Since Last We Met

January 12 - April 30,2023

From Artpace: "Lordy Rodriguez was an Artpace International Artist-in-Residence in 2001. Now, 22 years later, Rodriguez returns to Artpace with a selection of artworks he’s created since his residency. Since Last We Met, as the title suggests, is a conversation between friends, and like the artwork in his oeuvre, it is a play on place and memory. The exhibition consists of a variety of ink drawings that utilize alcohol-based inks and Micron pens to create what appear, at first glance, as maps. For example, Since Last We Met includes a selection of work from his America Series, composed of 56 drawings that took about ten years to complete. This series became a map of America based on Rodriguez’s own history, interaction, and memory of this country and culture. There are features of the map that are reminiscent of an original map of the United States, such as a region like the Great Lakes, an East and West coast, and “some sort of Canada to the North and Mexico to the South. “I spent my time at Artpace playing with mediums, drawing with my car (which is such a map thing to me), and abstraction (which is a huge part of my art education),” said Rodriguez. “What I did at Artpace set the stage for future series that break apart the elements that make up visual languages like maps, advertisements, interior design, fashion, movies, etc.”   In conjunction with his exhibition, Rodriguez is hosting an educator workshop on Saturday, January 14, from 10am–12pm at Artpace. In this workshop, educators will create their own map and receive an accompanying educators guide with relevant TEKS, scaffolding, and information to translate the lesson to their own classroom. This event is free and open to all educators.  "

Reception: January 12, 2023 | 6-8 pm

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