Re:Vision at the Athenaeum
Athenaeum
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association
Alexandria, Virginia
November 15, 2018-January 6, 2019
In Re:Vision, Casqueiro reflects on the emotional content of immigration and what it means to push forward with a new life while remaining pulled by the old. Using as a springboard two sets of images that represent these conflicting dynamics, namely retro comic books and lifestyle ads, she investigates the power of visionary myth to propel and restrain, the relinquishing of the precious as a condition to move forward, and the struggle to reconcile who we are, how we are perceived, and who we want to become.
Casqueiro immigrated to the United States from Portugal in the 80s. The process of execution of this body of work has obliged her to analyze what was so compelling about certain messages of her youth, how they affected her journey and that of others like her, and what is retained and abandoned along the way.
