Trace Memory

Trace Memory brings together trajectories in modern and contemporary conceptual art and abstraction with popular artistic traditions that welcome viewers to consider personal and shared cultural geographies.

Lisa Alvarado is a San Antonio native, with an international exhibition record, whose works will attract and inspire audiences in our region. Her works both demonstrate the influence of her Mexican American heritage and everyday contexts of visual culture growing up in South Texas and emphasize the conceptual character of sensory experience in engagement with artistic installation. The exhibition will feature brightly colored paintings on fabrics that are suspended from the ceiling and mixed media works that include early 20th-century family photographs documenting Mexican American history. Alvarado’s work proves that abstraction extends beyond elitist modernist contexts and offers dynamic potential for diverse populations. The exhibition also features video performance of the Natural Information Society, whose avant-garde jazz musical performances are in dialogue with Alvarado’s visual art.

Opening reception: Friday, January 24, 6 pm – 8 pm