Daniel Barragán, Karla Ekatherine Canseco, Dolores Furtado, Rodrigo Angel Jimenez-Ortega, André Magaña, Andrés Monzón-Aguirre, Tamen Pérez, Adrian Edgard Rivera

Ocultismo y barro presents artworks made with or about clay that embody the medium’s mystical qualities. The title invokes occultism, the broadest sense of supernatural beliefs and spiritual practices, which contrast the scope of science and religion imposed on the Caribbean and Latin America through western imperialism. The artists in the exhibition speak to both the mysticism involved in transforming clay into art and the rendering of ancestral influences across the Americas, often in dialogue with the contemporary mythology of pop cultural iconography. Barro has been used as a material in Latin America and the Caribbean for over 10,000 years to incarnate spirituality. Through effigies, ceremonial vessels, utilitarian objects, and dwellings, it has persisted as a material known for its malleability, durability, and availability.