Eddy López: verso(s)

Verso is the reverse of something, a coin, a painting, a photograph. Verso, in Spanish, is a conjunction of words that make up a poem. Eddy López: verso(s) is a print media exploration on the dangers of nostalgia and representation using photographs and writings from the Nicaraguan revolution and civil war of the 1970s and 1980s. Using archival war photographs, the versos of these prints are used to obfuscate the horrific contents of the fronts, critiquing the nature of representations of war. Through composite prints, the versos of Nicaraguan poets and writers, dreaming of a liberated homeland, are layered into chaotic reflections of a lost revolution. A utopia, fleeting, in versos. This exhibition will be on view October 30 through December 4 in the Upper Traylor Gallery.