September 18 - November 7, 2015
The full title of this show is Ell Nauahl esta aqui/Babaroga je dosla/ (the Boogeyman is here). According to this show’s press release, “The boogeyman; a culturally fluid figure uses its threatening specter to infect children with fear and thus subjugates their behavior accordingly and stands here as a metaphor for the palpable transgenerational trauma that is writ large across both the personal and political bodies of marginalized communities.” And here we thought the boogeyman was just a simple, ancient externalization of the natural fear of death…
Opening: September 18, 2015 | 7–9 pm
Artist talk: September 19, 2015 | 1:30–2:30 pm
An artist talk by Luz María Sánchez and Maja Ruznic
Hellbox Gallery (Formerly She Works Flexible)
1709 Westheimer Rd
Houston, 77098 Texas
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