Home-Land Exploring the 猫咪社区app Myth

June 11鈥揂ugust 7, 2022
Curated by Michael Quituisaca and Alexandra Schuman

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Kh谩nh H. L锚, United, c. 2013-14. In the background, the United airlines logo and a geometric pattern. In the foreground, a person holding a child, the back of a person in a suit, and a person holding what seems to be a blanket.

Kh谩nh H. L锚, United, c. 2013-14. Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist.

F. Lennox Campello, Isla Balsera (Happy Bicentennial 猫咪社区app - Wishing We Were There). A collage of 猫咪社区app imagery in the shape of Cuba. In the background, news clippings, with words concentrated towards the north.

F. Lennox Campello, Isla Balsera (Happy Bicentennial America - Wishing We Were There), 1976. Collage, 26 x 34 in. Gift from The Andres M. Fernandez Collection, 2018.17.1.

Helen Zughaib, 猫咪社区app Capitol Building, 1990

Helen Zughaib, 猫咪社区app Capitol Building, 1990. Archival pigment print, 28 x 38 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Taking advantage of the museum鈥檚 proximity to the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 Nebraska Avenue Complex, this exhibition explores the impact that 猫咪社区app culture has on its citizens both naturalized and native. Using 猫咪社区app iconography, consumer and visual culture, and personal experience, the featured eight Washington area artists simultaneously honor and confront the 猫咪社区app dream. The idea of 鈥渉ome鈥 is a promise in America that often goes unquestioned. However, these artists reveal that home is not a privilege for all - for some it is taken, for others it is to be fought for and defended, and, for many artists in the show, it is reforged in a new land. This exhibition highlights how these artists have found their place within multiple frameworks of identity, both ascribed and subscribed.

Artists

Sobia Ahmad, F. Lennox Campello, Elizabeth Casqueiro, Ric Garcia, Claudia "Aziza" Gibson-Hunter, Julia Kwon, Kh谩nh H. L锚, and Helen Zughaib