MAIN GALLERY: SUR: biennial

Founded in 2011, the SUR: biennial is an ongoing exhibition series that highlights the impact of Latin American and Caribbean cultures on contemporary art worldwide. Through independently curated presentations, the SUR: biennial showcases recent and newly commissioned works by both local and international artists who explore themes rooted in the cultural traditions of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: chris velez, Elena Manero, Jesus Max, Lowrider Alliance, Miguel Rodríguez Sepúlveda, Priscilla Mondo

GALLERY TWO: Affective Territories, Alternate Belongings

Video and multi-media artworks from contemporary national and international artists whose current video production practice highlights technology as an extension of humankind and its desire to transcend corporeal identity. The works presented urge us to explore the increasingly entangled, unbodied, and physical worlds we take turns inhabiting so we can create new territories of belonging and develop alternate affections.

Participating Artists: Allyson Packer and Jesse Fisher / United States, Camille Dumond/ Switzerland, Chrystele Nicot & Antoine Alesandrini / France, Holly Veselka / United States, Joe Harjo / United States, Laine Rettmer / United States, Margaret Noble / United States, Paul Moore / Northern Ireland (UK), Scott Massey / Canada, Sophie Dia Pegrum / British/American, Spencer Chang / United States, Woohee Cho / South Korea/ United States

This exhibition is curated and organized by Gioj De Marco and Elizabeth Withstandley of Prospect Art. The project is co-created by Prospect Art’s 2023/24 Curatorial Fellow, Prima Jalichandra Sakuntabhai, and Prospect Art’s 4th-WALL program manager, Pedro Inock.

DARK ROOM: Backstreet to the American Dream

An award-winning doc on labor, race, and survival with civil rights icon, Executive Producer Dolores Huerta, Backstreet to the American Dream (2021) is a raw and intimate portrait of race, labor, and class in modern-day America, which offers an immersive look at blue-collar entrepreneurs and Latino immigrants navigating the collision of hustle and hardship in the heart of Los Angeles. The 90-minute journey moves beyond culinary fads to cut deep into the gritty layers of L.A.’s less-glamorous neighborhoods. What emerges is a sobering reality check: a bilingual portrait of bootstrapping entrepreneurs with limited options, for whom survival is anything but trendy.

Directed, produced, and edited by Patricia Nazario.

Liminal Level: an immersive hallway experience featuring a new site-specific installation by artist Darel Carey.

Darel Carey is a visual artist focusing on optical perception. He graduated from Otis College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2016. His Optical Art (Op Art) includes immersive tape installations, painted murals, and digital art.  The demand for his crowd-pleasing work has been in demand in recent years, with installations at art institutions around the world and featured in major commercial ad campaigns.

Darel’s previous hallway installations for TAM include DIMENSIONALIZATION (2018-2019) and COALESCENCE (2019-2024).