Christian Curiel "No Hay Olvido/ There’s No Forgetting"
Hendershot Gallery
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Hendershot Gallery presents Christian Curiel’s first New York solo exhibition, "No Hay Olvido/ There’s No Forgetting", curated by Adriana Farietta.
The gallery will feature a survey of Curiel's figurative paintings and works on paper from 2007 to 2011 that explore self-identity through latent memories of youth and maintain a central focus on relationships and belonging. Through meta-surrealist depictions, Curiel uses various signifiers for illustrating the complexities of youth and the concerns of self-identity, socio-psychological integration and how they correlate. The title of the exhibition, culled from a poem by Pablo Neruda’s second volume of Residencia en la tierra [Residence On Earth], references the human condition and that in spite of the fact that all things must die, life goes on. A secret dialogue is formed from the metaphoric narratives where things keep happening– the passage of time does not stop. Curiel makes a daring and aesthetic statement by presenting highly imaginative yet semi-autobiographical works that are at once detached yet eerily familiar. The figures are somewhat tragic but coming of age in their transition from childhood to adulthood. The result is a shared experience in which his self-examination creates nostalgic paintings that explore the permanent nature of both identity and narrative through the use of storytelling. Our memories have a formative say in how we develop and his images open up the possibility of interpretations. Curiel recognizes that dreams remain a source of his art and that art itself is another form of dreaming.
[Image: Christian Curiel "Flotar" (Float) (2011) Oil on canvas, 62 x 62 in.]
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Schedule
from September 07, 2011 to October 19, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-09-07 from 18:00 to 20:00