Dual Expressions
Art Review
The journey from Latin America to the
The exhibit is divided into two venues, one at the
Haggerty Museum of Art and the other at the
The individual works, which include lithographs,
silk-screens, acrylic paintings, photographs, monoprints and mixed-media
presentations, display obvious expertise. But the far greater value stems from
the artists’ insights into the difficulty of transitioning into another
culture. Given the political prominence of immigration in
In The
Immigrant’s Dream: The American Response (2003), Malaquias Montoya (b.
1938) depicts a figure wrapped in an American flag and barbed wire. Montoya’s
large-scale acrylic painting, along with numerous silk-screens in the exhibit,
communicates a colorful, satirical dialogue surrounding the controversy of
immigration.
The photographs of Alan Pogue (b. 1946), exhibited at
both the Haggerty and the UCC, reveal the emotional pain of leaving one’s home
and acclimating to a foreign land. A gelatin silver print, Bracero: Antonio Gonzalez with 1965 Identification Card,
The Haggerty exhibit includes videos and DVD
presentations; the
The Latino and Mexican-American artists involved in
“Caras Vemos,” whose unique faces remain hidden, allow their hearts and stories
to express the often-uncomfortable convergence of different cultures. (The
exhibit continues at both venues through July 13.)
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