Diana Fonseca Quiñones
Sean Kelly Gallery
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Sean Kelly presents a solo exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and video works from Havana-based artist Diana Fonseca Quiñones. This is the first solo exhibition of Quiñones’ work ever presented outside of Cuba.
Quiñones’ practice is built on using simple, commonplace objects and experiences from daily life to devise narratives that mix reality and fiction. Drawing on seemingly regular, everyday moments, such as sharpening a pencil or lighting a match, Quiñones’ work employs poetic metaphors that cleverly comment on broader sociological issues and universal human desires.
Featured in the exhibition will be the video titled Pasa Tiempo. Through the device of a playful childhood pastime —sewing her own hand with superficial stitches— Quiñones presents a metaphor about the collective longings of Cuban society, who dream of being able to travel or own their own house or car. Using the palm, Quiñones deliberately draws on the symbolism of the hand and its mystical associations as a map of the future.
The exhibition also presents three paintings from a series of work titled Degradación. For these works, Quinones peels fragments of paint from the facades of buildings in old Havana and builds them up in layers until they transform into beautiful and unique abstract compositions. The title reflects the parallels between the literal degradation of colors in the paint fragments and, in the most pejorative sense of the word, as a synonym of deterioration, specifically in relation to Havana.
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Schedule
from January 08, 2016 to February 06, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-01-07 from 18:00 to 20:00