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Some might say that making art is an impulse all humans have, yet artist-as-occupation is tremendously difficult - only a few are able to find their way as an artist due to social oppression, lack of confidence, or general exhaustion from navigating capitalist systems and markets."" - From the Introduction by Ginger Dunnill
Few books have been published in the Southwest celebrating the intersectionality of contemporary artists. A term first coined in 1989, intersectionality studies overlapping and intersecting social identities and their related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination. Broken Boxes celebrates ten years of Ginger Dunnill's Broken Boxes podcast. Here are twenty-three extraordinary artists bringing the creativity of their processes and identities to life in the Albuquerque Museum's exhibition and in this accompanying book. Broken Boxes delves deeply into the realm of intentionality, challenging not just how artists create, but why. And Broken Boxes - the podcast, the exhibition, and the book - thrives on bringing artists together in dialogue with each other through the artist's own words. This book provides an opportunity to introduce the larger public to artists committed to creating, sustaining, and encouraging solidarity. By opening up the conversations across communities, groups, art practices, materials, and shared space, we hope to demonstrate how artists are forging new forms of action.
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Score and a Map - Maria Hupfield
Imagination Praxis - Ginger Dunnill
Introduction - Josie Lopez
The Artists - Saya Woolfalk, Raven Chacon, Sterlin Harjo, Amaryllis R. Flowers, Tsedaye Makonnen, Natalie Ball, Autumn Chacon, CASSILS, Laura Ortman, India Sky Davis, Elisa Harkins, Guadalupe Maravilla, Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon, Christine Howard Sandoval, Kate DeCiccio, Tanya Aguiñiga, Joseph M. Pierce, Mario Ybarra Jr., Chip Thomas, aka jetsonorama, Jeremy Dennis, Marie Watt, Katherine Paul, aka Black Belt Eagle Scout, Cannupa Hanska Luger
