Siempre Más/Always More: Minga Opazo at Architectural Foundation SB

Siempre Más/Always More: Minga Opazo at Architectural Foundation SB

Photos by Debra Herrick

“We live in an era of excess, we consume and throw away,” says artist and fourth-generation craftsperson from Chile, Minga Opazo. “We don’t see the massive amount of overproduction in our everyday life, it’s invisible to us, tucked away.” Opazo’s exhibition, Siempre Más/Always More, at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, examines the relationship of textiles to climate change. Opazo’s vibrant large-scale weavings and installations made of found and recycled textiles, bring attention to the global ecological harm of textile production, including the “glut of discarded, chemically infused garments . . . that are now being buried under Chilean soil.”

Siempre Más/Always More: Minga Opazo will be on view from September 19 to October 31, 2020 at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery. afsb.org

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Debra Herrick

Minga Opazo, Siempre Mas, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Photo Minga Opazo

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