Artist K. Yoland (London, UK) combines performance, writing, film-making, and found object sculpture to explore the breaking point of landscapes either by border or body of water. As an interloper, K. Yoland deals directly with our national border and subsequently with the more complicated issues around belonging, defense, and ownership over a landscape. Originally commissioned by the Pensacola Museum of Art, Operation Tumbleweed documents Yoland’s self-described kidnapping of a tumbleweed. Yoland places it in a bulletproof container and begins a correspondence relationship with the tumbleweed as they travel along the Mexican-American border. Imbued it with its own characterization, the tumbleweed speaks to our national identity as an inherently political aspect of movement.

Yoland uses multi channel video installation, performance, text, sculpture, and photography to chronicle the migration and movement of the tumbleweed. Yoland playfully approaches a serious topic by re-interpreting the iconic and deeply “American” nature of tumbleweeds, immigration, freedom, and borders. The piece aims to examine personal agency and the fluid nature of identity.

Yoland’s Operation Tumbleweed will be on display for three months  at Alabama Contemporary Art Center. The piece was originally commissioned by the Pensacola Museum of Art, and has recently been exhibited at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Nasher Sculpture Center. 
OPENING RECEPTION: December 13, 2019 @ 6PM

Generous funding for this exhibition and related programming is provided by: