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November 5 - December 19, 2015Info
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Gallery Wendi Norris is pleased to announce Emotional Violence, artist Julio César Morales’s third solo exhibition at the gallery Morales will debut his latest video work as well as a series of prints, a photographic installation, hand-drawn text works, and ceramic sculpture. Emotional Violence will open on Thursday, November 5 with a discussion between Morales and Lucía Sanromán, Director of Visual Arts at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts from 6–7PM followed by a public reception from 7–9PM. It will remain on view through December 19.
Emotional Violence marks the first time Morales will show large-scale photographic prints. Although abstract in appearance, the works are based on found photographs of beheadings. The black lines and dotted nodes trace bodily shapes, suggesting a grisly game of connect-the-dots laid over orange backgrounds. The shade of orange mimics the cautionary signage of roadwork. The photographic installation is comprised of numerous found images depicting contemporary scenes of immigration and drug trafficking on various continents among diverse populations. Printed in RGB (red, green and blue) tones, the small images recall the mass reproduction of media photographs. The sculptural installation on view is comprised of six silver ceramic burritos resting on a mirror, each with "wetback" written on the bottom. The work comes from a recent event in Phoenix, Arizona where anti-immigration groups threw burritos at pro-immigration protesters conducting a hunger strike. The burritos are lasting replicas of the Chipotle grilled-chicken burritos that the anti-immigration groups used during these demonstrations.