"Fragments of Displacement (until 1 March 2026)-a group exhibition featuring works by established artists like Jorge Méndez Blake, Helmut Lang and Andrea Geyer alongside emerging talent such as Chantal Peñalosa Fong-debuted on 2 December at an unconventional location: Miami Produce, an open-air courtyard market of fruit and vegetable vendors. 'Our motivation centres on activating unconventional spaces in Miami,' Lopez-Chahoud says, 'creating a project accessible to the public while providing an alternative to the traditional fair model.'"
"Situating Fragments of Displacement in a produce market in Allapattah, Lopez-Chahoud and Lopez respond to a community in flux that continually faces displacement on multiple levels: from gentrification, political violence, socioeconomic upheaval. The well-being of the communities planting, harvesting and selling produce in South Florida-typically Central American immigrants-is deeply at risk. This is an appropriate point of departure from which to understand the transformation of Allapattah, which has evolved from centre of trade to industrial park to residential neighbourhood and, recently, cultural epicentre."
Omar Lopez-Chahoud curated Fragments of Displacement, a group exhibition featuring established artists Jorge Méndez Blake, Helmut Lang and Andrea Geyer alongside emerging talent like Chantal Peñalosa Fong. Eduardo Lopez of Mexico's FF Projects partnered to present the project during Miami Art Week. The exhibition debuted at Miami Produce, an open-air courtyard market of fruit and vegetable vendors, to activate unconventional public space and offer an alternative to the traditional fair model. The project responds to Allapattah's ongoing transformations and pressures—gentrification, political violence and socioeconomic upheaval—highlighting risks to Central American immigrant communities who plant, harvest and sell produce.
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