Transitions Between Reality and Fiction:
The Exhibition Dreamspaces / Entresueños presents contemporary Latin American art in the Lobby Gallery of the Deutsche Bank
Dream and daydream: through April 20,
2003, Dreamspaces/Entresueños, the current exhibition in the Lobby
Gallery of the Deutsche Bank in New York, is presenting paintings, sculptures,
and drawings by twelve Latin American artists at home in the major American
cities as well as in Brazil, Cuba, or Venezuela. Using various media and
techniques, their works present visions of interior and exterior spaces
characterized by the transition between reality and imagination. In an
allusion to the fantastic dialogues in Italo Calvino's famous novel Invisible
Cities, the exhibition, curated by Holly Block, connects the question
of reality and fiction to an investigation into cultural and personal identity.
Javier Tellez: Alpha 60 (4Milles), 2002
With its more than twenty works, Dreamspaces/Entresueños not only
conveys an impression of the young Latin American art scene, but also the
various positions it is founded upon. Thus, the works of José
Bedia, Janaina
Tschäpe, and Franco
Mondini-Ruiz invoke the surreal and the spiritual, while various forms
of psychic and bodily transformation play a key role.
Janina Tschape: Raven, 2002
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Esterio Segura: Space Occupied by a dream, 2000
Ernesto
Pujol's paintings of meticulously lined-up shoes or the installation
by Javier
Téllez made of packages, toys, and everyday objects arouse associations
with childhood memories and dream images that seem somehow familiar. The
works of the artists' collective Los
Carpinteros, comprised of Carlos
Garaicoa, María
Elena González, Arturo
Herrera, and Esterio
Segura, oscillate between fact and fiction. Landscape and urban architecture
merge here into constructions for utopian spaces and environments. In the
works of Dreamspaces/Entresueños, the apparently fantastic and whimsical
frequently joins in with the political, while perceptions of inner and
outer worlds collide.
Maria Elena Gonzales: Ephemeral Tower II, 2002
The exhibition's guest curator, Holly Block, is the
director of Art in General, a non-profit art organization in New York,
as well as the author and editor of the book ART
CUBA - The New Generation, published by Harry N. Abrams.The Lobby
Gallery of the Deutsche Bank in New York can be found on the ground
floor at 31 West 52nd St. between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The exhibition
is open daily from 9 AM to 7 PM through April 20. Admission is free. |
