From May 1^st to May 22^nd, Space One Eleven, a visual art non-profit foundation in Birmingham, Alabama, is hosting an art exchange between artists living in the American Deep South and artists living in Romania. Karen Graffeo and Anne Murray, U.S. Fulbright alumnae to Romania, are among the exhibiting artists along with Gary Chapman, Stephanie Baugh, and Romanian artists Karoly Feleki, Alexandru Radulescu, Dorel Gaina, Diana Dragen-Chirila and Eugen Moritz.

Collaborations using visual artifacts from both cultures address the importance of historical memory for building the personal self. The visual iconography of the political self-versus the need for autonomy and the dignity of privacy is the exhibition’s primary thematic concept.

Negotiated Identities/Saints and Tears examines how identities in Romania were negotiated before, during, and after communism. The exhibition also explores similar identity issues negotiated by authoritarianism and trends in the religion and politics of contemporary American society.

More details at: http://spaceoneeleven.org/