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NMHC Presents Miguel Gandert Exhibit- QUERENCIA: Rituals of the Río Arriba NMHC

Event

Start Date: Oct 06, 2017 - 06:00pm
End Date: Oct 06, 2017 - 07:00pm

Location: New Mexico Humanties Council

New Mexico Humanities Council

QUERENCIA: Rituals of the Río Arriba

Miguel Gandert

Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 6:00pm

“Querer means to want, to desire, to be in a place, with its people. In folk terminology, querencia is such a place, the center space of desire, the root of belonging and yearning to belong, that vicinity where you first beheld the light. Querencia, in collective terms, is homeland.” ~Enrique Lamadrid, Nuevo México Profundo.

"Miguel Gandert tells stories. He tells stories of his homeland, New Mexico (and beyond), its people and the cultural practices that distinguish communities from each other while simultaneously revealing their kinship. You will have to form your own words, however. Gandert’s stories are told through penetrating, black and white photos. A primary focus of his work is his own mestizaje heritage and the fusion and tension of the relationship between Spanish Colonial and Native Cultures of the Americas.

Miguel Gandert, a native of Espanola, NM, is an award-winning documentary and fine-art photographer and filmmaker. His photographs have been shown in galleries and museums throughout the world and are in numerous public collections including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Museum of American History and Art at the Smithsonian, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the Beinke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection at Yale, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe."

The exhibit runs October 6 - December 29, 2017 at the New Mexico Humanities Council. 

OPENING RECEPTION

Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

4115 Silver Avenue Southeast, Albuquerque, NM, United States