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Sense of Self Photo/Art/Film Exhibit


  • Snapdragon Art Gallery 190 Monticello Avenue Jersey City, NJ, 07304 United States (map)

Opening January 29, 2021, Sense of Self is a community-focused, multi-disciplinary group exhibit of local artists. It explores the central theme and role of the Self in communities amid the backdrop of current life in America.

Diego Milián Chávez will have three pieces from his Huellas series. Huellas (Spanish for footprints) is meant to convey a sense of continuous community and belonging via our shared human experiences. The prints show multiple images combining to create a singular visual narrative. In these specific images we see communally graffitied walls, doors and concrete. Here are tags and other forms of expression from multiples of people who have passed through these places, all compelled to leave a trace, creating an additive community (and art!) while achieving a sort of permanence in an impermanent world. Their names and images join together and address the challenges of time and place. They posit that although paths didn't necessarily cross that this community is vital , real and will only continue to grow.