The Risograph prints incorporate my drawing and fragments of images of the struggle to close the Soviet Semipalatinsk testing site in Kazakhstan.
This work is part of the Art in Embassies Program and is currently on view at the US embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The U.S. Department of State established the Office of Art in Embassies in 1963, adapting a public-private program that began ten years earlier by the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibitions and collections created by AIE play a vital role in our nation’s public diplomacy. The works are carefully selected to reflect the pride and innovation of America’s cultural sector and to make cross-cultural connections in the regions and states in which they are displayed.
9 Risograph prints, 17 inches by 11 inches each print
Ángel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción 