Margarita CabreraEl Paso, Texas, USA

The Craft of Resistance

Margarita Cabrera’s work examines the social implications of Mexico’s export-oriented economy—expressing the political impotence that informs US-Mexico border relations through sculptural representations of the physical and mental struggles of countless immigrants. Recent work confronts issuesRead more

Regina José GalindoCuidad de Guatemala, Guatemala

America's Family Prison

Regina José Galindo’s performances and poetry address social injustice, gender discrimination, and racism, focusing mainly on the governmental atrocities of the Guatemalan dictatorship. Through the process of physical interrogation, the artist effaces individuality, thus representing a collective body—oneRead more

Rodney McMillianLos Angeles, California, USA

Untitled (Rodney McMillian)

Rodney McMillian’s multimedia installations recycle remnants of everyday life into objects that deconstruct the tenets of historical interpretation. Formally trained in both painting and foreign affairs, McMillian in his exhibitions and performances juxtaposes a variety of media—fromRead more

Curator

Franklin SirmansCurator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

In June 2006, Franklin Sirmans was appointed Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection and begins the post in mid August. Previous to the appointment Sirmans had been an independent curator, writer, editor and lecturer based inRead more