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Abang-guard, Video still of "Bridged Monuments - Filipino Community Cultural Center of Delano, CA," 2025, TRT 5:55 min. Courtesy the artists.

Abang-guard Makibaka at Queens Museum 03.16.25 - 10.05.25

March 21, 2025

Artist duo Abang-guard (Maureen Catbagan + Jevijoe Vitug) contends with visibility through the lens of immigration and labor in their multidisciplinary practice. For their first museum solo exhibition, Abang-guard reconfigures the iconic architecture of the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair’s Philippines and New York State Pavilions as a scaffold to structure their investigation into the layered significance of the year 1965 in Filipino American labor history. Abang-guard takes stock of how these narratives have been lived, remembered, erased, and fought for. Makibaka, roughly translated from Tagalog as “coming together for change,” is a rallying cry used by Filipino movements and communities in fighting against exploitative systems. The spirit of makibaka is woven into Abang-guard’s paintings, sculptures, performances, and videos that pay homage to significant Filipino American sites. 

Abang-guard: Makibaka is organized by Sarah Cho, Assistant Curator and will be on view at the Queens Museum from 03.16.25 - 10.05.25.

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