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Installation view of "The New House is Empty: Post–American Dream." Photo by Jorge Villarreal.
Mónica Martínez-Díaz’s photographic installation The New House is Empty: Post–American Dream explores the lives and memories of first-generation immigrants through portraiture and personal artifacts.
Intimate portraits of the her subjects are intermixed with family mementos. Together, the portraits and objects create a dialogue between past and present, memory and material, inviting viewers to witness the layered experiences of migration, displacement, and adaptation. The work reflects on how memory and identity are preserved and carried across borders. The installation emphasizes the emotional resonance of “home” and how it exists simultaneously in the present, in memory, across ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Free admission!
Visiting Hours
Wednesdays, 12 – 5 p.m.
Thursday – Friday, 12 – 8 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Phone: (210) 227-6960
Email: hello@contemporarysa.org
Website: https://contemporarysa.org/exhibition/monica-martinez-diaz/
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PARKING INFO
Street parking is free in the surrounding neighborhoods and visitors can park for free at Brackenridge High School’s parking lot during non-school hours only. The lot is just a short stroll along the Riverwalk to the complex. Other great options include taking the Via bus (#51 stops in front of complex off S.Alamo) , or rideshares such as Uber and Lyft. Feel like biking? SA Bike Share offers numerous docking stationsthroughout San Antonio’s cultural destinations, in and surrounding the urban core. The Blue Star Arts Complex parking lot is valet only on First Friday beginning at 2pm for a $15 fee. DOWNLOAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING MAP.
