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Abang-guard, Film still of "Filipino Community Cultural Center of Delano, California," 2025, time variable. Courtesy the artists.
Exhibition
last chance
Abang-guard. Makibaka
16 Mar 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
Regular hours
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
Address
- New York City Building
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park
- New York
New York - 11368
- United States
About
Artist duo Abang-guard (Maureen Catbagan + Jevijoe Vitug) contends with visibility through the lens of immigration and labor in their multidisciplinary practice. For their first museum solo exhibition, Abang-guard reconfigures the iconic architecture of the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair’s Philippines and New York State Pavilions as a scaffold to structure their investigation into the layered significance of the year 1965 in Filipino American labor history. Abang-guard takes stock of how these narratives have been lived, remembered, erased, and fought for. Makibaka, roughly translated from Tagalog as “coming together for change,” is a rallying cry used by Filipino movements and communities in fighting against exploitative systems. The spirit of makibaka is woven into Abang-guard’s paintings, sculptures, performances, and videos that pay homage to significant Filipino American sites.
Abang-guard: Makibaka is organized by Sarah Cho, Assistant Curator.
