For Adam de Boer, textile processes become a means of navigating personal questions of place and inheritance. Combining traditional Javanese batik techniques with a Western painting lineage, his works frame moments in the cultural and visual landscapes of California and Indonesia, reflecting on the layered histories embedded within contemporary urban life – specifically in this series, Los Angeles. The Grand L.A.: (Conrad Hotel with Coyotes) (2024) is an homage to architect Frank Gehry. Made around the time of his death, De Boer sought to document how his incredible work changed the L.A. landscape but cannot change how wild and uncontrollable it often is. During the Covid 19 pandemic, most of downtown became a ghost town due to work-from-home orders. This caused the wildlife to come out of hiding and take back what was once only theirs, including the coyote. The painting therefore is a kind of critique of Modernism in general; humanity's foolish attempt to control and predict.