What We Leave / What We Take Rebecca Gonzales

New Exhibition, Crear Studio’s fist visiting artist:

What We Leave / What We Take

Rebecca Gonzales

June 3-August 5. 2023

We experience love and pain in our body, we hold history in our body, secrets and memories and joys in our body. The installation asks, "What is it?" and "where did you put it?"

Inspired by the trauma work of Bessel van der Kolk in The Body Keeps the Score and Resmaa Menakem's My Grandmother's Hands, experimental artist Rebecca Gonzales created a site-specific paper installation of her own body from a collection of words and stories, history, images and poems collected throughout her life. The audience is invited to contemplate the story of their body in a handmade wood and cloth confessional booth transcending life experiences through poetry on demand.

About the Artist:

Rebecca Gonzales is a multimedia artist, poet, book binder and mother from East Los Angeles. Her writing has been published in various publications such as the Mas Tequila Review and St. Sucia. She was the March 2014 winner of "The Poets of New York" series at the Bowery in New York City and exhibited handcrafted books in the collaborative installation A Book's Journey at Golden West College in 2019.

🗓️Confessional Poetry Reception & Artist Talk

12-4pm Gallery Open

3pm Artist Talk

Saturday, June 17th

Open hours during exhibition dates:

Thursdays & Fridays 4-8pm

Saturdays 12-4pm

1st Saturday Artwalk 6-10pm

By appointment all other days & times

This exhibition is supported in part by LMAC and Califronia Arts Council for more information, read the press release (link in bio) and/or email libromobile@gmail.com