Bringing together precious keepsakes, souvenirs, archaeological detritus, and spooky messages from beyond the grave, the exhibition reveals the campy underside of a familiar biography and perhaps an even more familiar murder mystery.
Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral is the first large-scale solo museum exhibition of Manila-born, Los Angeles-based artist Miljohn Ruperto. Working across photography, video, animation, generative artificial intelligence, and other mediums, Ruperto explores the ways humans have understood their place in the world.
A multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material.
The dual presentation of Irene Poon and Charles Wong sheds new light on each artist’s practice, foregrounding experimental photographic explorations in reflections, windows, and quiet interiors, while situating both figures within the broader development of Asian American art history in the Bay Area.
The Mesa-Bains Archive Room presentation further contextualizes the artist, curator, and educator’s role in shaping Chicano and Latino art history over the past half century.
