Maria Gaspar: We Press Our Hands to the Steel Curtain
Sat, Oct 10 · 12:00 PM
Venue: Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
Address: Houston, TX
City: Houston
Starts: Sat, Oct 10 · 12:00 PM 12:00
Ends: 2026-10-10T22:00:00+00:00
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Organizer: Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
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Category: Other
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Last verified: 2026-10-10
We Press Our Hands to the Steel Curtain brings together recent work that demonstrates how Gaspar engages with these carceral spaces, deploying time both as a tactic and material. The title is adapted from a line in Gloria Anzaldúa’s poem and essay “The Homeland, Aztlán/El otro México.” In dialogue with Anzaldúa’s writing, Gaspar sees walls as structures which shape psychic, social, and cultural terrains. Pressing hands might evoke healing or resistance: in either case, the gesture is dynamic…
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