The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington

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The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington was a curated invitational art exhibition held from June 18 through August 14, 2016 at The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC. [1]

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Curator

This exhibition was an invitational curated exhibition which featured the work of ten Washington, DC area artists who were immigrants to the United States from Latin America. [2] The work was selected by Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. [3]

Focus

The exhibition was curated to focus on the immigration, experiences, and views of ten Washington, DC area artists - all of whom were immigrants to the United States with "roots in Latin America." [4] The curator noted that the artists came "from different generations and from different circumstances... but they brought with them artistic traditions and innovations that took root and bore fruit here in the United States—and in the Washington area." [3]

Notable artists

The artists in the exhibition were Joan Belmar and Juan Downey, originally from Chile; F. Lennox Campello, Ric Garcia and Jose Ygnacio Bermudez, from Cuba; Muriel Hasbun, from El Salvador; Frida Larios, from El Salvador/Honduras; Irene Clouthier, from Mexico; and Naul Ojeda, from Uruguay. [2] [5]

Critical reception

The exhibition was widely reviewed, both at the regional and national level. [6] [2] [4] [5] [7] [8] [9] The Washington Post art critic described some of the art as being "simultaneously mythic and as modern as a can of Goya black bean soup," [4] while The Washington City Paper art critic observed about the artists, that "most, on some level, are confronting the various cultural aspects of migration, colonization, and imperialism." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington". American University. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  2. 1 2 3 Service, Catholic News (2016-06-23). "Artists' work in Washington exhibit focuses on immigrant experience". The Central Minnesota Catholic. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. 1 2 Housman, Patty. "The Looking Glass Visits the AU Museum". American University. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  4. 1 2 3 Jenkins, Mark (2016-07-30). "In the galleries: Norman Rockwell would have recognized these socialist images". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  5. 1 2 3 John Anderson (2016-07-13). ""The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington" At the Katzen Arts Center, Reviewed". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. ↑ Franco-Guzman, Ana (2016-06-23). "Artists' work in Washington exhibit focuses on immigrant experience". The Boston Pilot. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  7. ↑ "Through "The Looking Glass": Latin American Immigrant Artists in D.C." The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  8. ↑ Herrera, Adriana (2016-07-07). "Artist Immigrants of Washington: The Looking Glass". Arte al Dia. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
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