“Wearing Huaraches acquired in Mexico — a gesture of cultural continuity, appreciation and consciousness,” the artist said in a statement, “I run through spaces that hold memory, migration and transformation.” Credit: Courtesy Photo / Martin Rodriguez-Cassiano
“San Anto, te amo: Running with History” is a performative rumination on history, place and the body in relation to its surroundings by Martín C. Rodríguez, one-half of the Un Grito Gallery team at Blue Star.
The third installment in Rodríguez’s ongoing meditation on place, the exhibition opens this Thursday at Blue Star’s Upstairs Studios. In it, Rodríguez borrows heavily from the Situationist International’s notion of the derive (drift) — the practice of allowing oneself to wander through an urban environment guided primarily by emotional response, in this case, a sense of historical connection.
“Wearing Huaraches acquired in Mexico — a gesture of cultural continuity, appreciation and consciousness,” the artist said in a statement, “I run through spaces that hold memory, migration and transformation.”
This project was made possible with the support of the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture, which named Rodríguez a recipient of a 2025 Individual Artist Grant.
Free, 7-10 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4 and Friday, Dec. 5 and by appointment, Upstairs Studios at Blue Star Arts Complex, 1420 S. Alamo St., (210) 992-0585, instagram.com/ungritogallery.
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