My sincere thanks to Isabel Rivera of the Miami New Times for a thoughtful and beautifully contextualized review. #miaminewtimes#culturalcounsel /en/exhibition/xican-a-o-x-body/
Xican-a.o.x. Body at Pérez Art Museum Miami
June 13 to Feb 16 | Pérez Art Museum Miami
Opening reception | June 13 | 5 to 11 p.m.
Xican-a.o.x. Body is the first major exhibition to showcase work by artists who foreground the body as a site of political agency and imagination, artistic investigation, decolonization, and alternative forms of community. The exhibition emerges at the intersection of experimental artistic practices dating back to the Chicano Movement’s key years in the 1960s and 1970s and embraces the work of artists who identify in myriad ways—including Mexican American, Chicana/o, Xicanx, Indigenous, Latinx, Black, Brown, and Queer.
Xican-a.o.x. Body features conceptual, experimental, and pioneering works from the late 1960s to the present using a diverse range of media—from poetry and ceramics to painting, photography, sculpture, film, performance, and drawings—that enlighten our understanding of Xicanx art and culture.
Image credit: Dazza del Rio and Mona Flores, Liz Cohen, 2018.
Take a closer look at Liz Cohen’s artistic journey and the inspiration behind her stunning work, “Trabantimino,” featured in our newest exhibition, “Xican-a.o.x. Body.”
“Trabantimino” is a brilliant fusion of an East German Trabant and a Chevrolet El Camino, symbolizing the intersection of cultures and identities. This piece challenges perceptions and showcases Liz’s ingenuity and creativity.
Don’t miss the exhibition opening on Thursday, June 13. Dive into a vibrant celebration of culture and creativity with us!
Photo caption: Liz Cohen. “Trabantimino,” 2002–12. Modified Trabant (manufactured during the Cold War from 1957-91 by VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau), General Motors parts, and hydraulics.
Click the link in bio to rsvp.
Each summer, Fountainhead undertakes its annual selection process, inviting alumni to nominate artists they believe would make an important contribution to our 550+ alumni network. To ensure we’re reaching beyond our network, Fountainhead also hosts an open call.
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Posted @withregram • @mocatucson SAVE THE DATE 🌼 Saturday, May 25 join us for 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 + 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚—a convening that explores how practices of art making and caregiving overlap as creative processes.
This FREE two-part program takes an expansive view of the act of mothering and centers the perspective of femme-identified caretakers.
Saturday, May 25
11-2pm
The convening will begin with a panel conversation between artists Liz Cohen (@lizcohenstudio ), Amber Doe (@amberdoestudio ), Sara Hubbs (@sara.e.hubbs ), Anh-Thuy Nguyen (@anh_thuynguyen ), and Fay Ray (@fayraystudio ), moderated by Natalie Brewster Nguyen (@nataliebrewsternguyen ), who will present their art practices and share personal experiences and strategies for balancing and reconciling the dual roles of artist and caregiver.
The second part of the day includes lunch and small breakout groups for participants to discuss topics relevant to sustaining a creative practice while caring for life.
𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 5-12 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘖𝘊𝘈 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴.
Register today at the link in bio or online at moca-tucson.org!
Snapshots from our March Open House with artists in residence @lizcohenstudio , @kevork_mourad and @ana_silva_oficiel that doubled as a birthday party for Fountainhead co-founder @danmikesell . 🎂
Each month Fountainhead Residency opens its doors for the public to meet resident artists and see the work they’ve created while in residence. Missed last month’s open house? Mark your calendar for our next public open house on Thursday, April 25th with @ohsagarika , @ilaama99 and @artjkim . RSVP at the link in bio ✨
📸: @carolinamenendezphoto
Forgotten and overlooked histories fuel the work of March’s artists-in-residence at Fountainhead. As we prepare to say farewell to Ana Silva, Kevork Mourad, and Liz Cohen, we’re taking a closer look at the materials, ideas and processes that make up their work, in a film created by Alexa Caravia.
Want to dig deeper into artists’ practices? You can watch more films like this one on our YouTube channel, and subscribe so you never miss a beat! Link in bio to sign up.
Born during the Cold War in Arizona to immigrant parents, Liz Cohen’s artistic investigations build on her unique family background. Hidden and erased histories, radical self expression, voyeurism and exhibitionism as a form of resistance are ideas she explores through series that often take years to complete.
Photographer, performance artist, automotive designer, and ceramicist, the works in Liz’s Fountainhead studio showcase the boundless way she explores geopolitics, economics and gender in her work.
On Thursday, March 21, meet Liz and get to know her work at our monthly Open House. Link in bio for the deets.
Images by @james_jackman_
Refreshments by @liquiddeath , @dryfarmwines and @estrelladamm
