IturbideOftentimes San Marcos resides in its own collegiate bubble. If you are going to see any shows in Austin soon, make a short stop off Exit 205 to visit the 7th floor of the Alkek Library. Inside the cozy campus hideaway you will find the most extensive and sometimes shocking collection of photographs by Mexican nonpareil Graciela Iturbide. After reading a recent biography of Diane Arbus, these brutally honest black and white documents perpetuate a dark undercurrent of death and mysticism. But don’t let me tell you that, go see for yourself. Make note of my favorite, “Bombay,” which features a weathered, neglected artificial limb longing for the ever elusive disembodied “other.” Welcome back, bunny.

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