![]() ![]() As she has very few photographs of her family history in Mexico, this new photo archive is also building her ancestral imagery. This integrated archive is a way to consider these questions. Since Sandoval moved to the United States, the concept of “home” became a complex one to make sense of: is it the place where one grows up or a place where one lives and makes a home? With this exhibition, Sandoval asks “What does a family album make, and where will my family pictures end up?” as she collects together photographs from both Mexico and New York City. Constellations of small images are grouped in bunches, and seen together in this considered and intentional arrangement, they create possibilities for narratives. In this installation, the exhibit doesn’t follow any linear storyline and can be viewed in any direction. ![]() The photographs are displayed in the gallery space on three adjacent walls, creating an almost immersive experience. The Stench of Orange Blossoms is Sandoval’s first exhibition in New York. Over that time, her archive has grown to include some 400 rolls, and this solo gallery show features a selection of some 160 color photographs drawn from this body of work and arranged in a loose grid. Comments/Context: The Mexican visual artist Martha Naranjo Sandoval moved to New York City in 2014, and has been meticulously documenting her daily life with the same 35mm film camera since then, capturing both the intimate and the mundane moments of her domestic life here.
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