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Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Pinturas de Casta and the Construction of American Identity

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art 161 Calhoun St., Charleston

The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art will present works from Colombian American artist Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez’s Casta Paintings series. Friedemann-Sánchez’s paintings reference casta painting, a genre popularized in eighteenth-century Spanish Colonial Central and South America that purported to depict a racialRead more

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Kukuli Velarde: CORPUS

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art 161 Calhoun St., Charleston

The Halsey Institute will debut Peruvian American artist Kukuli Velarde’s CORPUS project in its entirety for the first time. CORPUS is comprised of ceramic and fabric works that encourage reflection on the meaning of survival in the face of colonialism.Read more

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