Closing Reception: Migration Stories... & At Dusk
Migration Stories Whispered in My Ear / Me Susurran Al Oído Historias de Migrante
Moysés Zuñiga Santiago
August 11 - September 10, 2022
Curator: Anahí Gonzalez
Researcher: Dr. Sarah Bassnett
What are the social and political effects of the portrayal of migration as a crisis? How does photography impact our understanding of migration?
Criminal networks frequently target undocumented migrants crossing Mexico heading towards the United States. While human rights organizations have collected testimonies about these abuses throughout the country, the Mexican government refuses to acknowledge the connections between their immigration policies and the violence perpetrated against migrants. Read more
At Dusk
Michelle Paterok
August 11 - September 10, 2022
In her painting practice, Michelle Paterok considers how spaces are experienced subjectively, how these experiences are reconstructed in our memories, and how the affordances of painting contribute to representing subjectivity. Finally, she asks what role painting might play in addressing the environmental urgencies of the present moment.
At Dusk is a series of paintings investigating the poetics of colour and light in the context of domestic space. Paterok aims to express a specific emotional atmosphere of a space, seeking to depict time unfolding in the static frame of a painting. Read more
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Join us for a closing reception in celebration of Moysés Zuñiga Santiago's Migration Stories Whispered in My Ear / Me Susurran Al Oído Historias de Migrantes and Michelle Paterok's At Dusk on Friday, September 9, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at McIntosh Gallery. All are welcome!
McIntosh Gallery offers free admission to all exhibitions and public programming. Regretably, McIntosh Gallery is not wheelchair accessible.
Pictured: Moysés Zuñiga, Manuel, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, October 29 (detail), 2012. Courtesy of the artist.
