June 15, 2024\u00a0to\u00a0December 08, 2024<\/p>\n
This exhibition examines artistic responses to violence instigated by state regimes across the Americas to disclose censored narratives, argue for the importance of artmaking as an act of memory and witnessing, advocate research, and seek justice.<\/p>\n
Through the lens of contemporary art, Necroarchivos, \u201cthe archival study of the spaces between life and death and their interconnections\u201d investigates diverse responses to the \u201cdisappeared\u201d from the Americas. From the 1960s to the \u201890s in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, El Salvador, Uruguay, and Nicaragua, intellectuals, artists, and activists were kidnapped, tortured, exiled, and in numerous instances murdered, for demanding human rights and opposing dictatorial regimes and censorship. More recently, from the late \u201890s to today, people in the region have been victims of ongoing failed policies such as the War on Drugs, narco-violence, the continued presence of dictators, feminicide, and a brutal state and border apparatus.<\/p>\n
Conceptualized as \u201cNecroarchivos\u201d by Dr. Adriana Miramontes Olivas, these artworks examine, archive, and denounce these issues and the continued disappearance of women and other individuals while addressing both art historical concerns and trends to challenge the definition of art and its impact upon society.<\/p>\n
Artists
\nLuis Camnitzer (b. 1937, German-born Uruguayan),
\nOscar Mu\u00f1oz (b. 1951, Colombia),
\nFelicia Rice (b. 1954 United States),
\nGuillermo G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a (b. 1955 M\u00e9xico);
\nDoris Salcedo (b.1958, Colombia),
\nTeresa Margolles (b. 1963, M\u00e9xico),
\nAlfredo Manzo Cede\u00f1o (b. 1964 Cuba);
\nRafael Lozano-Hemmer (b. 1967, Mexican-Canadian),
\nValaria Tatera (b. 1967, United States),
\nVoluspa Jarpa (b. 1971, Chile),
\nVer\u00f3nica Dondero (n.d. Chile);
\nGustavo V\u00e1zquez (b. 1973 Puerto Rico);
\nZachary Watkins (n.d United States);
\nRegina Jos\u00e9 Galindo (b. 1974, Guatemala);
\nRigoberto Juli\u00e1n D\u00edaz (b. 1992 M\u00e9xico);
\nCarlos Castro Arias (n.d. Colombia)<\/p>\n
These artists highlight voices and stories from a variety of communities. They participate in a transnational and intergenerational exchange to address \u201clos desaparecidos\u201d and other kinds of violence in the region including CIA-backed regimes, neo-imperialism, colonization, and ongoing authoritarian rule. Necroarchivos foregrounds their creative efforts and recognize their commitment to reveal and condemn violence in their demands for social change.<\/p>\n
Special Project
\n\u201cPlegaria Muda\u201d (2008-10) by Doris Salcedo is a contemplative installation consisting of pairs of tables that symbolize burials. The tables incorporate mud, seeds, and grass, speaking not only of death but also of life, or life after death. Our second largest gallery in the museum will be devoted for this special project.<\/p>\n
Necroarchivos de las Americas\u00a0is curated by Dr. Adriana Miramontes Olivas<\/p>\n