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María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold
Featured Exhibition
The Calling (detail), 2003, María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Diptych of Polaroid Polacolor Pro photographs. Collection of Jonathan and Barbara Lee. Courtesy of and © María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Cuban-born María Magdalena Campos-Pons makes vivid photographs, watercolors, installations, and performances that trace the cultural and personal impacts of migration and memory. Her works reflect global histories of labor as they affected her family through enslavement, indenture, and motherhood, emphasizing resilience and respect for her Nigerian and Chinese ancestors. This survey of 35 years of artmaking and activism highlights the interconnectedness between people and their environments, offering an expansive, incisive, and sensorial experience.
This exhibition is presented in English and Spanish. Esta exhibición se presenta en inglés y en español.
Partners and Sponsors
Co-organized by
This exhibition is organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Brooklyn Museum.
Major support from
Major support from Alicia Miñana and Rob Lovelace.
Selected Works
Red Composition
1997, from the series Los Caminos (The Path), María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Triptych of Polaroid Polacolor Pro photographs. Collection of Wendi Norris. Courtesy of and © María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Spoken Softly with Mama (installation view)
1998, installation and videos by María Magdalena Campos-Pons, with sound by Neil Leonard. Embroidered silk and organza with photographic transfers, ironing boards, embroidered cotton sheets, glass irons, and trivets; three-channel videos (color, stereo sound); and four-channel nonrepeating electroacoustic composition. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 1999. Courtesy of and © María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Neil Leonard
De Las Dos Aguas (Of the Two Waters)
2007, María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Composition of twelve Polaroid Polacolor Pro photographs. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Promised gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good. Image courtesy of the artist and Galleria Giampaolo Abbondio, Todi and Milan. © María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Untitled
2019, from the series Un Pedazo de Mar (which means “A Piece of the Sea”), María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Gouache, watercolor, graphite, and ink. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Giampaolo Abbondio, Todi and Milan. Image courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco. © María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Los Caminos (The Path)
1997, María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Triptych of Polaroid Polacolor Pro photographs. Getty Museum. © María Magdalena Campos-Pons
#7
2020, from the series Miasma, María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Ink and watercolor. Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami. Courtesy of and © María Magdalena Campos-Pons
When We Gather (still)
2021, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, with Okwui Okpokwasili and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. With the participation of Dell Marie Hamilton, Jana Harper, Lisa E. Harris, and Samita Sinha. Directed by Codie Elaine Oliver. Digital video (color, sound, 5:42 minutes). Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco © María Magdalena Campos-Pons
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