Speaking Ancestors / [Re]Awakening Spirit by Kelly Tapia-Chuning | Opening Reception W/ the Artist
The Liliana Bloch Gallery is proud to present Speaking Ancestors / [Re]Awakening Spirit, a new exhibition by Kelly Tapia-Chuning that invites viewers to reflect on ancestral knowledge, memory, and stewardship that carry across the generations.
Rooted in the Indigenous principle of the Seven Generations, which is credited to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois Confederacy) but echoes across Indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, the principle highlights how our current actions are shaped by our ancestors, and in turn, we shape the generations yet to come.
Tapia-Chuning translates these principles into seven offerings, consisting of serapes that the artist deconstructed and reconfigured, each one representing a generation of ancestors. Tapia-Chuning uses symbolic materials as anchors across time that mark cycles of renewal, migration, grounding, protection, and guidance, resisting the linear constructs of time.
Kelly Tapia-Chuning (b. 1997, California) is a mixed Xicana artist with Indígena ancestry, currently based in Miami, FL. Recognized for her textile- and research-based practice, Tapia-Chuning's work critically examines 'mestizaje'—the blending of cultures—and histories of assimilation. Through deconstructing and reconfiguring the iconic Mexican blanket, the serape, her work seeks to heal ancestral trauma and reconnect with long-forgotten familial histories and cultural roots.
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