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January 19 - March 9, 2007

Legal Aliens

Changing Territories. Shifting Identities. Moving Images.

Dan Acostioaei, Francisca Benitez (New York, NY), Gautam Kansara (Brooklyn, NY), Marc Lafia (Brooklyn, NY), Dana Levy (new York, NY), Esperanza Mayobre (New York, NY), Adrian Paci, Sharon Paz, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky (New York, NY), Torolab, Jenny Vogel (New York, NY)

Legal Aliens

  Virgin of Hope, Our Mother of Immigrants Esperanza Mayobre | 2007 | votive candles | Jerry Mann

Virgin of Hope, Our Mother of Immigrants

Virgin of Hope, Our Mother of Immigrants  Esperanza Mayobre | 2007 | votive candles | Jerry Mann

An exhibition on the complexities of global immigration amidst the current climate of immigrant stigmatization, the political platform of immigration reform, and the threat to criminalize immigrants, their families, employers, landlords and associates. In collaboration with Smack Mellon Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)

Curated by:
Ofri Cnaani and Rotem Ruff

About the Artists

Dan Acostioaei

Born in 1974 in Iasi, Romania, Dan has exhibited at Vector Gallery, Iasi, Romania; Cupola Gallery, Iasi, Romania; and Atelier 35 Gallery, Bucharest, Romania. He received his MFA from the University of Arts in Iasi, Romania in 2001, and his BFA from the University of Arts in Iasi in 1998.... go to artist page

Francisca Benitez

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Gautam Kansara

Gautam Kansara, born 1979 in London, is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. Gautam's video and photographic work is part of prestigious private collections including The Burger Collection, Hong Kong, and The Shreya and Swapan Seth Collection, New Delhi. Since 2002 his work has been featured internationally... go to artist page

Marc Lafia

Marc Lafia works with photography, narrative, new media, computation and the moving image to consider the image in its many modes and instantiations. In all of these works he explores the limits of the image, of narrative, of art, of knowledge and sense making, of media.His varied online works include,... go to artist page

Dana Levy

Dana Levy was born in Tel Aviv she lives and works in New York. She holds an MA in Electronic Imaging from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Dundee and a BA from Camberwell College of Art, London. In 2013 she was awarded the Betrice Kolliner Award from the Israel... go to artist page

Esperanza Mayobre

Esperanza Mayobre was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She earned her diploma of arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2003) and Cabinetmaking from El Instituto Artesanal de la Colonia Tovar (IACT), Caracas (1999). She has participated in numerous group shows including the... go to artist page

Adrian Paci

The artist Adrian Paci was born 1969, Shkoder, Albania.Lives and works in Milan, Italy. go to artist page

Sharon Paz

I develop installations using mainly the medium of video and performance, along drawings and objects. They are related to a social and political context in relation to my biography. The works are telling a story which is visual, non linear and fragmented. I use layers of different timelines within one... go to artist page

Karina Aguilera Skvirsky

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Jenny Vogel

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