Essential Work brings together a diverse group of international artists to examine questions of labor and value. Together, they posit artwork as essential to our society as it seeks new ways to connect, communicate, and understand our world.
Lydia Ricci’s constructions and animated vignettes playfully glorify life in the interstices, transforming the mundane into tributes to the rich messiness of daily rituals.
Inspired by evictions in Puerto Rico and a Pennsylvania-German “hex” from the Berman’s permanent collection, Ortiz-Pagán explores the human experience of home, loss, and solidarity.