“Disillusions: Gendered Visions of the Caribbean and its Diasporas” Exhibition

The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery

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The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery will present the exhibition, “Disillusions: Gendered Visions of the Caribbean and its Diasporas,” featuring work by women artists of Caribbean descent that addresses themes related to gender. Stylistically heterogeneous, the art works encompass a variety of visual languages and mediums, including painting, drawing, video, performance, photography, and mixed media.

The exhibition presents the Caribbean as an expansive space that is not limited by national borders or island geographies. Grouping art by women from Anglophone, Francophone, and Spanish-speaking backgrounds, it reveals how common themes emerge from the experience of gender despite regional differences.
The title “Disillusions” refers to the tendency of the work in the exhibition to shatter illusion — whether pictorial
or otherwise — by engaging in formal fragmentation, embracing discontinuity, and obfuscating meaning.
These artists refuse to present a world that is whole or coherent; instead they acknowledge that contemporary female experience is fragmented, subjective, and often incomprehensible.

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Schedule

from November 22, 2011 to December 31, 2011

Opening Reception on 2011-11-19 from 16:00 to 19:00
performance by Melissa A. Calderón

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