In the final episode of ‘Galleon Trade’, Susanna V. Temkin explores the discursive practices of three artists. Gathering contemporary artists primarily from the principal stops of the galleon route, the exhibition becomes both a metaphor and a mechanism for contemporary exchange. Some artists turn directly to the materials and imagery of the trade—rope, spices—while others reflect its spirit through the act of scavenging, transforming construction materials and detritus into works of poetic reso