Nani Chacon Finds the Essence of Home
about 4 months ago (12/14/2023)
Nani Chacon Finds the Essence of Home Skip to content Nani Chacon, "I Miss You…" (2023), graphite and acrylic on polytab, 102 x 140 inches (all photos by ofstudio, courtesy Timothy Hawkinson Gallery) LOS ANGELES — “[Nani Chacon] addresses how a secure home is essential.” This the phrase, from the press release for Chacon’s exhibition + Home+ at Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, forced me to pause. With the climate crisis impacting our shared home of the earth, continually increasing unhoused populations, and ongoing military onslaughts against the people of Gaza, I was eager to turn to an Indigenous artist, a Diné woman, and engage with her critical and creative perspectives on home . The exhibition is a mediation on notions of home through the lens of Chacon’s ancestors, lived experience, and the legacies we leave for future generations.