Two exhibitions
dal 30/4/2014 al 10/1/2015
Segnalato da
Leonor Antunes
Alexander Apostol
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 Fernandez
Carlos Garaicoa
Mario Garcia Torres
Terence Gower
Patrick Hamilton
Diango Hernandez
Quisqueya Henriquez
Andre Komatsu
Runo Lagomarsino
Pablo Leon de la Barra
Maria Martinez-Canas
Rafael Domenech
Daniela Ortiz
Jorge Pardo
Manuel Pina
Ishmael Randall-Weeks
Mauro Restiffe
Pedro Reyes
Chemi Rosado-Seijo
Roberto 'Boly' Cortez
Shyu Ruey-Shiann
30/4/2014
Two exhibitions
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
The installation of Shyu Ruey-Shiann "One Kind of Behavior" is inspired by the quasi-mechanical movements of creatures such as the hermit crabs. The exhibition "Beyond the Supersquare" features over 30 artists and more than 60 artworks, that respond to major Modernist architectural projects constructed in Latin America and the Caribbean from the 1920s through the 1960s.
Shyu Ruey-Shiann
One Kind of Behavior
Shyu Ruey-Shiann works with different materials and media to explore themes related to our environment. The installation One Kind of Behavior is inspired by the quasi-mechanical movements of creatures such as the hermit crabs. The artist sees in the random opening and closing of their shells on the beach, a stark contrast with contemporary society where things move at high speed. Additionally, the fact that hermit crabs occupy shells discarded by other species becomes another source of interest to the artist, who sees in this special relationship a metaphor for our human condition. Contrasting man and animal behavior, One Kind of Behavior asks us to consider the environmental consequences of our mechanical impulses on nature.
Shyu Ruey-Shiann was born in Taipei, Taiwan and currently lives and works in New York and Taipei. Shyu Ruey-Shiann is known for using mechanical form as an abstract art language to express his various ideas and feelings towards life, memory, and issues concerning environment, society, and politics.
More details about Shyu RueyShiann can be found on his website, here: www.rueyshyu.com/
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Beyond the Supersquare
May 1, 2014 to January 11, 2015
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).
Artists in the exhibition include: Leonor Antunes (Portugal), Alexander Apóstol (Venezuela), Alexandre Arrechea (Cuba), Felipe Arturo (Colombia), Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck (Venezuela) and Media Farzin (USA), Alberto Baraya (Colombia), Carlos Bunga (Portugal), Los Carpinteros (Cuba), Jordi Colomer (Spain), Livia Corona Benjamin (Mexico), Felipe Dulzaides (Cuba), Fernanda Fragateiro (Portugal), Magdalena Fernández (Venezuela), Carlos Garaicoa (Cuba), Mario Garcia Torres (Mexico), Terence Gower (Canada), Patrick Hamilton (Belgium/Chile), Diango Hernández (Cuba), Quisqueya Henriquez (Cuba), Andre Komatsu (Brazil), Runo Lagomarsino (Argentina), Pablo Leon de la Barra (Mexico), Maria Martinez-Cañas (Cuba) and Rafael Domenech (Cuba), Daniela Ortiz (Peru), Jorge Pardo (Cuba), Manuel Piña (Cuba), Ishmael Randall-Weeks (Peru), Mauro Restiffe (Brazil), Pedro Reyes (Mexico), and Chemi Rosado-Seijo (Puerto Rico) and Roberto 'Boly' Cortéz (Puerto Rico).
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.
Beyond the Supersquare is made possible with major funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, with additional support from Acción Cultural Española; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Embassy of Colombia; The Consulate General of Colombia/New York; The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation; Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo; Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund; Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; Agnes Gund; Toby Devan Lewis; The National Endowment for the Arts; The O’Grady Foundation; Sciame Construction; and The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to Aeroméxico; The Architect’s Newspaper; Walter Puryear and the Andrew Freedman Home of the Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens Council; The Sherwin Williams Company/Manhattan; and Galia Solomonoff.
Image: Alexander Apóstol, Documental, 2005. Digital video, 2 minutes. Courtesy of the artist
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