Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and the Cosmos

Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos was an exhibition at Art at Americas Society that highlights the ongoing conversations and collaborations between the Los Angeles-based artists Beatriz Cortez (b.1970, San Salvador) and rafa esparza (b.1981, Pasadena).

Cortez and esparza have over the years engaged in conversations about ancient and contemporary ideas of the Earth, the cosmos, the underworld, and the knowledge developed by ancient Indigenous people. These discussions inform their practices and have also led to numerous co-created projects such as Nomad 13, Xolotl's Time Travels, Solar Star, Puente, and Portal Sur, after Copán. Expanding on these dialogues, Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos presents works selected by the artists that speak to the movement of this ancient knowledge through the flow of all beings and matter across the cosmos.