A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...NAMAN is an eponymous group show that introduces the NAMAN Collective—a group of L.A.-based and transpacific Filipinx artists and cultural practitioners. The exhibition is emblematic of NAMAN’s multitudes, featuring a diverse range of photography, drawing, sculpture, performance and installation by Aaron Dadacay, Anna Luisa Petrisko, Carol Anne McCrystal, Christine Morla, Diane Briones Williams, Emilyn Eto, Isola Tong, Jeanne Le, Maria Villote, Mark Golamco, Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Michael Rippens, Nica Aquino, Philip Koscak, and Tala Mateo. Artworks in the NAMAN-organized show transcend the body, reckon with globalization, reclaim cultural practice, foreground the meditative power of craft, reconcile multiple identities, tell stories and convey memory through varied archival modes and contend with as well as transcend colonial frameworks.
The exhibition’s location is of great significance as it was once the site of "Little Manila," a vibrant Filipino community in the 1920s-40s. As present-day Filipina/o/x artists living in diaspora, this location is emblematic of the diverse Filipina/o/x experience, where transformation, erasure, adaptation and nostalgia speak to our varied experiences..."
