Publisher's Synopsis
"Singing Leaf is the first solo exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery of the transdisciplinary artist Laura Anderson Barbata (b. Mexico, immigrated to the USA). Occupying two floors of the exhibition highlights nearly three decades of the artist's rich and varied output across time and place. Works on view include photography, drawings, collages, textiles, video, installation, and sculpture, as well as mixed-media documentation from a selection of social projects initiated with numerous collaborators. Since the early-1990s, Laura Anderson Barbara has initiated art-centered projects in the United States, the Venezuelan Amazon, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, and Norway which emphasize reciprocity, shared knowledge, and decolonial thinking. Through anchoring objects, Singing Leaf gathers many traditions, voices, and communities that are empowered by the artist's expansive definitions of authorship and collaboration. The exhibition includes a
