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Three of Paul Turounet's Estamos Buscando | We're Looking For (fragments) were selected for inclusion in an international and trans-border exhibition happening in El Paso and Juárez this summer.
The exhibitions' structure heightens the aims of the artists, underlines, and brakes the divide between points, thus prompting reflection on life in the border region, including issues of crossing, immigration, and physical, linguistic, and cultural hybridity.
Read moreThe quest for a greater understanding of purpose and meaning is universal to our collective existence. We wrestle with the anxiety and uncertainty we all face when we leave behind the known for the unknown. Regardless of the demarcation lines of country and culture, we are all migrants in search of something profound and meaningful to our being.
Read moreReception: Saturday, October 7
Members Preview: 7 – 8 pm | Public Reception: 8-9pm
Artist's Talk: Saturday, October 7 | 10 - 11 am Great Hall
Paul Turounet is interested in storytelling, perspective, and the space between places, emotions, or states; the tension in his work often emerges from the gaps exposed. Estamos Buscando A (We're Looking For) is a photo-driven installation that examines the psychology of the US|MX border. It is composed of recovered border wall, intimate portraits of migrants on metal plates that the Artist calls retablos, sand, dirt, and found objects such as backpacks and tire-drags.
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Paris Photo / Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards have released the shortlist for the PhotoBooks of 2016; Paul Turounet's latest Artists Books Estamos Buscando A (We Are Looking For), made the list. This award for PhotoBooks was initiated in 2013 to celebrate the medium's contribution to the evolving history of the media.
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Paul Turounet, Estamos Buscando A (wall)
Between Here and There: Paul Turounet & Terri Warpinski
Exhibition Dates: Sep. 3 - Oct. 3, 2015
New Mexico State University presents the work of Paul Turounet and Terri Warpinski; the artists "present works that grapple with the complexities and controversies surrounding the constructs of international borders as junctions that designate the present and future for m any migrants in transition as well as the effects on existing communities in border regions" (NMU exhibition text).
View install images & recap the show here.
