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Speaking In Tongues

Institution
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Grant Cycle
Spring 2025
Amount
90,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Website
https://www.theicala.org/speaking-in-tongues ↗
Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Because No One Living Will Listen / Người Sống Chẳng Ai Nghe, 2023. Two channel 4K video (color, stereo audio) 11:30 min.
Installation view, Speaking in Tongues, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April 4–August 23, 2026. Photo by Jeff McLane.
Carlos Villa, First Coat, 1977. Acrylic and feathers on unstretched canvas 90 x 84 inches. Installation view.
Installation view, Speaking in Tongues, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April 4–August 23, 2026. Photo by Jeff McLane.
آستان بوس (Kissing of the threshold), 2024/2026. Installation view. Photo by Jeff McLane.
Tiona Nekkia McClodden, if you had ever thought that you saw me let me assure you that you have not seen me as I know myself because I have not found you worthy of this image, 2022. 10k gold, 925 silver, German silver, stainless steel, 24k gold thread, and sweat. Installment view. Photo by Jeff McLane.
Installation view, Speaking in Tongues, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April 4–August 23, 2026. Photo by Jeff McLane.
Iris Yirei Hu, The invocation of the spirit blue child, 2024. Acrylic, natural pigments, pastel, and embroidery floss on linen.
Installation view, Speaking in Tongues, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April 4–August 23, 2026. Photo by Jeff McLane.
Lydia Ourahmane House of Hope Archives, 1989–ongoing Photographs and slide projectors

Speaking in Tongues features an intergenerational and international group of contemporary artists who embrace the role of art as a conduit to the spiritual. Exploring and expanding notions of the sacred and the divine, the presentation includes both new and pre-existing works by artists engaging with embodied and ecstatic forms of expression, ritual, and translation. At a moment when religion is increasingly weaponized as an instrument to divide, Speaking in Tongues celebrates the spiritual as a tool for survival, kinship, and communion—centering the work of Indigenous and diasporic artists from the Global South to trace shared connections across geographies, cultures, and time.

See Also

Carlos Villa, Third Coat, 1977. Feathers and acrylic on canvas; Inside lining: Bone dolls and
acrylic on taffeta, 82 x 80 in. Collection of di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art.
Exhibition Support

Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA

1994

On May 13, 1994 the Andy Warhol Museum opened its doors to the public. The museum holds the largest collection of Warhol’s artworks and archival materials, and is the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world and the largest in North America.

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