Esparza 's Staring at the Sun was an solo exhibition at MASS MoCA'a gallery , where he covered the white gallery space with adobe bricks and features a series of new paintings on the surface of the adobe , which included portraiture , landscape , and abstraction . It was an effort to represent a brown space and create and narrative on the importance of land . In 2013 , Esparza performed '' chino , indio , negro '' with Sebastian Hernandez at Perform Chinatown 2013 . '' chino , indio , negro '' was performed near the site of the Chinese Massacre of 1871 and was performed in response to that event . Also in 2013 , Esparza performed '' El Hoyo '' with his brother , Beto Esparza , and fellow artist Nick Duran . '' El Hoyo '' was performed at Human Resources and reflected Esparza 's identity as a queer , working-class son of immigrants
Chinese Massacre of 1871
Chinese massacre of 1871
Rafa Esparza