MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Eva Aguila's multimedia installation uses the history of the Mission grape and wine production in the Catholic Mission System to examine the effects of colonization on Indigenous culture, labor and language.

The installation includes sculpture, linens stained with ink made from Mission grapes, video and infrasound recordings.

Aguila did extensive research where she uncovered a 1524 decree by Hernán Cortés, Ordenanzas de buen gobierno (“Ordinances of Good Governance”), which traced 500 years of the Mission grape’s historical ties to religious conversion and the subjugation of Indigenous peoples.

This is Aguila's first solo exhibition and a commission of the Vincent Price Art Museum, an institution that says it's committed to supporting emerging artists.

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