{"id":51982,"date":"2024-10-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=51982"},"modified":"2024-10-15T16:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:24:19","slug":"gallery-to-feature-valderas-middle-class-militant-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/gallery-to-feature-valderas-middle-class-militant-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery to Feature Valderas\u2019 \u2018Middle Class Militant\u2019 Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The Department of Visual Arts and Design at Tarleton State University will present the works of artist Giovanni Valderas Oct. 3-24 in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The exhibition, \u201cMiddle Class Militant,\u201d features three-dimensional mixed-media works created from indigenous fabrics, acrylic paint, duct tape, drawings and wood. Many of his pieces include \u201cSpanglish\u201d idioms whose context is lost through translation, seeking to open discussions of how cultures deemed \u201cforeign\u201d become misunderstood by society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavily influenced by Mexican politician Jos\u00e9 Vasconcelos, as well as Mexican muralism, Valderas addresses elements from his Guatemalan, Mexican and American ancestry. The artist uses deconstructed elements of the pi\u00f1ata to invite underrepresented audiences to reflect and examine their circumstances and challenge power structures within his community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI consider my artwork a social practice that seeks to include all through art placement and language,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valderas is an assistant professor of drawing and painting at Texas Woman\u2019s University. His works have been featured in \u201cNew American Paintings,\u201d \u201cImpossible Geometries\u201d and \u201cTexas Biennial 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also served as an appointee by the Dallas City Council as vice chair of the Cultural Affairs Commission. Valderas strives to reach out to his Latin community through public guerilla installations in his hometown of Dallas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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