Out of the Ruins

In one way, fires are a tragedy. In another, they are a ritual. And a ritual is often the acknowledgment of things that must be; changes, like birth and death, that will happen whether they are acknowledged or not.

In her four-part environmental installation, “Feast of the Fires,” Deborah Roundtree explores the notion of change by combining objects found among the ruins left by last year’s Malibu fires with large color photographs. The work is being exhibited at the Daniel Saxon Gallery in West Hollywood until Nov. 12.