Andrew Alba is a descendant of Mexican migrant workers and often depicts surreal images of brown bodies in labor. In Manzana Bandana and Retrato Con Fresa, you see two portraits, one of a man and the other of a woman, each with a colored bandana. In the fields, the workers often wear bandanas to protect them from the sun and the chemicals spread over the land. These portraits are figurative portrayals of Alba’s ancestors and the fruits they harvested. Similar fields feed most of our country today meanwhile, the workers who harvest these fields receive little to no recognition in return.
2023 "28th Anniversary Group Show," Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR, Oct. 2023 Weighted Home, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR, (June-July) 2019 Gas Station Honeydew, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Publications
2022 "alba", PROArtes Mexico book, edited by Al Mendoza and Scout Invie.