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Neil L. and Angelica Zander Rudenstine Gallery – ExhibitionsInstallation view of the exhibition, Bojeo: Traces in a Fragmented HistoryPhoto courtesy of the artistMaria Magdalena Campos-PonsBojeo: Traces in a FragmentedHistoryBojeo, signifying “navigatingthrough a territory” inSpanish, was an exhibitionof mixed media, featuringphotographs, early-printmakingphotogravure, and video.Campos-Pons says of herwork “the art of the AfricanDiaspora is an act of searchingour own histories, our selfidentity,in the New World.”right: Paul StopforthBeing Here and Not There:Fragments and Reliquaries fromRobben IslandThe mixed-media installation,Being Here and Not There:Fragments and Reliquaries fromRobben Island, by South Africanartist Paul Stopforth presentedmundane objects as sacred.Created while he was a visitingscholar at Robben Island,Stopforth had this to say aboutthe exhibition: “Like fragmentsof the true cross, they are atonce insignificant and holy,discards as well as witnesses tothe ongoing, shifting natureof our lives and our histories.”Primer 2005, Mixed media on wood panel, 24 x 25.5 inchesPhoto courtesy of the artist16