Artillery: Ruben Ochoa's SAMPLED y SURVEYED
![Sculpture from Ruben Ochoa: SAMPLED y SURVEYED Sculpture from Ruben Ochoa: SAMPLED y SURVEYED](/about/images/ruben-New-Primary_l.jpg)
Deconstructing the exhibition’s title as a departure point, Ochoa alludes to his heritage and dual identity as a first-generation Mexican-American immigrant with the inclusion of “y” rather than “and.” To “sample” is to test and explore, as the exhibition intends to examine the natural and built environments by way of construction materials. Likewise, to “survey,” typically a function of topographic analysis, is to verify your own parameters and the parameters of those who surround you. This denotes Ochoa’s interest in urban space as an invisible social construct with the ability to control, isolate and marginalize.
Image: Ruben Ochoa: SAMPLED y SURVEYED at Art + Practice, Los Angeles. 9 September 2017 - 27 January 2018. Photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com.
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