The Washington Post Reviews A Dark and Scandalous Rockfall

THE WASHINGTON POST, Apr 27, 2018 >

“In 2016, the Mexican Cultural Institute presented a project that traced the 1821 border between the United States and a Mexico that then extended much farther north than it does today. The venue’s current show also ponders the border, but in a more poetic mode. Indeed, “A Dark and Scandalous Rockfall” takes its title from a line written by Mexican poet Pedro Serrano.

The site-specific pieces are collaborations between Mexico’s Perla Krauze and the District’s Barbara Liotta. The latter is known for arranging small shards of rock that dangle – heavy and light at the same time – on white cords. In these installations, the stone fragments often hang above Krauze’s layouts of slate blocks, stacked against walls to resemble miniaturize bulwarks or mountain ranges.”