Event details

Recent 2025-26 Hodder Fellow Carlos Agredano showcases new work in the exhibition, Site, in the Hurley Gallery at the Lewis Arts complex.

Site follows the history of the chemical industry in twentieth-century New Jersey, whose factories supplied pesticides, plastics, and munitions to American border enforcement and the United States military. Networks of industrial firms ran from Perth Amboy, Princeton, Los Alamos, Bien Hoa, to Basrah, and their inventions left behind a toxic legacy both at home and abroad.

In response to the negative environmental impact caused by the chemical industry, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, creating the list of hazardous areas known as Superfund Sites. Though it is the fifth smallest state in the country, New Jersey holds more of these contaminated sites than any other state in the United States.

The exhibition places these sites beside the Minimalist and Land Art of the 1960s and 70s, whose practices mirrored the same pathways. Ideas were developed in the industrial landscapes of the East Coast, then carried to the Southwest, a region treated as open, empty, and available for experimentation and extraction. It was also where the chemical and military industries sent their inventions to be tested. Site reads these two histories together, treating the Superfund as a record of the militarization that Land Art's geography left out.

Opening Reception

An opening reception will be held on November 10 at 4:30 p.m. in the gallery.

Admission

The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Gallery Hours & Directions

On view November 10-January 16, 2027. The gallery is open to the public daily 10 AM - 8 PM. University ID holders can access the gallery 24/7.

Get directions to the Hurley Gallery, located on the mezzanine level of the Lewis Arts complex.

On weekends, enter the Lewis Arts complex through the main Forum level entry doors located across from the Princeton NJ Transit Station/Wawa. All other entry doors are locked on weekends.

Accessibility

The Hurley Gallery is an accessible venue. The best accessible entrance to the Hurley Gallery is via the Plaza level entrance using the Arts Tower elevator (down to level M).

Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.