SAAHD Director, Francisco Souto's work is currently featured in Taking Up Space, an exhibition conceived to coincide with the U.S. State Department’s inaugural Cities Summit of the Americas. It features the work of K Contemporary artists addressing topics of Latin and Caribbean culture such as colonialism, diaspora, inequity, and the reclamation of public space.
"The sides of Souto’s triptych drawings called “Diaspora” (2022) are symbolic of walkways inside of Simón Bolívar International Airport, located just outside of the capital city of Caracas, Venezuela. It’s intended for those familiar with the same pattern, prevalent in a space that’s meant for Venezuelans both leaving and returning home. The Venezuelan artists’ exquisite colored-pencil drawings are of three piles of laundry, symbolic of the items left behind by millions of Venezuelan refugees, mounted in small panels that give it an orange neon reflection off the white wall on which it hangs."
More details at: https://denverite.com/2023/04/24/k-contemporary-cities-summit-of-the-americas-exhibit/