Emerging Latino Artists Illustrate 'Close Distance' Between Cultures
A new show at the BCA's Mills Gallery reaches for conceptual highs.
Furthering the notion that visual art transcends cultural and linguistic barriers, “Close Distance” at the Mills Gallery covers an immense terrain of universally applicable topics despite the show’s Latin origins. Practicing across “diverse media and national borders,” the show features work from a half-dozen emerging Boston-area Latino artists via paint, video/film, installations, performance and more. “Close Distance” opened on July 15 and runs through August 28 with a Families Connect Workshop on July 31, a joint artist/curator talk on August 3 and a special performance piece on August 17. All aspects of the show are free and open to the public. Curator Liz Munsell described the artists involved as “long-established and notable members …
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