Raul De Lara: Raíces/Roots
In his debut solo museum exhibition Raíces/Roots, De Lara presents works that retrace his Mexican roots following a recent return to his childhood home after nearly 20 years in the U.S. — a long-awaited visit complicated by his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status. Across the SCAD Museum of Art’s Jewel Box vitrines, De Lara arranges tufted wooden chairs and construction cranes that honor his family’s history of craftsmanship, alongside modular, kinetic sculptures of cacti and monstera plants that embody his transnational, peregrine journey. Comparatively, the artist’s rocking chairs and slouching fieldwork tools evoke the precarity, manual labor, and disappointments faced by undocumented immigrants pursuing the “American Dream.” In sharing these cherished and whimsical yet difficult and often inexplicable life moments, De Lara offers insight into his story, while inspiring curiosity and connection with each other and the objects that surround us.
Museum of Art
Savannah, GA
01/15/2025 - 07/05/2025