Carlos Rigau “Delusion Through Details”
LMAKgallery
[Image: Carlos Rigau "Discern in Reverse" (2015) video-sculpture]
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LMAKgallery presents Carlos Rigau’s exhibition Delusion Through Details. The exhibit features a video sculpture, Discern in Reverse that is an amalgamation of two video projections, erratic sound, a three dimensional form, and two handicapped-access bathroom grip bars placed within the exhibit space. The work takes into account the full setting of the space, from its proportion to the perception of the viewer and their interactions, each component emphasizing the process of creation, and destruction, of the work.
The sculpture is built out of Formica walls and platforms, based on the advertising displays created for retail stores. Upon each facing platform wall, Rigau has projected a video work, which is an assemblage and layering of plastic materials being either burned or torn away to reveal a rough-hewn city landscape. Discern in Reverse exists between video and sculpture, as the sculpture becomes a vessel for projection yet remains an integral component on its own. Besides drawing attention to the 360-degree view of the exhibition, Carlos also guides the viewer to a particular location within the space to observe the work by the specific placement of the grip bars as ‘leaning’ posts. Rigau’s work is ceaselessly and obsessively, intrigued by the process of creating imagery and its observation, taking on an almost mystical presence.
Carlos Rigau was born in Miami, Florida but lives and works in NYC. He received his MFA from Hunter College in New York in 2009. His work has been exhibited at LMAKgallery, Jack Tilton Gallery, Regina Rex, Helper Gallery, The Bronx Museum and el Museo del Barrio, in New York; Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago; and Nice and Fit in Berlin, Germany. In Miami he has exhibited at Locust Projects, Miami Art Museum, MoCA North Miami, Dorsch Gallery, Dimensions Variable, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, and Art Center South Florida. His project room at the de la Cruz Collection in Miami, Fighting Kissing Dancing, was also exhibited at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. Rigau is the founder of General Practice, an artist-run space that organizes projects in Miami and New York.
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Schedule
from February 03, 2016 to March 13, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-02-03 from 18:00 to 21:00