FAR AWAY IS STILL SOMEWHERE | Fidencio Fifield-Perez

Painted envelopes, cut paper installations, and weavings blur the boundaries of media, recall cultural practices, and embody bureaucratic liminal spaces. 

ARTIST BIO:

Fidencio Fifield-Perez was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, but raised in the U.S. after his family migrated. His current work examines borders, edges, and the people who must traverse them. In his work, Fifield-Perez manipulates paper surfaces and maps to refer to the crafts and customs used to celebrate festivals and mourn the dead, which he learned as a child in Oaxaca. For Fifield-Perez, these techniques are a way to reconnect with a time and place no longer present. 

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FUTHER READING:

• In upcoming gallery show, artist Fidencio Fifield-Perez explores ‘the pursuit of getting there’ (Pioneer Press, 6/11)

Artist Conversation: Far Away Is Still Somewhere

Visit Night Club Gallery on Saturday July 15th, 6pm for an artist conversation between Dr. Harold Adams Artist-in-Residence Fellow Fidencio Fifield-Perez and curator William Hernández Luege coinciding with Fidencio’s solo exhibition Far Away Is Still Somewhere. 

William Hernández Luege is a curatorial assistant for Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center, where he has worked since 2019 with the curatorial teams on numerous exhibitions including Jannis Kounellis in Six Acts; Rayyane Tabet: Deep Blues; Shen Xin: Brine Lake; and Paradox of Stillness. He is also the curator of the Walker Art Center-organized exhibitions Kahlil Robert Irving: Archaeology of the Present and Allan Sekula: Fish Story (forthcoming in 2023). Hernández Luege holds an MA in the history of art from Williams College; his research interests span modern and contemporary Latin American art and the relationships between ideology, political theory, and aesthetics.