State of Exception at ASU Art Museum

May 2 - August 1, 2015

Location: Arizona State University Art Museum, Museum International Artist Residency Program at Combine Studios, 821 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, Ariz. 85004

Open to the public Fridays and Saturdays, 12–6 p.m. Questions about visiting? Call 480.965.2787 and press "0" 

We are thrilled to again take State of Exception on the road! Originally exhibited at the Institute for the Humanities gallery (click here for details), State of Exception presents traces of the human experience--backpacks, water bottles, border patrol restrains, and other objects left behind in the desert by undocumented migrants on their journey into the U.S. This in combination with video shot by Richard Barnes on location along the U.S./Mexico border comprises State of Exception, the first major curation of the work of U-M anthropologist Jason De León’s Undocumented Migration project. This collaboration between artist/photographer Richard Barnes, De León, and curator Amanda Krugliak considers the complexity and ambiguity of the found objects and what they may or may not reveal in terms of transition, human experience, culture, violence, and accountability.