Marta Minujín “Rebel Spirit”
Henrique Faria Fine Art
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Like kaleidoscopic wormholes to another dimension, the panels (five of which are included in this exhibition) that formerly lined the befuddling halls of Laberinto Minujinda [Minujinda Labyrinth] (1985) offer glimpses into one of Marta Minujín’s last technologically inflected, mixed-media environments. These panels’ hypnotic patterns, psychedelic colors, and imposing size immediately convey a sense of the discombobulating phenomenological address typical of most of Minujín’s art. Like many neo-avant-garde artists, Minujín seeks to radically integrate art with life not just as a critique of art’s autonomy and the art institution’s elitism but also as a demystifying experience, targeting the new power structures and spectacle culture of the postwar period. Indeed, after witnessing the rapid proliferation of mass media technologies and their transformation of all aspects of Argentine life in the 1960s, Minujín became resolutely opposed to the passive contemplation characteristic of traditional art forms, such as painting, which seemed incapable of articulating or questioning this new reality.
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Schedule
from May 28, 2015 to July 02, 2015