Hole in the Shape of My Body

Presenting a series of multimedia works, which begins in a poem, Denver Garza’s “Hole in the Shape of the Body” explores the transformation of being and the elements that recast the body and spirit after a tumultuous period. Here, Garza uses poetry, painting, assemblage, and sculpture in assessing these shifts and transitions. Thus, the artist points to rituals such as the Traslación, an annual procession associated with the feast of the Black Nazarene, as an influence in understanding the process of renewal. While Garza does not directly take from the religious and liturgical association of the ritual, the artist observes its importance as a phenomenon in the symbolic awakening of the body and spirit. The color purple/violet heavily dominates the exhibition and represents the final verses of the artist’s poem:

See a new world in reverse

Rainbow calling from a distance

I see violet comes first