Sofía Gallisá Muriente, "Lluvia con nieve," 2014,
two-channel video
CHICAGO - Columbia
College Chicago’s Glass Curtain Gallery today announced Corrosive Like Salt
Water, an exhibition featuring the work of Puerto Rican artists, opening
September 4 and curated by Sharmyn Cruz Rivera. A reception open to the public
will be held September 13 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Corrosive
Like Salt Water brings together the work of artists whose practices pose
compelling formal propositions, politically charged imagery, and social
commentary about Puerto Rico’s social and geopolitical position. Through the
use of esoteric, sarcastic, and kinetic elements, these artists unveil the
mosaic of idiosyncrasies related to being born in a territory invaded by the
United States during the Spanish-American War which is now a U.S. commonwealth.
“This
exhibition brings together artists working internationally, including
Chicago-based artists Josue Pellot and Edra Soto,” said Meg Duguid, director of
exhibitions for Columbia’s Department of Exhibitions and Performance Spaces.
“Sharmyn Cruz Rivera has curated a show featuring a generation of Puerto Rican
artists whose work points to the inherent dogma in all materials. Corrosive
Like Salt Water will remind audiences that even the air we breath is laden with
the political.”
In
Corrosive Like Salt Water, the artists employ revisionist methods and use
cultural signifiers to meditate and comment on the complexity of Puerto Rico’s
racial and economic legacies. In addition to Pellot and Soto, participating
artists include: Ramón Miranda Beltrán, Jorge González, Sofía Gallisá Muriente,
Guillermo Rodriguez, Monica Rodriguez, nibia pastrana santiago, and Chemi
Rosado-Seijo.
The
exhibition will run September 4–October 19, 2018.
Guillermo Rodríguez, Mineralia I, 2015
Related
Programming:
Chemi Rosado-Seijo
Lecture
Wednesday,
September 12, 6 p.m.
623 S.
Wabash Ave., Room 109
The Art and
Art History Department at Columbia College Chicago is pleased to present a
lecture by Chemi Rosado-Seijo in conjunction with the Corrosive Like Salt Water
exhibition at the Glass Curtain Gallery. Born in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico,
Rosado-Seijo graduated from the painting department of the Puerto Rico School
of Visual Arts in 1997. In 2000, Rosado-Seijo had his first solo show at the
Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona. Rosado-Seijo has participated in numerous
exhibitions and biennials, including the Whitney (2002), Prague (2005), Havana
(2006), Pontevedra (2010) and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
(2014). That same year he received the Creative Capital Grant for another
ongoing community project in La Perla. In 2015, Rosado-Seijo was granted The
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellowship for El Cerro,
honoring artists pursuing ambitious creative projects with a social purpose.
For more information on this event, visit colum.edu/deps.
Sharmyn
Cruz Rivera is Assistant Curator at The Green Lantern Press based at Sector
2337 in Chicago. Cruz Rivera holds an MA in Arts Administration and Policy from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a dual BA in Art History and
Modern Languages from the University of Puerto Rico.
Exhibition
Contact: Mark Porter / mporter@colum.edu / 312-369-6643
Gallery
Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Wednesday
and Thursday 9 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Closed
Comentarios
Publicar un comentario