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Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some
The San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries is pleased to announce the first
installment of Sanctuary City, a yearlong exhibition and public
program series that delves into topics related to San Francisco's immigration
policies, immigrant and refugee populations, and the history of our Sanctuary
City status.
For this inaugural Sanctuary City presentation, the SFAC
Galleries is pleased to partner with Walter Maciel Gallery, Los
Angeles, to bring their critically acclaimed exhibition With Liberty
and Justice for Some. Co-curated by Bay Area artist Monica Lundy, this exhibition features
over 125 portraits of immigrants to the United States by 100 artists from Los
Angeles and the Bay Area. Conceived in response to the presidential election in
November, this show is a statement in response to the current administrations'
new executive order that blocks citizens from six Muslim-majority countries
(Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen) from getting visas for 90 days,
and reinstates a temporary blanket ban refusing admission to all
refugees for 120 days.
Curator and artist Monica Lundy and gallerist Walter Maciel invited artists
from across the country to make 8 x 8-inch portraits of individuals who came to
the United States as immigrants including historic subjects, personal friends,
relatives, strangers, and self-portraits. Lundy says, 鈥淪everal portraits depict
individuals that represent multiple politically vulnerable communities, such as
African Americans, LGBTQ persons, Mexicans, Muslims, Jews, refugees, and women,
thus representing our communities here in the Bay Area being threatened by the
Trump administration.鈥�
Notable subjects portrayed in the exhibition include actor Bela Lugosi,
entertainer Grace Jones, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Jamaican
political leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., Architect I. M. Pei, Province of
Pennsylvania founder William Penn, and several established artists such as Hung
Liu, David Hockney, Marcel Duchamp, Enrique Chagoya, Wanxin Zhang, and Julie
Mehretu.
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The San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries is pleased to announce the first
installment of Sanctuary City, a yearlong exhibition and public
program series that delves into topics related to San Francisco's immigration
policies, immigrant and refugee populations, and the history of our Sanctuary
City status.
For this inaugural Sanctuary City presentation, the SFAC
Galleries is pleased to partner with Walter Maciel Gallery, Los
Angeles, to bring their critically acclaimed exhibition With Liberty
and Justice for Some. Co-curated by Bay Area artist Monica Lundy, this exhibition features
over 125 portraits of immigrants to the United States by 100 artists from Los
Angeles and the Bay Area. Conceived in response to the presidential election in
November, this show is a statement in response to the current administrations'
new executive order that blocks citizens from six Muslim-majority countries
(Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen) from getting visas for 90 days,
and reinstates a temporary blanket ban refusing admission to all
refugees for 120 days.
Curator and artist Monica Lundy and gallerist Walter Maciel invited artists
from across the country to make 8 x 8-inch portraits of individuals who came to
the United States as immigrants including historic subjects, personal friends,
relatives, strangers, and self-portraits. Lundy says, 鈥淪everal portraits depict
individuals that represent multiple politically vulnerable communities, such as
African Americans, LGBTQ persons, Mexicans, Muslims, Jews, refugees, and women,
thus representing our communities here in the Bay Area being threatened by the
Trump administration.鈥�
Notable subjects portrayed in the exhibition include actor Bela Lugosi,
entertainer Grace Jones, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Jamaican
political leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., Architect I. M. Pei, Province of
Pennsylvania founder William Penn, and several established artists such as Hung
Liu, David Hockney, Marcel Duchamp, Enrique Chagoya, Wanxin Zhang, and Julie
Mehretu.
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