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Exhibition - Retablos: Miracles on the Border

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9/4/2008
All Day
Location:
Sarratt Art Gallery 
Retablos, a genre of folk art deeply rooted in Spanish history, represent the heart and soul of traditional religious beliefs in traditional Mexican culture.  Painted on tin, canvas, wood or masonite, retablos are a personal offering that someone makes to give thanks for fulfilling a wish or need.  In cultural terms, they represent one of the few means by which common people can give public expression to their anxieties, needs, fears and sufferings.  The exhibit Retablos: Miracles on the Border, on display at the Vanderbilt Sarratt Art Gallery from September 3-30, features contemporary "miracles" of the migration experience across the Mexico-U.S. border.