“Almost Solid Light New Work from Mexico” Exhibition
Paul Kasmin Gallery (515 W 27th)
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Paul Kasmin Gallery presents a summer showcase of contemporary Mexican artists, celebrating the long history of cultural cross-pollination between neighboring nations. The exhibition brings together artists practicing in diverse media who are living and working in Mexico and further afield; several of whom have never before exhibited in the USA.
Taking its title from an Óscar Oliva poem, the exhibition explores the region’s focused formal expressions and the significance of often humble, repurposed materials such as concrete and wood that recur in work throughout the revolution era and into postmodernism and contemporary aesthetics.
Participating artists include: Adrián S. Bará, José Davila, Pablo Davila, Cynthia Gutiérrez, Circe Irasema, Valentina Jager, Mario Navarro, Jerónimo Reyes Retana, Gabriel Rico, Javier M. Rodríguez, Claudia Peña Salinas, Federico Pérez Villoro, Tezontle, Fabiola Torres-Alzaga, and Alvaro Ugarte.
A performance, orchestrated by Federico Pérez Villoro and based on Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem Jabberwocky, will take place throughout the opening reception of the exhibition.
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Schedule
from June 21, 2018 to August 10, 2018
Opening Reception on 2018-06-21 from 18:00 to 20:00