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Xavier Tavera’s Borderlands at Somerset Public Library
Mike R. Curran writes about the exhibition touring libraries within the St. Croix Valley.
NEW REVIEW
Part of Valley Reads 2024, this touring exhibition depicts landscapes of the US-Mexico border. Mexican-born Minneapolis artist Xavier Tavera documents the aesthetics of the borderland landscape. He reminds the viewer that, historically, artist-rendered landscapes were not meant to be contemplative. Rather, they were a statement of ownership. “Arid and rugged, the landscape is divided by a man‑made scar that snakes through the topography in fragmented sections from west to east along the continent.”