Artist Raul Guerrero and ICA Miami’s Gean Moreno in Conversation

Artist Raul Guerrero and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami’s Gean Moreno will discuss Guerrero’s new exhibition, “Terra Incógnita,” on view at David Kordansky Gallery in Chelsea. In “Terra Incógnita” (Latin for “unknown lands”), the artist continues his depictions and critiques of the Americas, narrowing his focus to the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and Peru. Across three new bodies of work, the exhibition uses sourced and remixed elements from appropriated political and art historical images to untangle the long trajectory of colonialism and cultural exchange typically found in this larger geographical footprint. Select works on view depict prominent figures included in historic narratives of Spain at the beginning of the Spanish conquest, while additional works consider social and autobiographical perspectives of place, immigration, and migration. As such, Guerrero imbues his signature brand of mythopoetic surrealism to chronicle the colonial legacies in the Americas.