Opening Celebration: Pao Houa Her and Young Bay Mud
July 11 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$5
Save the date for the opening celebration of two new exhibitions, “Pao Houa Her: The Imaginative Landscape” and “Young Bay Mud.”
“The Imaginative Landscape” is first major exhibition of Pao Houa Her’s photographic practice traces the artist’s deepening exploration of diasporic constructions of homeland among her Hmong American community.
Inspired by the unique ground that underlies the San Francisco Bay Area, “Young Bay Mud” highlights artists with local ties who are using mud to explore ecological entanglement and belonging in the Bay Area.
Images from left to right: Pao Houa Her, My grandmother’s favorite grandchild – Pao Houa from “My grandfather turned into a tiger” series, 2017. Wheat-pasted vinyl, 10 x 8 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Futurefarmers, “Soil Horizons,” 2022. Video and sound, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artists and the Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San José State University. Photo byJin Zhu.
