Mexico City–based artist Moris's site-specific installation Mi casa es tu casa presents a series of conceptually linked vinyl texts and digital prints. An enlarged copy of the artist's recent visa denial letter is installed on the museum's façade, select phrases of text are attached to the canopy support beams, and the building's entryway is covered with a series of initially hidden images arranged in a grid on the ground, collecting dirt as spectators enter the museum to reveal over time a group portrait. Exploring ideas of illegal immigration and concealed ethnic identity, Moris uses the state of latent revelation within the material to add an additional layer of encryption to the work.
Mi casa es tu casa
Exhibition
Exhibition
On view Jan 30 – May 10
Mi casa es tu casa
Mexico City–based artist Moris's site-specific installation Mi casa es tu casa presents a series of conceptually linked vinyl texts and digital prints. An enlarged copy of the artist's recent visa denial letter is installed on the museum's façade, select phrases of text are attached to the canopy support beams, and the building's entryway is covered with a series of initially hidden images arranged in a grid on the ground, collecting dirt as spectators enter the museum to reveal over time a grou…