Contra / Against

Exhibition/portfolio organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago (IGC)

Description

"Contra/Against”, the actions and ideas of the new regime”

Inspired by the U.S. presidential elections and new right-wing regimes surfacing globally, IGC called out fellow artists/activists to create a print against the idiocracy of this new era of backward-thinking. Artists from both sides of the border challenge the ideas espoused by the new right-wing regimes, which are emerging globally. The theme of this portfolio is not against any one particular individual; it is against the right-wing mentality that is destroying civil and human rights, science and equality.

About the Instituto Grafico de Chicago (IGC)

The Instituto Gráfico de Chicago is dedicated to maintaining the critical activist tradition of Latino printmaking that unites communities of struggle around the world. We are inspired by the socio-political art of Mexico's Taller de Grafica Popular (The People's Print Workshop) and use our art as a platform to inform and generate community discourse about urgent social issues. We believe that art is not separate from public life. IGC advances the legacy and vitality of printmaking by fostering collaboration and solidarity amongst print artists through transnational dialogue and art making. We also create programming outside of formal education settings that celebrates and demystifies printmaking techniques and process for the public. Our praxis responds to the social conditions that impede equity and access to art-making and critical consciousness.

Artists

Rene Arceo, Daniel Amora, Carlos Bautista, Paulina Camacho, Demian Flores, Daniel Gonzalez, Ester Hernandez, Irving Herrera, Gabe Hoare, Alvaro Daniel Marquez, Oscar Moya, Alejandro Perez Cruz, Charlie Ramirez, Joel Rendon, Sergio Sanchez Santamaria, Diana Solis, Martha Franco, Homie Martinez, Andres Ordaz, Elisa Urias, Cristopher Diaz, Federico Toledo, Haydee Nucamendi, Ivan Bautista, Edith Chavez, Alberto Cruz, Misayo Sutsui, Venancio Valesco, Carlos Barberena, Eric J. Garcia, Jose Luis Gutierrez, Salvador Jimenez, Epifaneo Monarrez, Antonio Pazaran, Vanessa Sanchez, CHema Skandall, Ricardo Serment

Hours

9am-6pm Thursday-Saturday

9am-12pm Sunday

Reception

1:30-3:30pm Thursday October 13

Location

Atrium Wall of the Main Lobby

Center for Visual Arts

Kent State University

Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are strongly recommended at this location.