FROM URBAN REVERENCE TO URBAN DIVERGENCE
Opening reception with two performances: Friday June 10, 3-5 pm
on view through July 23, 2022
old Pfizer building, Williamsburg:
IW Gallery, Lobby and 5th Floor
630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Satellite exhibition venue:
Valerie Goodman Gallery, 315 East 91st Street, 1st floor, New York, NY 10128
Opening with performance: Friday June 24, 6-8pm
On view through July 23, 2022
Curatorial team:
Chief Curator: Luchia Meihua Lee, co-curators: Sarah Walko, Jennifer Pliego
The series of Urban Tribes projects attempts to raise the discourse of humanity to concerns with the threat to our land and environment. The phenomenon of migrants forming an international cross-cultural "urban tribe" is one of the urgent topics in the 21st century. Analyzed historically in the context of the planet and symbiosis, this involves the survival of human beings and maintenance of balance among various living things. The discourse thus moves to valuing human nature, preservation of multiple cultures, the environment, and the new multi-faceted unity. Potential political, economic, and cultural crises can be averted only by an emphasis on the diversity of life that promotes interactive relationships.
