Jangueo: Artist Talks on Home: José Guadalupe Sánchez III, Chris Cortez & Susan Aparicio
Artist Talk | March 30, 2022, 12pm PST
Instagram Live via TMR’s account @themistakeroom
This is a past program.
Artists in Aqux come together for conversations about home and how the idea informs their perspective practices.
About the Artist Talk.
Artists José Guadalupe Sánchez III, Chris Cortez & Susan Aparicio join TMR Executive & Artistic Director César García-Alvarez for a casual IG Live conversation that will explore the concept of home and the way it manifests across their practices. This artist talk series, titled Jangueo, is staged in conjunction with TMR’s current exhibition, Aqux, that brings together 23 Latinx artists to re-imagine ideas about home and the ways it shapes our sense of personhood.
You can watch the conversation HERE
About the Artists.
José Guadalupe Sánchez III is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Los Angeles. Relying heavily on self-reflexivity, his work is an investigation of the multilayered experiences of varying social realities in Los Angeles. His projects manifest as pedagogical interventions as an arts educator for marginalized youth, paintings, performance, video, documentary video, and his socially engaged art practice. He received his MFA from the University of Southern California on 2021. His work was recently included in Thaw: Winter Group Show, The Landing, Los Angeles (2022).
Chris Cortez is a queer Mexican American multidisciplinary artist based in New York. Recent exhibitions include, Will Barnet Show, The National Arts Club, New York (2022); SVA BFA Fine Arts Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York (2021); In and Out of Time, School of Visual Arts, New York (2021); Around the Fire, School of Visual Arts New York (2020). He is a current BFA candidate at the School of Visual Arts (co 2022).
Susan Aparicio is a first generation Mexican Honduran American artist from southeast Los Angeles. She works between video and stained glass installations considering time and space, sci-fi and spirituality, pop culture and humor. She holds a BA in Studio Art and Cognitive Science from the University of Virginia, and is a current MFA candidate at UCLA in New Genres.
Credits
Jangueo: Artist Talks on Home: José Guadalupe Sánchez III, Chris Cortez & Susan Aparicio is organized by TMR and presented in conjunction with Aqux.
Aqux is organized by TMR and curated by César García-Alvarez, TMR Artistic and Executive Director.
TMR's program is made possible with the support of its Board of Directors, Big Mistake Patron Group, International Council, and Contemporary Council.
Image Credit: The Mistake Room. Copyright 2022.