{"id":10336,"date":"2023-08-11T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10336"},"modified":"2023-07-11T09:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:03:38","slug":"rafa-esparza-at-artists-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/11\/rafa-esparza-at-artists-space\/","title":{"rendered":"rafa esparza at Artists Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Titled \u2018Camino\u2019 or \u2018Road,\u2019 LA based performance and exhibition artist rafa esparza\u2019s exhibition at <a href=\"https:\/\/artistsspace.org\/exhibitions\/rafa-esparza-camino\">Artists Space<\/a> creates a pathway through the gallery space using blocks of adobe that connect earthen panels painted with portraits of Black and brown working people.\u00a0 Interspersed are paintings of the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles, listed in the US National Register of Historic Places as the first freeway in the western United States.\u00a0 Though esparza\u2019s barefoot subjects literally connect to the land itself, the show considers how individuals and community connections to land have been disrupted by the highways that followed 110 and how customized vehicles (including the bike seen here) have provided a workaround and sense of identity. \u00a0(On view in Tribeca through Aug 18<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 3024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/68dbaf77-709e-7145-ce86-ef20dccac970.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">rafa esparza, Jaime, acrylic on adobe and powder coated steel, painting: 85.5 x 50 x 3 inches, overall: 89 x 50 x 60 inches, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titled \u2018Camino\u2019 or \u2018Road,\u2019 LA based performance and exhibition artist rafa esparza\u2019s exhibition at Artists Space creates a pathway through the gallery space using blocks of adobe that connect earthen panels painted with portraits of Black and brown working people.\u00a0 Interspersed are paintings of the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles, listed in the US National &hellip; 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