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2008, Gabriela Leon- Sunday Walk to the Zocalo of OaxacaDescription
Gabriela Leon: Sunday Walk to the Zocalo of Oaxaca is a multi-media artistic response to the popular revolt and resistance that unfolded in Oaxaca in 2006 and the first traveling solo exhibition outside of Mexico for artist Gabriela Leon.
The exhibition includes a barricade dress made of barbed-wire, tire treads and mattress springs found amidst the detritus; a video projection of the artist wearing the dress walking among protesters and police; a sound installation that evoked the voices of the crowds; and tarps inspired by the temporary living structures during the lengthy protest.
Major support for the exhibition comes from the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC Mexus) and artbeam.
The exhibition was organized by UC Riverside Sweeney Art Gallery and curated by director Tyler Stallings. Additional support was made possible by the Charles Griffin Farr Fund.