Muriel Hasbun's photos show 'preservation of personal and collective identities and memories' at Houston Center for Photography

A new exhibit will soon be opening inside the Houston Center for Photography featuring photographs by Muriel Hasbun, Stephanie Concepción-Ramírez, and Jessica Carolina Gonzàlez.

The exhibit is called "Beyond the Record" and will be open to the public from September 22 through November 27, according to a release on the Houston Center for Photography's website.

"Hasten draws upon a diverse array of archives, including family albums, medical records from her father's dental office, documents from her mother's pioneering contemporary art gallery El Laberinto, and even a seismography repository of El Salvador to meditate on the complex negotiations involved in the construction and preservation of personal and collective identities and memories," the release stated.

Hasbun's collection of photographs in this particular exhibit centers around the cultural shift stemming from U.S. interventions in Central America in the 1980s.

The work of Houston-based artists of Salvadoran descent Stephanie Concepción-Ramírez (b. 1984) and Jessica Carolina Gonzàlez (b. 1995) extends Hasbun's reflection by examining the effects of the conflict and trauma on the children of survivors and refugees, and their resonant political and psychological demands," according to the press release. 

Hasbun was born in El Salvador in 1961 and has won a number of awards. Her work has also been featured in several museums including the Smithsonian, American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, according to the release.

The release highlighted some of Concepción-Ramírez's notable work including "The Meaning Wavers with Betelhem Makonnen at Women and Their Work Gallery" and "Preludes with Alicia Link for Partial Shade, A Platform/Co-Lab Project." She also took part in the Texas Biennial exhibition last year. 

Photographs taken by González have been on display at the Law Warschaw Gallery in St. Paul, Minnesota, Remezcia's 'Tejas Made' art gallery, and Art League Houston. According to the press release she is also an Idea Fund recipient, which is through the Andy Warhol Foundation. 

The Houston Center for Photography's mission is "to increase society's understanding and appreciation of photography and its evolving role in contemporary culture." It's located on West Alabama Avenue and is open to the public Wednesdays through Sundays.