February at Blue Sky
Exhibitions and Programs at Blue Sky in February
Blue Sky is pleased to announce February Exhibitions by Diego Moreno and Kevin Bennett Moore. Please join us on Feb 2 from 5 - 8 PM for First Thursday Opening!
Diego Moreno
In My Mind There is Never Silence
image © Diego Moreno
Feb 2 - 25, 2023
First Thursday Opening: Feb 2, 5 - 8 PM
Mexican photographer Diego Moreno’s In My Mind There is Never Silence integrates the ancestral imagery of 'the Mercedarian panzudo' figures that represent the sins in a Catholic tradition in his hometown of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. For over 500 years, every September 24th, the day of Our Lady of La Merced, each family builds their own panzudo. Traditionally panzudos’ excessive nature, strident costumes, and unknown powers materialize guilt and invisible sins. They are the scapegoats that carry in their deformity the mark of the evil of an entire genealogical line. In contrast, in Moreno's work these characters are familiar presences, subjects of affection and desire. He finds them a means to give voice and presence to a different corporeality, while recalling the memories of a childhood in which love, isolation, and fascination for the anomalous configured a particular vision of the world.
Kevin Bennett Moore
George
image © Kevin Bennett Moore
Feb 2 - 25, 2023
First Thursday Opening: Feb 2, 5 - 8 PM
Zoom Artist Talk: Thu, Feb 16, 6 PM (PT)
Kevin Bennett Moore’s work is an exploration on the formation of character, narrative, and identity. Drawing inspiration from his own queer experience and ideals of mid-century American culture, the work in his series George investigates a familiar environment that alludes to something more enigmatic. Moore’s self-portrait based projects juxtapose queer existence with classic Americana. He utilizes both historic and cultural references from the past to talk about current politics.