Installation view, works by Ariana Gomez and Alexandre Pépin.

Answers to the question, “Where is home for you?” reveal that a sense of belonging is a composite of things, people, places, and memories. “To belong” may be a goal, but belonging, in its gerund noun form, is an active practice revisited, maintained, and altered through life. The works of Ariana Gomez, Alexandre Pépin, Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, and Rodell Warner point to the composite nature of belonging and the concomitant need to visualize memory and lineage to feel like one belongs. Perhaps a viewer might, in the images of the exhibition, find something to add to their own evolving sense of belonging. 

Installation view, works by Ariana Gomez and Phoebe Shuman-Goodier.

Belongings is organized by Austin-based art historian Maggie Mitts. Mitts is currently a doctoral candidate at The University of Texas at Austin, researching the works and lives of sisters Rosemary and Bernadette Mayer. Mitts holds an MA in Art History from The University of Texas at Austin (2019) and a BA in Art History and English Literature from Williams College (2015).

Full curatorial text can be found at this link.

Installation view, works by Rodell Warner, Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, and Alexandre Pépin.

Installation view, works by Ariana Gomez and Alexandre Pépin.

Answers to the question, “Where is home for you?” reveal that a sense of belonging is a composite of things, people, places, and memories. “To belong” may be a goal, but belonging, in its gerund noun form, is an active practice revisited, maintained, and altered through life. The works of Ariana Gomez, Alexandre Pépin, Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, and Rodell Warner point to the composite nature of belonging and the concomitant need to visualize memory and lineage to feel like one belongs. Perhaps a viewer might, in the images of the exhibition, find something to add to their own evolving sense of belonging. 

 

Installation view, works by Rodell Warner and Phoebe Shuman-Goodier.

Installation view, works by Ariana Gomez and Phoebe Shuman-Goodier.

Belongings is organized by Austin-based art historian Maggie Mitts. Mitts is currently a doctoral candidate at The University of Texas at Austin, researching the works and lives of sisters Rosemary and Bernadette Mayer. Mitts holds an MA in Art History from The University of Texas at Austin (2019) and a BA in Art History and English Literature from Williams College (2015).

Full curatorial text can be found at this link.

 

INSTALLATION IMAGES

Installation view, works by Phoebe Shuman-Goodier.
Installation view, works by Rodell Warner and Phoebe Shuman-Goodier.
Installation view, works by Rodell Warner, Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, and Alexandre Pépin.
Installation view, works by Ariana Gomez and Phoebe Shuman-Goodier
Installation view, works by Phoebe Shuman-Goodier.

INDIVIDUAL ARTWORKS

Alexandre Pépin, Having a Bath, 2024, oil and sand on canvas, 24 x 30 in.

Alexandre Pépin, Sunset in Bed, 2024, oil and sand on canvas, 30 x 40 in.

Alexandre Pépin, Mother Playing Piano, 2024, oil on burlap, 16 x 20 in.

Ariana Gomez, Where There Was Clay, 2024, six Cyanotypes on silk organza, dimensions variable.

Rodell Warner, Artificial Archive: SCRYING INTIMACIES, Hallucination 1, 2024, single-channel video with sound, 1920 x 1080 pixels, 7 minutes 12 seconds.

Rodell Warner, Artificial Archive: SCRYING INTIMACIES, View from the portal I, 2024, giclee print on Hahnenuhle Matte FineArt Smooth Archival Paper, edition 1/1, 8 x 8 in.

Rodell Warner, Artificial Archive: SCRYING INTIMACIES, View from the portal II, 2024, giclee print on Hahnenuhle Matte FineArt Smooth Archival Paper, edition 1/1, 8 x 8 in.

Rodell Warner, Artificial Archive: SCRYING INTIMACIES, View from the portal III, 2024, giclee print on Hahnenuhle Matte FineArt Smooth Archival Paper, edition 1/1, 8 x 8 in.

Rodell Warner, Artificial Archive: SCRYING INTIMACIES, View from the portal IV, 2024, giclee print on Hahnenuhle Matte FineArt Smooth Archival Paper, edition 1/1, 8 x 8 in.

Rodell Warner, Artificial Archive: SCRYING INTIMACIES, View from the portal V, 2024, giclee print on Hahnenuhle Matte FineArt Smooth Archival Paper, edition 1/1, 8 x 8 in.

Rodell Warner, Artificial Archive: SCRYING INTIMACIES, View from the portal VI, 2024, giclee print on Hahnenuhle Matte FineArt Smooth Archival Paper, edition 1/1, 8 x 8 in.

Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, Anchor, 2021, archival inkjet print, edition ⅛, 24 x 20 3/8 in.

Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, Fallen, 2022, archival inkjet print, edition ⅛, 20 3/8 x 24 in.

Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, Red, 2023, archival inkjet print, edition ⅛, 24 x 20 3/8 in.

Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, Yellow, 2023, archival inkjet print, edition ⅛, 24 x 20 7/16 in.

Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, Wildmom, 2023, single-channel video with sound, 28 minutes 48 seconds.