Let’s Go Home explores the concept of “home” through imagery portraying domestic spaces, loved ones, intimate objects, and homeland—representations that allude to feelings of comfort or familiarity. From Brian Reed’s ceramic sculpture of his late father to Jean Wilson’s paintings of an air conditioning unit and a breakfast scene, and, even, Jairo Granados-Cardenas’s intimate photograph of his father’s handmade wrench cross, the works in this exhibition examine the emotional architecture that shapes one’s notion of home. Here, the concept of home expands beyond the confines of the everyday and the place where one sleeps to explore the idea of home as an emotional connection to people or places near or far away. Let’s Go Home challenges us to, not only consider a wider lens for the concept of home, but how others may experience it and how vast those differences can be. Despite those differences, however, we can empathize with each other through the understanding that lived experiences can be the driving force of what connects people to the comforts of “home”.
Christina Stavros received a Masters in Art History from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023, and a BFA in Printmaking and minor in Art History from the Pennsylvania State University in 2014. Stavros’ lifelong passion for the arts led her to Intuit in 2016, where she is now the Chief Registrar and Assistant Curator. She continues to practice artmaking through linoleum printing, sewing, and other mixed media work.
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