Exhibition Catalogue
Curated by Catalina Barroso-Luque
WORKS BY:
Phil Lique, Kevin Van Aelst, Isabelle Gressel, Ivan Mendez Vela, Panachai Chaijaratat, Maria Lara Whelpley, Susan McCaslin, Martin Roberts, Justin Rodier, and Sophie Aston
Por Oaxaca is a record of responses to a seemingly straightforward photograph taken in Oaxaca, Mexico, and sent by the curator to a selection of local and international artists.
The diversity of work stemming from the same image brings out issues of cultural tourism, analog vs. digital technology, image-media mediation over our engagement with reality, cultural aesthetics, and the prevalence of a western hegemony over contemporary artistic production.
Texts:
Poem, by Martin Roberts
'Thoughts on Por Oaxaca' by Catalina Barroso-Luque
'Response to prompt' by Isabelle Gressel
'Gracias Sr. Zapata' by Maria Lara-Whelpley
'Letter' by Susan McCaslin