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.
All images courtesy of Mario Gallucci. Learn more about the artists and their work via our blog.