February 21 - March 30, 2025
From GrayDUCK Gallery:
“This exhibition delves into the intricate fabric of community and shared humanity, addressing urgent social concerns that define our collective journey. Through themes of environmental fragility, gun control, political identity, and human posterity, The Well and the Paper Boat invites viewers to reflect on the forces that shape our lives and futures.
The well serves as a metaphor for community, depth, and resource while the paper boat evokes fragility, impermanence, and the hope for forward movement. Together, they symbolize the precarious balance between what we preserve and what we risk losing.
Each artwork within the exhibition acts as a conversation—highlighting both the vulnerabilities and the strength of human connection. It is a call to examine our roles in shaping a sustainable and just future, while reminding us of the power found in unity and action.
The Well and the Paper Boat is a space for reflection, imagination, and discovery—where questions of identity, politics, and humanity ripple outward, inspiring a collective vision of resilience and possibility.
Bio
Cande’s work has been exhibited at The Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Craighead Green Gallery & Kirk Hopper Fine Art in Dallas, K Space Contemporary in Corpus Christi, TX, The Painting Center in New York City, Studio Apothiki in Cyprus and the Texas Biennial 2017 in Austin. And his work is in the collection of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture at the Riverside Art Museum.”
Reception: February 21, 2025 | 7–10 pm
2213 East Cesar Chavez
Austin, 78702 TX
512.826.5334
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