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Agua Firme: Artist installation of exhibit depicts maritime cultural effects of La Americas

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — “Agua Firme,” showing work by iliana emilia García and Scherezade García, opened on Sept. 23, 2023, is on view until March 1, 2024, at the Rotunda of the University Art Gallery (PittUAG), Frick Fine Arts Building at University of Pittsburgh.

 

Description (PittUAG): Through video, sound and sculpture, Dominican-born artists iliana emilia García and Scherezade García explore how water and maritime culture shaped the history and identity of Las Americas. Agua Firme is a specially commissioned site-specific installation in the Gallery’s historic Rotunda.

 

Agua Firme is presented by the University Art Gallery with generous support from the Fine Foundation and the Department of History of Art & Architecture, and additional support from the University Center for International Studies (UCIS).

 

Many thanks to Peter Jordens for informing us that this is one of three exhibits on view this fall at the Pittsburgh University Art Gallery, 650 Schenley Dr.  [Also see previous post The kingdom of this world: reimagined].

 

For more information, see https://www.uag.pitt.edu/exhibitions/rethinking-the-rotunda-artist-installation

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