ImMigration - Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Curated by Mary Sherwood Brock in collaboration with the Los Angeles Printmaking Society
IMMIGRATION EXHIBITION ON VIEW JANUARY 11, 2020 - FEBRUARY 22, 2020
OPENING SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
ImMigration is a collaborative project that asked artists to respond to the complicated and layered themes around migration as part of unique visual exploration. Join us on Saturday, January 11th for the opening reception from 7:00-9:00 p.m., and Saturday, February 1st, for a gallery walk-through of the exhibition led by select featured artists. The February 1st walk-through will be followed by a panel discussion on migration and art with Pavel Acevedo, Marianne Sadowski, and Phumelele Tshabalala.
The word migration has many associations and implications for survival beyond the response of nature to changing seasons. These are especially notable with the effects of extreme weather and the resulting disasters both natural and unnatural, often including the turmoil and repercussion of political upheavals. All are the results of the basic need for survival, whether one is called refugee, immigrant, or endangered. Change, transition and ultimately migration are part of an eternal process that involves all forms of life on our planet. In these challenging times, how do we see ourselves in this process?
Each participating artist created at least one 15” right-angle triangular print responding to their personal reaction to the theme. The triangles are pieced together, regardless of orientation, to create a large mosaic. This collaboration explores creative participation while visually presenting a conceptual migration of interpretations as each individual becomes part of the whole.
The new iteration of ImMigration at SHG presents a 3D installation of Paper Boat, prints that interpret the theme of water. Water has long been an exciting subject for printmakers to interpret and there are many thematic designs depicted in the work. The fragility of the paper boats is significant as well in context to the island identity, one noted for resourcefulness and for the respect of water that defines its edges and boundaries.
ImMigration is curated by Mary Sherwood Brock in collaboration with the Los Angeles Printmaking Society. This project has grown and changed with each installation with new works since its first presentation at Union Gallery, University of North Texas, as part of the 2019 Annual Southern Graphics Council International Conference. The installation also traveled to SCgallery at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy in 2018.
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