“There is another world, but it is in this one,” said Surrealist poet Paul Éluard. In this exhibition, artists look to the future, imagining how we move forward from the tumultuous events of the past year. [read more]
Art in the Plague Year is an online exhibition organized by UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography and curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro Souther. UCR ARTS’s programs are supported by UCR College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the City of Riverside, Altura Credit Union, and Anheuser-Busch.
All works in this exhibition are reproduced with permission of the artists/copyright holders. Works (images, video, audio or other content) must not be used or reproduced for any purposes other than fair use without prior consent of the artists.
(b. 1969, United States. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA)
“We are a piece of the whole earth,” states artist Bootsy Holler. “We are an animal, we are all of the same species. It was nature—its complexity, its quest for survival, its inherent beauty—that helped me return to my body. When I dug into the earth, I reconnected to the feel of my own skin. When I welcomed the sea, I recognized my own weight. When the wind hit my face, I remembered my joy. It was my passage back home.”
“During a time of disconnect when I was unable to speak about my feelings, I found the truth becoming visible while I created my emotions through subconscious visions. These visions came during a time when I was outside myself feeling sad, isolated and disconnected but through nature I found my way back to my whole self again.”
