Carlos Villa Worlds in Collision
February 17, 2022 – May 8, 2022
Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision presents the first major museum retrospective dedicated to the work of a Filipino American artist, celebrating the groundbreaking career of Carlos Villa (1936-2013). Showcasing thirty-six works created between 1959 and 2011, Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision introduces a remarkable contemporary artist to new audiences, illuminating the social and cultural roots, as well as the global importance, of Villa’s art. Join us virtually to hear exhibition curators Trisha Lagaso Goldberg and Mark Dean Johnson and catalog contributors discuss Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision.
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Special Initiative
Rooster and pheasant tail feathers and paper pulp, 87 x 109 in. (220.98 x 276.86 cm.)
©️ Mary Valledor, Estate of Carlos Villa.
Filipino American Oral History Project
The Filipino American Oral History Project explores different personal stories of the diaspora in the Greater Newark region and New York City.
This oral history initiative was developed in collaboration with the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University-Newark and was catalyzed by the important survey exhibition of the artist Carlos Villa at the museum.
This virtual program was co-presented by Rutgers University-Newark (@runewark), The Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, the San Francisco Art Institute (@sfaiofficial), and The Newark Museum of Art (@newarkmuseumart). Supported in part by the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.