'Beasts of Burden' by Adriana Bustos of Argentina: Her work focuses on Argentinian class issues and drug trafficking on a global scale. Her show is open at the Kimura Gallery in UAA Fine Arts Building through Nov. 9. Gallery Hours, M-F, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.This exhibition of the internationally acclaimed Argentinian artist Adriana Bustos's artwork is an extraordinary body of work. She is a socially engaged artist who bridges the world of art and politics. The body of work in this exhibition focuses on Argentinian class issues and drug trafficking on a global scale. Her work combines politics and art in montage like narrative formats using graphite on canvas, digital photography and video to explore the global problem of drugs, the incarceration of women who are used as "human mules" to transport drugs and a class of poor workers known as cartoneros.

Read more about her work here.

Public Screening of her videos:
Oct. 17, 18, 22, 24
Fine Arts Building, Room 117

Primavera (Spring), 2004, 5 minutes
Elevación de Ushuaia (Elevation of Ushuaia), Performance, 2009. 5 minutes
Bomarzo, 2010, 4 minutes
Entrevista a Fátima (Interview with Fatima), 2010, 4:52 minutes
If Ye Loves Me, 2010, 3 minutes
Paisajes del alma (Landscapes of the Soul), 2011, 4:03 minutes

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This is the final weekend for "Hot 'N' Throbbing," written by Paula Vogel. For times and a little more information on the play, read more here.

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