SARA CARDONA: Vas A Ver

November 20 - December 23,2021

From Erin Cluley Gallery:

"Vas A Ver is a cheeky Spanish admonition, much like the English “you’ll see…”. Often used as a way to remind someone things might not turn out as expected, the phrase is also a play on words – as in – to actually see things in a new way.

During the past year, SARA CARDONA spent the time of pandemic isolation walking the streets of her neighborhood for energy and solace. In these moments, she came to observe the daily nuances, rapid gentrification, and changes to her immediate surroundings on a micro scale.

The works in Vas A Ver reflect on the way a neighborhood speaks and who is there to listen. By using her own personal photographs of local graffiti, along with sourced images from local magazines and material from daily “work from home” office supplies, the collages are homages to the energy of a neighborhood from the vantage point of a sci-fi omniscient narrator. The artist likes to think of the works as futuristic topographies of a quadrant of the universe: Oak Cliff, Texas.

The streets speak and the writing is on the wall. Who’s watching? Who’s listening? You’ll see, things won’t turn out quite the way they were planned.

Cardona is also part of a two person exhibition running concurrently at Cluley Projects November 10 – December 11, 2021. Soft Veneers and Fresh Cycles is curated by Leslie Moody Castro and includes the work of Houston based Rabéa Ballin alongside Cardona. Cluley Projects is the new satellite space in West Dallas started by Erin Cluley Gallery in April 2021. "

Reception: November 20, 2021 | 5-8 pm

Erin Cluley Gallery 150 Manufacturing Street, Suite 210
Dallas , Texas 75212
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