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Circle of Ancestors and Private Landscapes and Public Territories. Photos courtesy of Daria Lugina.
Exhibition
Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory
1 Mar 2025 – 31 Aug 2025
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Address
- 3581 Mission Inn Ave.
- Riverside
California - 92501
- United States
About
Organized by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory is the first major retrospective to explore the historically significant work and career of Amalia Mesa-Bains, a pioneering Chicana artist, curator, and theorist.
The exhibition brings together nearly 60 works created over 45 years, including the artist’s renowned altar-installations and her lesser-studied handmade books and palimpsest prints characterized by a signature archeological aesthetic of layering and excavation. The exhibition is co-curated by María Esther Fernández, Artistic Director, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, and Laura E. Pérez, PhD, Professor of Chicanx, Latinx and Ethnic Studies, and Chair of the Latinx Research Center, UC Berkeley.
Riverside Art Museum acknowledges PNC Bank as the exhibition’s presenting sponsor at The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.
