Dreamsong (Minneapolis) presents a solo project by Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux. For his ongoing Skinning the Mirror series, Arceneaux developed a process which involves transferring painted silver stripped from mirrors onto canvas. As their surfaces oxidize, they absorb elements of the atmosphere, altering their color and sheen and producing glinting, shifting abstractions. Arceneaux’s layered, shattered reflections encompass the fault lines and promises of a pivotal historical moment. In 2024, he was invited by the Walker Art Center for a residency in Minneapolis. Initially drawn to the city by the vociferous public response to George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department and the global protest movement it spawned, Arceneaux continues to maintain a studio in Minneapolis, which he understands as a powerful center of collective resistance. Produced of, about, and by a place, the work speaks pointedly to ongoing cycles of personal, political and ecological histories.
