Christina Fernandez’s thought-provoking art reflects the politics and culture of her Mexican American family.
Museum visitors examine one of more than 60 pieces at the exhibition “Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures” at the San Jose Museum of Art on June 7. Editor’s note: This story was produced for the independent Mosaic Journalism Program for Bay Area high school students, an intensive course in journalism. Students in the program report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.
The exhibition, which primarily showcases Fernandez’s photography, also includes the “Untitled Farmworkers” installation and mixed media, and spans more than three decades of her work. She revisited the performance piece years later, taking photographs of her brother’s hand planting each card into the ground and then creating a grid of those photos. She took this grid,] and reimagined it into the floor installation at the museum, she said.“Most of the work is about living in California, being a Mexican American in California,” she said.
The exhibit also includes a survey of Fernandez’s photo collections, such as the “View from Here” series. The series features multiple photos taken looking through window frames from the inside, providing a view of what happens outside from a seemingly enclosed space. Fernandez’s photographs are thought-provoking rather than having an obvious message, San Jose Museum of Arts Assistant Curator Juan Omar Rodriguez said.
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