“Beyond the Supersquare” Exhibition
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
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Beyond the Supersquare explores the indelible influence of Latin American and Caribbean modernist architecture on contemporary art. The exhibition features over 30 artists and more than 60 artworks, including photography, video, sculpture, installation, and drawing, that respond to major Modernist architectural projects constructed in Latin America and the Caribbean from the 1920s through the 1960s. Beyond the Supersquare examines the complicated legacies of modernism through architecture and thought—as embodied by the political, economic, environmental, and social challenges faced by countries throughout Latin America—through the unique perspective of artists working today. This exhibition is co-organized by Holly Block (New York City) and María Inés Rodríguez (Colombia), and designed by Benedeta Monteverde (Mexico).
María Inés Rodríguez is the Director of CAPC Contemporary Art Museum Bordeaux. Her previous positions include chief curator at MUAC (Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo) in Mexico City, and at MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León), Spain, where she was also director of the collection Arte y Arquitectura, as well as guest curator of the Satellite Program at Jeu de Paume, Paris. Currently, she lives and works in Bordeaux.
[Image: Terence Gower, Ciudad Moderna, 2004, Digital video, 6:20 minutes]
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Schedule
from May 01, 2014 to January 11, 2015
Artist(s)
Leonor Antunes, Alexander Apóstol, Alexandre Arrechea, Felipe Arturo, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Media Farzin, Alberto Baraya, Carlos Bunga , Los Carpinteros, Jordi Colomer, Livia Corona Benjamin, Felipe Dulzaides, Fernanda Fragateiro, Magdalena Fernández, Carlos Garaicoa, Mario Garcia Torres), Terence Gower, Patrick Hamilton, Diango Hernández, Quisqueya Henriquez, Andre Komatsu, Runo Lagomarsino, Pablo Leon de la Barra, Maria Martinez-Cañas, Rafael Domenech, Daniela Ortiz, Jorge Pardo, Manuel Piña), Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Mauro Restiffe, Pedro Reyes, and Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Roberto 'Boly' Cortéz