SITE Santa Fe announced the participating artists and new commissions for the upcoming SITElines. 2016 Biennial opening on July 16, 2016. This will be the second installment in SITE Santa Fe's reimagined biennial series with a focus on contemporary art from the Americas. The exhibition will feature over 30 artists from 15 countries and 5 new commissions organized around intersecting ideas brought together by a team of five curators−Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Kathleen Ash-Milby, Pip Day, Pablo León de la Barra, and Kiki Mazzucchelli. Under the leadership of Irene Hofmann, Phillips Director and Chief Curator of SITE Santa Fe, this year's biennial, titled much wider than a line, is an articulation of the interconnectedness of the Americas and various shared experiences such as the recognition of colonial legacies, expressions of the vernacular, the influence of indigenous understandings, and our relationship to the land. The Key thematic threads explored in much wider than a line include: Vernacular Strategies: The importance of vernacular sources—in design, architecture, textiles, and technique—that influence the work of artists throughout the Americas. Indigenous Understandings: Performance, ritual, histories, and materials drawn from indigenous sources, as they relate to the natural world. Shared Territories: The complexity of networks and affinities in the Americas through questions around identity, race, borders, and emerging de-colonial practices. Some of the selected participating artists are: Lina Bo Bardi (b. 1914 in Rome, Italy; d. 1992 in São Paulo); Margarita Cabrera (b. 1973 in Monterrey, Mexico; lives in El Paso, Texas); Mariana Castillo Deball (b. 1975 in Mexico City; lives in Berlin); Carla Fernández (b.1973 in Saltillo, Mexico, lives in Mexico City); Jorge González (b. in San Juan, Puerto Rico; lives in San Juan); Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942 in Mexico City; lives in Mexico City); David Lamelas (b. 1946 in Buenos Aires; lives in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, and Paris); Cildo Meireles (b. 1948 in Rio de Janeiro; lives in Rio de Janeiro); Marta Minujin (b. 1943 in Buenos Aires, lives in Buenos Aires); Paulo Nazareth (b. 1977 in Governador Valadares, Brazil; lives in favela do Palmital in Santa Luzia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Javier Tellez (b. 1969 in Valencia, Venezuela; lives in New York); Juana Valdes (b. in Cabañas, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba; lives in Miami); Pierre Verger (b. 1902 in Paris, France; d. 1996 in Salvador, Brazil); Erika Verzutti (b. 1971 in São Paulo; lives in São Paulo) New artist commissions include: Jonathas De Andrade (b. 1982 in Maceió, Brazil; lives in Recife, Brazil); William Cordova (b.1969 Lima, Peru; lives in Miami/Lima/NY) and Jorge González (b. in San Juan, Puerto Rico; lives in San Juan), among others. SITE Center artist-in-residence, Pablo Helguera (b. 1971 in Mexico City; lives in New York) is one of the selected artists of the SITE Center Community-Based Projects. The Catalogue much wider than a line will be focusing on artists, artworks, and the curatorial underpinnings of the exhibition. Further information on site santa fe can be found at
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