Opening Thursday!
A Gentle Unroot: A Latinx Perspective
Curated by Claudina Hannon
December 12, 2024 — January 12, 2025
Artists' Reception: Sunday, December 15, 4 — 6 pm
Artists' Talk: Sunday, January 12, 2:30 pm
I've never been a fan of the term "Latinx", as I consider it an invasion of the language and no single Spanish word that I know of ends in "x" - but I am guilty of employing it myself here and there... anyway from The Athenaeum in Alexandria:
A Gentle Unroot: A Latinx Perspective uncovers the possibilities for what happens when someone leaves their native Latin American land to reside elsewhere, and what they choose to keep with them physically and mentally throughout their daily lives.
Most people who have experienced an immigrant’s journey will tell you it is no “gentle” process. However, the humanistic wish and ideal is for all people to transition from one place to another gently and to carry one culture into another seamlessly. The exhibition's title suggests this concept as a wish for a gentle transition with almost blind yet faithful hope in unrooting one or more cultures and taking them with us as we move to a new country.
Many times, it is not just something that affects those who are first-generation immigrants. It is a process that affects future generations of families through the traditions and memories kept from that unrooting via language, family, culture, and history. But it is that unrooting that allows the travelers to almost transform their identities as they embrace a new country, culture, and language individually, while merging their Latin American identity with that of their new homeland.
The Latinx diaspora of artists in this show share a multigenerational lens of experiences within Latinx and American culture. Their compelling stories and artwork provide a glimpse of what they experienced and witnessed, and this opens a greater understanding and sensibility for humanity through their first-hand experiences as immigrants or as descendants of immigrants within their family lineage.
Participating artists:
Ana Rendich
Francisco Juncadella
Katty Huertas
Paloma Vianey
Pedro Ledesma III
Rosa Vera
Ric Garcia
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