Opening Reception: Fables and Labels: Ruhee Maknojia and Hiromi Stringe
Friday, December 6, 2024 5:30pm to 7:30pm
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2910 Haggerty Lane, Irving, TX 75062
https://udallas.edu/offices-services/art-gallery/Fables and Labels: Ruhee Maknojia and Hiromi Stringer, explores the limitations of cultural and geographical labels in the context of their work. First conceived during their time at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the exhibition responds to how their art is often reduced to identity categories—Indian for Maknojia and Japanese for Stringer—overshadowing the broader global narratives they engage with. Through a combination of painting, animation, drawing, and sculpture, both artists challenge the traditional boundaries of art and history. Stringer’s fictional Umeyama Time Teleportation Museum reimagines historical narratives, questioning the authority of museum labels and historical records. Meanwhile, Maknojia uses memory, storytelling, and the psychological "doorway effect" to explore how fables, much like fragmented memories, are reassembled and reinterpreted. Together, these works invite viewers to rethink the roles of labels and fables in shaping our understanding of history, identity, and art.
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