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Through a plurality of practices, the exhibition engages with the dynamics and tensions that exist between the geometric or architectural realms and the organic and embodied experience of space. Their work is unified by a shared exploration of material possibilities.
Multiple Latitudes brings together six artists from diverse backgrounds who work across a wide range of mediums and techniques, including sculptures, paintings, photograms, and drawings. Their work is unified by a shared exploration of material possibilities. Through a plurality of practices, the exhibition engages with the dynamics and tensions that exist between the geometric or architectural realms and the organic and embodied experience of space.
This is particularly flagrant in the work of the Dominican artist Madeline Jiménez. The artist integrates various domestic objects such as a garden hose and a basketball, over geometric surfaces drawn with graphite. Jiménez views the space her body occupies as the foundation of her work, meticulously measuring each compositional element as a physical imprint of her body. In this way, Jiménez creates a spatial dialogue between herself and the built environment that surrounds her.
Dannielle Tegeder draws inspiration from the complex infrastructure that underpins sprawling cities, from electrical grids to plumbing systems and traffic routes. Her vibrant surfaces feature geometric shapes reminiscent of machines or buildings, highlighting the profound impact of our surroundings on daily life and emphasizing the importance of considerate design in shaping human experience.
Andrea Ferrero’s work also delves into architecture, particularly its use by colonial powers to assert their authority and influence. She presents sculptures resembling Greek Ionic column capitals and fractured pieces of Ionic friezes, initially appearing as pink marble but crafted from white chocolate. The series, titled All My Life I have been Afraid of Power, critically examines the aesthetics of colonialism and its attempt to monopolize exotic produce, including cocoa. Visitors are invited to break off a piece of the sculptures to eat it. Ferrero illustrates here how colonialism effectively weaponized aesthetics, crafting potent symbols easily internalized. Simultaneously, it highlights the parallel impact of erasing indigenous traditions and epistemologies.
The questions of value and perceptions are also ones with which Cristina Garrido is concerned. Referencing biographical elements from some of the most notable figures of art history, from Mary Cassatt to Mark Rothko and Georgia O’Keefe, her work is interested in the complex relationship between lived experience and how it informs the creative impulses and practice of artists. Simultaneously, it considers interplay of words and images in influencing viewer perception.
Daniela Libertad, a Mexican artist, approaches geometry from a spiritual perspective. Her work balances compositional elements, color, weight, and shapes to create a unified image. Her paintings explore the interplay between geometric forms, objects, as well as the artist’s body, and perception. It delves into perceptions of the intangible and mystical, and how it is intertwined in our everyday life experience.
Fabiola Menchello’s fascination with photography lies in its ability to challenge human perception and reshape our understanding of the world. Rooted in abstraction, her photographic practice is alchemical, utilizing various products, light, and glass, to let the final design of her works emerge from the elements.
Presented by Angstroms, an organization dedicated to nurturing the arts, Multiple Latitudes emerges as a powerful testament to the diverse yet harmonious voices of six artists, each wielding their chosen mediums with a mastery that transcends conventional boundaries. Collaboratively organized with Arróniz (Mexico City), Curro (Mexico City), and Swivel Gallery (New York), this exhibition orchestrates a compelling dialogue between the precise lines of geometry and architecture and the organic and embodied experience of space, thereby inviting viewers to contemplate the complexities and contradictions of the human relationship with both the built and the natural environments.
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