Invisible Hands at 601Artspace, curated by Emireth Herrera Valdés, spotlights immigrant laborers who chased dreams of a better life in affluent nations, trading their relentless physical labor for higher wages yet forever navigating the treacherous divides born out of economic progression.

Long lauded a “country of immigrants”, America persists as a nation where strivers the world over can come to make themselves internationally known in their field. This holds true in the visual arts as well, and now there is a gallery in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood that focuses specifically on showcasing immigrant artists who live and work in the US.