Robles-Gordon is a multidisciplinary Afro-Latina artist based out of Washington, D.C., who was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and has family living in the U.S. Virgin Islands, she said. The six double-sided quilts are meant to convey her perspective of these territories while deconstructing how they are affected by foreign and domestic policies and “stimulate further dialogue regarding the long arm of the American political machine.”
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SUCCESSIONS: Traversing U.S. Colonialism at Indiana State University Jan. 22 -Feb. 16
Amber Robles-Gordon
Amber Robles-Gordon’s Successions: Traversing U.S. Colonialism, are a series of abstract textile artworks that interrogate the past and current hegemonic domestic and foreign policies within its federal district of Washington, D.C., and its other five inhabited territories. It is through these works that the viewer is granted a pathway through discursive criticism around issues impacting marginalized communities.
Reception: Feb. 1, 4-6pm
Artist’s Talk: Feb. 1, 4:30pm Duration: Jan. 22- Feb. 16, 2024
Turman Gallery
Indiana State University
Fine Arts Building
649 Chestnut Street Terre Haute, IN 47809
GALLERY HOURS:
M-F 11am - 4pm
All gallery events are free and open to the public.
The first edition of "Successions: Traversing US Colonialism"was held at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in fall 2021. The exhibition was curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah.
https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2021/successions.cfm
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/successions-traversing-us-colonialism
Museums Review In the galleries: Artist’s works criss-cross the paths of U.S. colonialism
Residents of D.C. are used to seeing the place as an almost-state, much like Maryland or Wyoming, yet not quite. Amber Robles-Gordon, a longtime Washingtonian who was born in Puerto Rico, has a different take. Her American University Museum show, “Successions: Traversing U.S. Colonialism,” groups D.C. with her birthplace and four other inhabited territories: Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. She represents these disenfranchised territories on two-sided quilted banners, one face for “political” and the other for “spiritual.”
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