The Wall/La Pared: Immigration and Identity

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September 29 – November 13, 2016

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Artists:

Alicia Cardenas

Josiah Lee Lopez

Antonia Fernandez

Daniel Salazar

Diego Rodriguez-Warner

J.V.A.B.

Mario Zoots

Mark Bueno

Miguel Tarango

Victoriano Rivera

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”7321″ img_size=”600×600″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]An exhibition in collaboration with Maruca Salazar of Denver’s Museo de las AmericasThe Wall features contemporary Latino/a artists working in the muralist tradition, as well as contemporary painters, tattoo artists and experimental media pieces. The exhibition showcases the work of 9 regional artists and explores processes of conceiving, making and placing of public mural art.  The Wall asks the question: How does mural art express socio-political viewpoints or, alternatively, advertising and commercial enterprises?

In our current political climate, the image of a wall is a contested metaphor of discrimination, fear and xenophobia. The Vicki Myhren Gallery offers a counterpoint- providing a space for artists with direct links to immigration to explore their identity, reacting to the wall as a metaphor, or leaving it behind.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”7319,7214,7213,7211,7210,7215″ img_size=”1000×800″ onclick=””][/vc_column][/vc_row]