Instead of the Dorothean homecoming of familiarity, comfort, and love, however, Sultan’s photographs create a depiction contrary to what is usually associated with the Los Angeles suburb, notorious for its malls and vapid “Val-speak.” The eight photographs in the exhibition feature suburban homes which are rented out to serve as sets for the adult film industry and the unclad stars that occupy them, giving new meaning to suburbia as bedroom community.

Entering the tenebrous Gallery X to see Yong Hyun Chung’s show “Trans” is like stumbling into a private wonderland. The four columns of what seem to be spinning totems of pots, bowls, and vessels subvert their conventional functions as they transport the viewer to a place of self-reflective contemplation.