Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/04/2019 - 01/26/2020
12:00 am
Location
Pittsburgh Glass Center
Categories
Through this solo exhibition, award winning artist and sculptor Jaime Guerrero (pictured) offers a unique look into the refugee crisis in the United States.
Guerrero’s exhibition explores the fragility of life as it relates to the current U.S. border crisis, with its influx of refugees and asylum seekers being met with fear, separation, and often times a much harsher reality than they could have imagined.
The exhibit opens with a life-sized blown glass little girl, who represents the two year old child from Honduras whose audio went viral as she was being separated from her mother upon crossing the US border. The sculpture, along with the image and audio of this particular little girl’s experience, humanizes these children, whom most of us only see as a blurb on the news. Along with this child, several other life-sized blown glass children are displayed throughout the gallery to represent different border experiences, such as that of just crossing to the other side, separation, and detainment.
The title of the exhibition, “Cuando el Río Suena” (“When the River Sounds”), is from a South American proverb: “Cuando el río suena, es porque agua lleva” (“When the river sounds it is because it carries water”). It relates to the danger in the journey of migrants crossing the U.S. border.
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