Dillard Collection of Art on Paper
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TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art June 21, 2008 September 28, 2008
“TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art” is the most extensive and significant exhibition of this material ever presented in North Carolina. It is also the first to look closely at the connections between Latinos working in the United States and artists from Latin America. The exhibition features the work of more than forty highly acclaimed artists working over the last two decades; they hail from the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala, and Cuba. Their artwork, like the term “Latin American,” is far from homogenous: It moves across and beyond borders that are geographical, social, cultural, and aesthetic. Diversity and hybridity are the defining characteristics of the art and artists included in “TRANSactions.” For example, María Fernanda Cardoso's installation of artificial flowers pays homage to those who have “disappeared” in her native Colombia. James Luna, who is part Mexican and part Native American, asks us to consider how his dual heritage combines in a complex but still singular identity. Perry Vasquez and Victor Payan translate the This nationally traveling exhibition has been organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, which has one of the finest collections of Latino and Latin American art in this country. A bilingual, fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition. Educational and outreach programs at the Weatherspoon Art Museum will include a film series, lectures, bilingual labels, Family Day, and a Summer Solstice Party to mark the exhibition's opening on June 20. Image: Salomón Huerta, “Untitled Figure (Figura sin título)”, 2000, oil on canvas on panel (óleo sobre lino), 68 x 48 in. Also Showing |
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