Cannibalism Is the Theme of the MexiCali Biennial. But Not in the Way You'd Think

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"A lot of artists aren't ones who are showing in galleries in L.A.," Hernandez says. "For many of them, this is their first museum exhibition."

Indeed, the MexiCali Biennial shines by highlighting emerging voices from Mexico and California but also by exhibiting them in parallel shows. "It doesn't necessarily have to happen every two years, but it should happen on each side of the U.S./Mexican border," Gomez says.

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Dominic Paul Miller encased in a plastic box a photo of a maquiladora, a Mexican factory where laborers work for U.S. companies.

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The attractive new Vincent Price Art Museum, with its vast holdings of Mexican and Central American art collected by the actor, is the perfect home on this side of the border. After its L.A. run, the exhibition will travel to a gallery in Mexicali, and another performance and video-themed event is planned in Monterrey, Mexico.

In a way, it's less about the exhibition itself than about the cultural exchange that occurs, the action of each artist crossing the border into the other country to participate. According to Gomez, most of the artists will be at both openings — uniting a politically divided geographic area into one singular region of aesthetic production.

MEXICALI BIENNIAL 2013: "CANNIBALISM IN THE NEW WORLD" | Vincent Price Art Museum, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park | Jan. 19-April 13; opening reception Jan. 19, 6-9 p.m. | vincentpriceartmuseum.org