QUEENIE: Selected Artworks by Female Artists From El Museo del Barrio's Collection
Hunter East Harlem Gallery (HEHG) at Hunter College and El Museo del Barrio presents the exhibition QUEENIE: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio's Collection.
The group exhibition features a selection of works from the East Harlem-based museum's Permanent Collection that prompt a multifarious dialogue not only around society and gender but simultaneously refutes a homogenized view of Latinx art. With a particular focus on female artists from the Caribbean, Latin America, and the larger Latinx diaspora, QUEENIE explores the roles women have played in El Museo del Barrio's history and its impact on the local East Harlem community.
QUEENIE takes its title from a sculpture by Alessandra Expósito, a wall piece that illustrates an imagined story of a young girl and her pet horse.
Participating Artists:
Tania Bruguera | Margarita Cabrera | María Fernanda Cardoso | Melba Carillo | Marta Chilindron | Alessandra Expósito | iliana emilia garcia | Scherezade Garcia | Dulce Gómez | Cristina Hernández Botero | Carmen Herrera | Jessica Kairé | Carmen Lomas Garza | Evelyn López de Guzmán | Anna Maria Maiolino | Ana Mendieta | Marina Núñez del Prado | Liliana Porter | Raquel Rabinovich | Nitza Tufiño
As part of the exhibition, HEHG has invited three NYC-based artists: Melissa Calderón, Alessandra Expósito, and Glendalys Medina to respond to the exhibition with a commissioned artwork that further explores the connections among the collecting process, societal change, and gendered experience.
On View through June 23, 2018
Hunter East Harlem Gallery (HEHG)
2180 3rd Avenue at 119th Street, NYC
FREE ADMISSION | Open Tues. - Sat. 12:00 - 5:00pm
