Una Palabra de Lucha is a group exhibition featuring artists from Neo-Latino Collective with Portland-based artists that dialogue around the unattainable oneness of Latinity and why identity is a fighting word.
Exhibiting artists include – Nelson Alvarez, Hugo Xavier Bastidas, Olga Mercedes Bautista, Michael Barreto, Monica S. Camin, Patricia Vázquez Gómez, Heldáy de la Cruz, Christie Devereaux, Laura Camila Medina, Lisette Morel, Diego Morales-Portillo, Júlia Sodré, Manu Torres.
Co-curated by Diana Cuartas and Marcelo Fontana
Christie Devereaux, Viva Ramona, 2016, Oil on Canvas, 22''X 28''
Hugo Xavier Bastidas / Elizabeth Demaray, Extinct Recipe Book (2013 - present)
Detail view: Michael Barreto, Good Grief (Mantra) (2019), Corrugated Cardboard, Approx. 9ft x 16ft
Michael Barreto, Good Grief (Mantra) (2019), Corrugated Cardboard, Approx. 9ft x 16ft
Patricia Vázquez Gómez, Bix a k’aaba’ (2023) Sound, 4:00 minutes Based on her failed attempts to learn Yucatec Mayan, and indigenous language from Southern Mexico spoken in her Portland neighborhood
Laura Camila Medina: Caras vemos, corazones no sabemos (2022), Video collage using found footage, live performance, hand drawn animations, and watercolor paintings, 20:58 minutes
Monica S. Camin, STAMP: John Paul II (2010), oil on canvas, mixed media & graphite on wood, 46” x 48”
Júlia Sodré, Loneliness is my companion, Dimensions variable
Exhibition View: Left - Diego Morales-Portillo, middle- Júlia Sodré, right - Michael Barreto
Diego Morales-Portillo, Migrants (2023), Installation (carved stones), Variable dimensions Installation made with 17 river rocks, distributed in a composition that alludes to a V formation of migratory birds.
Manu Torres, Untitled (2023), Floral and mixed media sculpture
Olga Mercedes Bautista, Environmental Cube Series (2023), Organic materials and cement , 20” x 28” x 10”
Detail: Olga Mercedes Bautista, Environmental Cube Series (2023), Organic materials and cement , 20” x 28” x 10”
Heldáy B. de la Cruz, Untitled (2023)
Heldáy B. de la Cruz, Untitled (2023)
Neo-Latino collective tribute to the late-Raúl Villarreal (1964 - 2019) named the cohort: “The Neo-Latinos;” the group continues to be the oldest coast-to-coast Latinx art movement of the 21st Century, assembling a Pan-Latinx transcultural amalgam of visual artists, whose ancestral identities can be traced to over a dozen Latin-nations, myriad ethnicities, and cultures.
An art gallery with white walls and concrete floors, displaying framed paintings on the left, a large colorful hanging art piece near the window, and a sign with pink text about an exhibition titled "Una palabra de lucha." There are various rocks lined up on the floor in the foreground.
All images courtesy of Mario Gallucci. Learn more about the artists and their work via our blog.