gloria galvez: Going Bananas
Los Angeles, CA
Friday, March 1 at 6:00 PM 9:00 PM
Ends Mar 31, 2019
Going Bananas consists of a solo body of work, in which gloria galvez conceptualizes a dematerialized prison by considering the peculiarly problematic history and contemporary condition of bananas sold to western countries. She traces the bananas’ colonial history right through their market value-position and into their impending extinction. But along the line of this narrative, galvez also spotlights the moments in which the banana’s invisible prison has trapped other beings, including people. The work poses the banana’s iconic status (for patriarchy, power, state, racism, and capital) as an extension of this carceral state. In an act of abolition and solidarity, galvez subverts these open air prisons by platforming the bananas’ agency and vibrant history.
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