Jump Cuts
dal 21/2/2005 al 21/5/2005
Segnalato da
Alexander Apostol
Juan Araujo
Carla Arocha
Emilia Azcarate
Aziz + Cucher
Mariana Bunimov
Sigfredo Chacon
Eugenio Espinoza
Jose Gabriel Fernandez
Magdalena Fernandez
Hector Fuenmayor
Alexander Gerdel
Ali Gonzalez
Jose Antonio Hernandez Diez
Arturo Herrera
Juan Iribarren
Diana Lopez
Luis Molina-Pantin
Roberto Obregon
David Palacios
Alfredo Ramirez
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Luis Romero
Javier Tellez
Meyer Vaisman
Sandra Vivas
Alfred Wenemoser
Julia Zurilla
21/2/2005
Jump Cuts
The Americas Society, New York
Venezuelan Contemporary Art. This exhibit features twenty-eight artists including Arturo Herrera, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Diez, Javier Tellez, Carla Arocha, and several U.S. debuts. These works are drawn from the contemporary art section in Banco Mercantil's extensive art collection in Caracas, Venezuela. The concept of the exhibit draws on Jean Luc Godard's use of the jump cut, a cinematographic term that refers to the editing of film shots causing a disjunctive and visible break in the film's continuity, camera position, or time.
Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Coleccion Mercantil
Alexander Apostol, Juan Araujo, Carla Arocha, Emilia Azcarate, Aziz + Cucher, Mariana Bunimov, Sigfredo Chacon, Eugenio Espinoza, Jose Gabriel Fernandez, Magdalena Fernandez, Hector Fuenmayor, Alexander Gerdel, Ali Gonzalez, Jose Antonio Hernandez Diez, Arturo Herrera, Juan Iribarren, Diana Lopez, Luis Molina-Pantin, Roberto Obregon, David Palacios, Alfredo Ramirez, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Luis Romero, Javier Tellez, Meyer Vaisman, Sandra Vivas, Alfred Wenemoser, Julia Zurilla
The Americas Society announces the February 22 opening of Jump Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Coleccion Mercantil. This exhibit features twenty-eight Venezuelan artists, including Arturo Herrera, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Diez, Javier Tellez, Carla Arocha, and several U.S. debuts. These works are drawn from the contemporary art section in Banco Mercantil's extensive art collection in Caracas, Venezuela.
The concept of the exhibit draws on Jean Luc Godard's use of the jump cut, a cinematographic term that refers to the editing of film shots causing a disjunctive and visible break in the film's continuity, camera position, or time. The work of Venezuelan artists in this exhibit highlights dialogues with the past and present reflecting a break from Kinetic Art, and the idea of modernity as a concept in crisis. Thematic groupings within the exhibition are: Art-Thought, Necrophilia, The Modern Vernacular, and From the Object to its Representation. These are the jump cuts in the history of Venezuela's visual art from the 1970s to the present.
Jump Cuts is organized by the Banco Mercantil and the Americas Society. It is curated by Tahia Rivero, Curator of the Coleccion Mercantil; Jesus Fuenmayor, Independent Curator; and Lorena Gonzalez I., Colección Mercantil, jointly with Gabriela Rangel, Director of Visual Arts, Americas Society.
A public reception will be held on February 24 in the Americas Society Gallery at 7:00 PM. A panel discussion related to the exhibition will be held at the Americas Society on April 19 at 7:00 PM. The panel discussion will be followed by activities and performances celebrating Venezuelan culture.
Jump Cuts represents the latest project in the Americas Society's ongoing mission to promote understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural issues that define and challenge the Americas today. The exhibit inaugurates the Americas Society's 40th anniversary celebrations and runs through May 21st, 2005.
Image: Carla Arocha
Nausea, 2001
Acrylic on canvas
Americas Society
680 Park Ave @ 68th St
New York, NY
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat, 12:00-6:00 PM
(Free Admission)