Gabriela León
Sunday Walk to the Zocalo of Oaxaca
Essay by Tyler Stallings, Director, Sweeney Art Gallery


Gabriela León: Sunday Walk to the Zocalo of Oaxaca is a multi-media artistic response to the popular revolt and resistance that has been unfolding in Oaxaca since June 2006. Some of the elements of the exhibition will consist of a “barricade dress” made of barbed-wire found amidst the detritus of the unrest, a video projection of the artist wearing this dress walking among protestors, police, and burned out cars, a sound installation that evokes the voices of the crowds, and a site-specific installation of tarps inspired by the temporary living structures at the zocalo during the lengthy protest. Bi-lingual catalogue. Major support for this exhibition comes from the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC Mexus) and artbeam. Organized by UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, and curated by Sweeney Art Gallery Director, Tyler Stallings. The exhibition will travel to the Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz, January 30-March 8, 2008.