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Johansson Projects
July 11 - August 22, 2015Info
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http://johanssonprojects.com/
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(510) 444-9140
Reception
July 11, 2015 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
ESPYLACOPA: a place is Michael Arcega’s recent probe into the parallel lives of the Nacirema people of North America. The exhibition features numerous objects and artifacts from the Nacirema- a people that were the subject of Horace Miner’s influential paper, The Body Ritual Among The Nacirema, published in 1956. Arcega’s first exhibition at Johansson Projects is a continuum of his previous work on the Nacirema’s material culture. It is widely agreed upon that this group has colonized a great swath of North America and continues to aggressively expand its influence across the globe. This exhibition is but a small fraction of their material life. Michael Arcega will be giving an Artist Talk at 1:30 during the July 11th opening reception.