Embodied Histories: Reconstructing the Present

2021

October 28 – December 4

SITE Sharp Gallery

Curator

SITE Curated

Contributing Artists

Dylan Languell, eggstrikingstone, Janhavi Khemka, Krista Anara Cibis, Maria Burundarena, Michal Sweezie, Nadine Nashef, Salma Dib, Sarita Garcia, Shaqui Reed, Sophie Lopez

Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:

Creating new realities is not a distant fantasy.
It is essential for our survival.
How are we reconstructing and claiming our pasts for the present?

In Embodied Histories: Reconstructing the Present, each work becomes the site where the artists’ lived experiences and artistic practices converge. Presenting the work of eleven SAIC artists, this exhibition challenges preconceptions and reveals alternate spaces. Some of these spaces already exist, hidden just out of view, while others are just now materializing through the works on view. These works not only provide distinctive ways to understand the world but a way to question our reality and place in it.

Programs

Gallery Talk + Workshop

November 30, 4:45-6:45 PM

Sharp Gallery

Program statement from the SUGs/SITE archive:

“Join SITE Galleries for a Gallery Talk and Workshop featuring several of the artsits whose work is displayed in the group exhibition Embodied Histories: Reconstructing the Present.”