Closing Reception & Artist Talk - UPEND and Displacing Structures

Join us at Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) for a Closing Reception celebrating UPEND Female Experience and Activism and Displacing Structures followed by an Artist Talk with the curator and artists of UPEND. 

This will be the final opportunity to view the exhibitions. Refreshments will be provided for the Closing Reception from 1pm to 3pm, and the Artist Talk will begin at 3pm.

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UPEND Female Experience and Activism explores contemporary, intersectional feminist issues through the lens of radical empathy for the female experience. Works explore both the inner personal lives of women and their outward expressions of resistance. UPEND is a response to the cultural resurgence of hypertoxic masculinity and recent political upheavals diminishing bodily autonomy and rights for women. By sharing the unique perspectives of women, UPEND hopes to create empathy for the experiences of others.

UPEND includes works by Kennedi Carter, Ibuki Kuramochi, Andrea Patrie, Nonny de la Peña with Emblematic Group, Elyse Pignolet, She Loves Collective, Suzanna Scott, Sheli Silverio, and Kayla Tange and is curated by AGCC Director of Exhibitions, Cecelia Koger.

In Displacing Structures, traditional methods of weaving, netting, lacemaking, and basketry techniques are expanded upon to reveal and embrace personal and shared experiences, queer bodies and the tensions between structure and deviation. Whether permeable or opaque, obvious or veiled, all of the artists included in Displacing Structures push against borders and defy fixed perspectives by examining personal and collective experiences. The artists use thoughtful intention to manipulate, activate and engage materials to create portals, fresh topographies and defiant patterns that offer respite for anyone seeking a break in the grid.

Displacing Structures is curated by Fafnir Adamites and includes works by Fafnir Adamites, Molly Haynes, José Santiago Pérez, Jade Yumang, and Tomorrow, Asteroid x Jeanne Medina Le.

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