Venetia Kapernekas
New York
526 West 26th Street
212 4624150 FAX 212 4624115
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Race factory
dal 5/5/2000 al 3/6/2000

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Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts


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Adriana Arenas Ilian



 
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5/5/2000

Race factory

Venetia Kapernekas, New York


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Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts, Inc. is pleased to present the first New York solo show by Adriana Arenas Ilian titled "race factory".

"race factory" is an installation that comprises of a two channel video component, digital reproductions of a set of "Casta" paintings made by an unknown Mexican artist (circa 1780) and a genealogical tree of a traditional family from the artist's hometown.

The video component creates a space of reflection through scale and rhythm: in a flirtatious, soundless dance, projected on a large screen, the artist defines the image of herself by watching "others"- small figures dressed in period costumes swirling on the screen of a small TV monitor. Another component of the exhibition are digital prints based on "Casta" paintings which were commissioned by the Spanish crown in colonial times to illustrate a fictitious yet enforced social order through depictions of families. Each painting in the full set of sixteen, represents a possible combination of races and their roles within the society is then determined by this classification of race. The last component of "race factory" is based on an embroidery of a genealogical tree made in the artist's hometown in the beginning of the century. It represents the blood relations of one of the town's founding families. Although founders of Pereira where merchants and peasants, they very quickly adopted customs and hierarchies of the colonial society.

Born in Pereira/Colombia the artist lives and works in New York. Her work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions including Greater New York at PS1, Cross Roads at Casa de la Moneda (Bogota), OpenSpace (Milan) and Palazzo Tupputi (Bisceglie - Italy).

For further information, please contact the gallery at: 212 462 4150. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm.

Special thanks to:

Paul Clay, Fictive an Art and Fashion Show,
http://216.247.190.32/F_proj/proj.html

Ilona Katzew,

Miguel Clarke at Front Porch Video,
http://www.frpv.com/
Michael Lightsmith at Connecting Point Multi-Media.

Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts, Inc.
526 West 26th Street Suite 814 NYC, NY 10001
tel: 212.462.4150 fax: 212.462.4115

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