Kalena Marshall Garcia
“good with a camera”

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You Don’t Look Puerto Rican
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Learning Solidarity 1 & 2
Arroz y no Gandules
Sustainable Printing
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Learning Solidarity 1 & 2


Learning Solidarity 1, 2023 

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Influenced by Dread Scott’s “A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday” my works Learning Solidarity 1 & 2 were recreations of a protest sign made in 2001 about Palestinian and Puerto Rican solidarity in the form of a banner. When I displayed this work at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, the first banner was taken down by the institution and disposed of. I hosted a community engagement night where I remade the banner with a group of fellow students; however the second banner was only allowed to be put up with a disclaimer written by administration. Since I displayed this work, many other student artists displayed work in solidarity with Palestine paired with mandatory disclaimers. Tyler has since put up permanent disclaimers in all of their gallery spaces. Through these works in particular, I learned a lot about the limits of existing, making work, and attempting to create conversation in this space.

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Learning Solidarity 2, 2023 


You Don’t Look Puerto Rican


Solo Exhibition, Stella Elkins Gallery

Philadelphia, PA