(Houston, Texas) – labotanica presents La
Lengua
Muerta (The Dead Tongue) an exhibition of new works
driven by
private conversations about deciphering how Latin we
still are. A group
of uprooted and acclimating emerging artists are both
subversively and
romantically embracing classification as a point of
departure to
investigate their historical and current geography.
A panel of established artists, curators and critics:
Elia
Arce, Margarita Cabrera, Aisen Chacin, Delilah Montoya,
Ruben Cordova
and Surpik Angelini, will participate in dialogue at
labotanica,
offering the artists their Latin Label experience. At
the core of these
dialogues lays the need to move beyond traditional
categories of “Latin
American Art” and to frame new definitions, visual
languages and
creative practices among these artists in Houston. La
Lengua Muerta will
yield visual and performance works to be as diverse (in
form, subject,
aesthetics, and influences) as being Latin American.
Participating artists include: Daniel Adame, Chuy
Benitez,
Aisen Caro Chacin, Claudia Cruz, Sebastian Forray,
Jonathan Lopez, Angel
Quesada, Cheyanne Ramos, Stephanie Saint Sanchez, Alex
Soares, and
Fabian Vargas.
La Lengua Muerta is a Gulf Coast Art Corridor
project
conceived by: Aisen Caro Chacin. [more]
Also opening at labotanica in The I:
Presentation
of Unknown Factors
Curated by Christina Summers, The I presents artist John
Painter and writer Dalel Serda. John Painter's
sculptures Stole,
Sheathed Comfort, and Crossed Orchid are
the
artist's emotional response
to the body in pain. Dalel Serda will write a lyric
essay based on
John's life story that is the inspiration for the
artworks. In addition
is an interview between John and Dalel.
The I is the window space located within labotanica's
Resource
Room that presents an artist's work and an interview on
their process.
The I is the convergence between labotanica and greater
community, and
the artist and viewer. [more]
Current Exhibitions:
Current exhibitions--- States of Exchange, Luxuria, and Stage Exchange are open until Saturday, April 3rd.
About labotanica:
labotanica
uses flexible, open-ended formats to frame new forms and
dialogues. labotanica key words:
reciprocity,
exploration,
freedom, latitudes, open-ended, flexibility, de-center,
soulfulness,
processes. labotanica is part of Project Row Houses’
Incubation and
Residency Program and is located at: 2316 Elgin (at
Dowling), Houston,
Texas 77004, and open to the public Saturdays 1-5 and by
appointment.
For high-res images or additional information
about programs at labotanica, contact
la@labotanica.org
or visit the website at: http://labotanica.org
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