Center and X Artists’ Book, in association with Sargent’s Daughters invite you to join us in celebration of the release of Yaron Michael Hakim: Psittaciformes.

Yaron Michael Hakim: Psittaciformes is a 104-page publication published in conjunction with an exhibition curated by John D. Spiak at Grand Central Art Center (GCAC), California State University, Fullerton, Santa Ana, California (September 4, 2021–January 9, 2022) and a companion project by the artist presented with artist Elliott Hundley in his Los Angeles-based studio (October 30, 2021–January 14, 2022).

The publication includes a foreword by John D. Spiak, GCAC Director/Chief Curator, text by poet Amy Gerstler, and a conversation between artist Yaron Michael Hakim and former LACMA Curator and current MoCA Senior Curator José Luis Blondet.

This publication was designed by Stephen Serrato for ELLA with assistance from Gabrielle Pulgar, edited by John D. Spiak, text edited by John Farmer, photographed by Ruben Diaz, color corrected by Tony Manzella and his team at Echelon, and printed in by Stanley So and his team at Permanent Printing LTD.