March 27 - May 3, 2025
“A Mountain of my Making takes video work by four artists living and working in Mexico City to propose the building of a fictitious home, or haven. Since the 2020 pandemic, the world has changed dramatically, and the works in this project reflect that, starting with the rising death tolls in the city due to the COVID-19, the feminist movement that drastically shifted perspectives on monuments, the return to nature after a period of isolation, and the proposition of fictitious ecosystems can allow for new creation of life.
A Mountain of my Making is the proposition of a fictitious place atop a mountain. It is the story of building a haven and a small universe in a moment of chaos to rest and watch the world pass by.
–Leslie Moody Castro
The artists are:
Virginia Colwell
Julieta Gil
Miguel Angel Salazar
Carlos Ivan Hernandez
Mexico City is the largest city in North America, and one of the most important art centers in the world. It’s cultural impact reverberates throughout our region, and allowing Moody Castro to curate work form this important city shows our students a world beyond the Texas Panhandle. By exposing our students and the larger Panhandle community to contemporary artwork from Mexico illustrates new and unexpected viewpoints so they can find connections within our own culture. The work is innovative not just in content but in materiality, and having exhibitions like this with more ephemeral media also opens our student’s eyes to a broader world of making.”
— Jonathan Revett
Reception: March 27, 2025 | 5–7 pm
Mary Moody Northen Art Gallery (West Texas A&M)
Canyon, TX
(806) 651-0000
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