Pa Comida Perdia, Barriga Partia, 2019
Portal: Governors Island, NY
On view Aug 31 - Sep 29, 2019

Pa Comida Perida / Barriga Partia, is an old Dominican aphorism— like those told in pithy two-liners that contain a general truth, like “the early bird gets the worm.” Aphorisms by design are usually regional and language specific, and so difficult to translate. This one loosely translates to “I would Rather a Split Stomach / Than See Food Go Wasted.” In the exhibition, these and other aphorisms, slip between personal story and folklore in works that center migration, oral history & the objects that trace diasporas across lands.