Burnaway

You Belong Here assembles work from established and emerging artists alike covering themes of political resistance, family and community, material culture, and the nuance of identity within the context of the United States.  

Featured in this expansive exhibition are Reynaldo Rivera’s images of 1990s-era Los Angeles nightlife, Sofía Córdova’s film installation about labor and collectivity, and Bibs Moreno’s collaborative portraits of Gabriela Ruiz in her signature elaborate style.  From  John M. Valadez to Tarrah Krajnak, these artists connect a lineage of photographers, each championing their communities through their own distinct and generative gazes. “Collectively, their images cast a greater net for the multiple ways of seeing Latinx people,” Pilar Tompkins Rivas notes of the photographers, “creating a visual archive whose edges are yet to be defined.” 

This group exhibition celebrates the rich variety of practices by Latinx photographers across the United States. Curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, chief curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, the exhibition extends from Tompkins Rivas’s work as guest editor of “Latinx,” the Winter 2021 issue of Aperture magazine.

The exhibition features works by Laura Aguilar, Genesis Báez, William Camargo, Sofía Córdova, Perla de Leon, Tarrah Krajnak, Amanda Linares, Hiram Maristany, Francisco Masó, Joiri Minaya, Steven Molina Contreras, Star Montana, Eddie Quiñones, Reynaldo Rivera, Guadalupe Rosales, Gabriela Ruiz and Bibs Moreno, and John M. Valadez.  

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You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami is on view through May 12, 2024.