El Comalito Collective
Rooted: Black & Brown Bodies with Plants
12 Feb 2021 – 30 Apr 2021
"Rooted: Black and Brown Bodies with Plants"
Curated by: Edgar-Arturo Camacho-González & Abel Rodriguez
Plants are resilient, beautiful and strong much like black and brown bodies.Their visible growth tells stories but so do the roots that connect them to the land much like our stories, lore and existence. This virtual exhibition is a collection of work featuring black and brown bodies with plants as a means of reclaiming existence and sharing stories about the sacred bodies of color and their connection to the land, a connection that colonization has attempted to sever.
Note from the curators:
Growing up brown and queer we often found that we not only needed to protect ourselves from a country and political system that historically has taken action against our existence but also needed to protect ourselves from the patriarchy embedded within our communities. For us, life has been about learning to survive, growing and helping others to grow in this ever changing world. We learn from the plants and their resiliency and like them, we are rooted and strong.
Exhibiting Artists:
Emilia Cruz, Josie Del Castillo, Crystal Galindo, Jonathan Hemelberg, Edgar-Arturo Camacho-González, Adriana La Artista, Daphne Arthur, Gabriel Garcia Román, Arleene Correa Valencia, Julia Vann, Travis Cooper, Rusel P., Carlos Martínez, Juan Carlos Anguiano Performance by: Edyka Chilome
