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Art Meets History: Many Worlds Are Born
In Art Meets History at 516 Arts, two exhibitions鈥擬any Worlds Are Born and Technologies of the Spirit鈥攍ook at how the divergent histories of race, conflict, and colonialism in New Mexico inform how we imagine our futures. Both are curated by Ric Kasini Kadour and Alicia Inez Guzm谩n, PhD, and are accompanied by a series of public conversations and activities that bring together historic content and contemporary art. Many Worlds Are Born takes a cue from the late Chicano writer Rudolfo Anaya, who is best known for his fictional, but still true, portrait of New Mexico, Bless Me, 脷ltima, in which he writes, 鈥淢illions of worlds are born, evolve, and pass away into nebulous, unmeasured skies; and there is still eternity. Time always.鈥� This exhibition takes a cue from the late Chicano writer, Rudolfo Anaya, who is best known for his fictional, but still true, portrait of New Mexico, Bless Me, 脷ltima. Co-curator Alicia Inez Guzman says, 鈥淭he light, the land, the mysticism, and the people were all his subjects 鈥� kinfolk in a constellation that spanned generations. Along the same lines, the sprawling content of this group exhibition also spans multiple generations and understandings of New Mexico鈥檚 many histories, worlds born from beauty, violence, and a deep sense of place.鈥� In partnership with the Art Meets History initiative and Albuquerque Museum Photo Archives, 516 ARTS will present this exhibition that brings the pasts of various cultures in our area into the current moment through a process of historical investigation and contemporary art practices.
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In Art Meets History at 516 Arts, two exhibitions鈥擬any Worlds Are Born and Technologies of the Spirit鈥攍ook at how the divergent histories of race, conflict, and colonialism in New Mexico inform how we imagine our futures. Both are curated by Ric Kasini Kadour and Alicia Inez Guzm谩n, PhD, and are accompanied by a series of public conversations and activities that bring together historic content and contemporary art. Many Worlds Are Born takes a cue from the late Chicano writer Rudolfo Anaya, who is best known for his fictional, but still true, portrait of New Mexico, Bless Me, 脷ltima, in which he writes, 鈥淢illions of worlds are born, evolve, and pass away into nebulous, unmeasured skies; and there is still eternity. Time always.鈥� This exhibition takes a cue from the late Chicano writer, Rudolfo Anaya, who is best known for his fictional, but still true, portrait of New Mexico, Bless Me, 脷ltima. Co-curator Alicia Inez Guzman says, 鈥淭he light, the land, the mysticism, and the people were all his subjects 鈥� kinfolk in a constellation that spanned generations. Along the same lines, the sprawling content of this group exhibition also spans multiple generations and understandings of New Mexico鈥檚 many histories, worlds born from beauty, violence, and a deep sense of place.鈥� In partnership with the Art Meets History initiative and Albuquerque Museum Photo Archives, 516 ARTS will present this exhibition that brings the pasts of various cultures in our area into the current moment through a process of historical investigation and contemporary art practices.
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