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“Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art” at The Whitney
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July 13, 2018 - September 30, 2018
Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
A study of the complex relationship between the indigenous American vernacular and contemporary art and architecture, this group show spotlights some 80 works by seven Latinx artists—William Cordova, Livia Corona Benjamín, Jorge González, Guadalupe Maravilla, Claudia Peña Salinas, Ronny Quevedo, and Clarissa Tossin—who have inherited their concepts of land, space, and construction from groups such as the Quechua, Maya, and Aztec.
Clarissa Tossin, “A two-headed serpent held in the arms of human beings, or, Ticket Window” (2017).
Collection of the artist; Courtesy of Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.