Jorge Mendez Blake
dal 3/6/2015 al 22/8/2015
Segnalato da
3/6/2015
Jorge Mendez Blake
Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre d'art contemporain, Mulhouse
Projects for a Possible Literature. From his monumental installations to his simplest gestures, he imbues his work with a physical relationship between the chosen texts and the reader, who becomes a viewer.
Curated by Sandrine Wymann
Through drawings, installations or environmental interventions, Jorge Méndez Blake brings literature closer to art. In his work, texts have a meaning, which he translates into shapes or images. He amplifies it through an expertly constructed conceptual language, and takes part in rewriting games. From his monumental installations to his simplest gestures, he imbues his work with a physical relationship between the chosen texts and the reader, who becomes a viewer.
His work creates new connections between literature and architecture. His pieces broaden the possible readings between authors, texts and architecture by placing them in new contexts.
Jorge Méndez Blake sees the exhibition at La Kunsthalle as an opportunity to come back to some of his existing work, but also to create numerous new pieces. He presents his work in an almost encyclopedic manner, gathering a range of buildings, books and other constructions to make up a complete collection of the formal elements of his work. The result is a set of small pieces which all carry the make-up for a possible literature.
Jorge Méndez Blake was born in 1974 in Guadalajara, Mexico. He has been the subject of solo presentations at MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, México City (2015); MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2014); Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Geneva, Italy (2012); Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles (2010); Museo Tamayo (2010) and Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City (2008).
His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (2015); MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, USA (2014); Aspen Museum of Art, USA (2012); Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2012); Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (2012); Queensland Art Gallery, Australia (2010); Bass Museum, Miami (2009); Maison Rouge, Paris (2008); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (2008); MAC/VAL Musée d'art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris, France (2007), among others.
He also participated at 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013); SABER DESCONOCER, 43 Salón (Inter) Nacional de Artistas, Medellín, Colombia (2013).
Image: Endings, 2014, ink on paper, 60 pieces, 37.5 x 27.5 cm, final dimensions variable
Press contact
Clarisse Schwarb Tel: 03 69 776628 Email: clarisse.schwarb@mulhouse.fr
Press conference: Wednesday, June 3rd at 5 pm at La Kunsthalle
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 3rd at 6.30 pm
During Art Basel: Reception at La Kunsthalle, Friday June 19th at 7 pm
(Shuttle from Basel to Mulhouse: Departure at 6.15 pm-Corner Iseinerstrasse –Bleichestrasse Return to Basel at 9 pm)
La Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre d’art contemporain
La Fonderie 16 rue de la Fonderie 68093 Mulhouse Cedex
Opening hours:
Open Wednesday to Friday, noon to 6 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 2 pm to 6 pm
Late-night opening Thursdays until 8 pm in June.
Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and August 15th
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