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The “Mind Maps” exhibit at
Galería de la Raza closed today, and I made it under the wire. It was a small show that allowed the very different types of artwork to inhabit their own spaces. The moment that caught my breath was when I turned a corner and saw Pilar Agüero-Esparza’s installation, “No Children Left” (2005, photo above). The title references the "no child left behind" slogan put forth by our non-education President. Yet the piece wasn't literal; it was evocative. Even the rats seemed poignant (detail, below).
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Another sculpture that commanded it space was Hector Dio Mendoza’s “Habitat,” in which a trap full of dead bees hangs above a profusion of doily-like flowers (photo below).
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Using a barrio-wall aesthetic, Misty Avila Ovalles depicted a muscle man as the focal point for a medium sized painting that was worked from edge to edge (photo below).
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Garth Viera offered three drawings. My favorite was an untitled piece that seemed to depict a hobo couple at rest (photo below).
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One of the several paintings by Ana Teresa Fernandez seemed technically and conceptually better than the others (photo below). It shows the artist (I think) wearing a sexy black dress and matching heels to iron a garment, clean a floor, and hammer a nail. It seems to portray the labor behind moments of glamour, perhaps a metaphor for the life of an artist.
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