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Gallery Talk: Maia Cruz Palileo

FREE
Gallery Talk: Maia Cruz Palileo

Details

Date:
Saturday, June 15th, 2019
Time:
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cost:
FREE
Website:
http://tinyurl.com/aumuseumkatzen

Venue

American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
AU Museum 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, dc, 20016
Phone:
(202) 885-2787
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Description

Curator Isabel Manalo and artist Maia Cruz Palileo will examine works that hinge on fantasy and memory, but hold salient political commentary surrounding American colonization of the Philippines.

There is a mystery in the act of burying and even more so in uncovering. Maia Cruz Palileo’s paintings and drawings are the metaphorical teeth in this body of work spanning from 2013 to 2019. These works, including a small painting titled Burying Teeth, depict historical narratives from the colonial past of the Philippines, Maia’s country of origin, as well as stories and moments about her own life as a Filipina American growing up in the United States. Her paintings and drawings replicate figures from old family photographs, as well as photos from the American government’s archives depicting anthropological documentation of Filipinos during the American colonization. While her work evokes nostalgia and romanticism, it is imbued with a critical undertone of America’s colonization of the Philippines. Maia’s work is an examination of the Filipino diasporic psyche through a personal and political lens. Curated by Isabel Manalo, on view June 15-August 11.

Free and open to all; RSVP requested at tinyurl.com/aumuseumkatzen

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