Closing Reception & Artist Talk: The Grand Performance by Josie Marlyn Gomez

Celebrate the final night of The Grand Performance. This closing event is the public's last opportunity to view new works by Josie Marlyn Gomez that deeply reflect on ego death, rebirth, and the weight of grief. Through recurring patterns and cinematic references, Gomez builds a rupture in her generational lineage, exploring the friction between putting up a shield and allowing for vulnerability through the motif of masquerade. The exhibition prominently features a hand-crafted mask carved by Álvaro Octavio Muñoz Scott from Jalpa, Zacatecas, the hometown of the artist’s family. A major highli…