ExhibitionMay 30, 2022
"The Way Things Go"
Until July 3, the Museo de Artes Visuales - MAVI UC, presents "Así van las cosas", organized by the agency González y González, in tribute to the memory of art critic Guillermo Machuca (1961-2020), was a close collaborator of the project and exhibition space González y González (2010-2014) in downtown Santiago.
"Así van las cosas" is an exhibition in which, through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation, the notions of instability and precariousness are questioned, and the crisis of the idea of progress from social, political, and economic points of view. The exhibition includes the participation of a group of artists from Latin America and Europe, from different generations, who talk about collapse, becoming, complex social balances, transitions, memory, and an uncertain future.
The exhibition "Así van las cosas" alludes to the video "The Way Things Go" by Swiss artists Peter Fischli (1952) and David Weiss (1946 - 2012); the video records a chain reaction that occurs between various everyday objects such as chairs, ladders, tires, balloons, firecrackers, tables, etc., and that develops in a continuous 30 minutes, thanks to the force of gravity, water, and fire to cause all kinds of physical phenomena and various chemical reactions, chain movements, trajectories, and precarious balances.
The mixture of the economy of means with the work with poor materials and waste to produce a video with unexpected effects reinforces the subversive character of this work through which the aesthetic hierarchies are put in constant questioning. The work that inspires this exhibition plays with the idea of uselessness and gratuitousness, where there are also tensions, triumphs, and defeats, always with burlesque and parodic humor.
The artists participating in this exhibition are: Kader Attia (France), Natalia Babarovic (Chile), Paula Baeza Pailamilla (Chile), Jota Castro (Peru/France), Patricia Domínguez (Chile), Paz Errázuriz (Chile), Darío Escobar (Guatemala), Carlos Garaicoa (Cuba), Nury González (Chile), Patrick Hamilton (Chile), Pedro Lemebel (Chile), Cinthia Marcelle & Tiago Mata Machado (Brazil), Teresa Margolles (Mexico), Eugenio Merino (Spain), Sebastián Preece (Chile), Pilar Quinteros (Chile), Santiago Sierra (Spain), Jorge Tacla (Chile), Eugenio Téllez (Chile).
"Así van las cosas" is an exhibition in which, through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation, the notions of instability and precariousness are questioned, and the crisis of the idea of progress from social, political, and economic points of view. The exhibition includes the participation of a group of artists from Latin America and Europe, from different generations, who talk about collapse, becoming, complex social balances, transitions, memory, and an uncertain future.
The exhibition "Así van las cosas" alludes to the video "The Way Things Go" by Swiss artists Peter Fischli (1952) and David Weiss (1946 - 2012); the video records a chain reaction that occurs between various everyday objects such as chairs, ladders, tires, balloons, firecrackers, tables, etc., and that develops in a continuous 30 minutes, thanks to the force of gravity, water, and fire to cause all kinds of physical phenomena and various chemical reactions, chain movements, trajectories, and precarious balances.
The mixture of the economy of means with the work with poor materials and waste to produce a video with unexpected effects reinforces the subversive character of this work through which the aesthetic hierarchies are put in constant questioning. The work that inspires this exhibition plays with the idea of uselessness and gratuitousness, where there are also tensions, triumphs, and defeats, always with burlesque and parodic humor.
The artists participating in this exhibition are: Kader Attia (France), Natalia Babarovic (Chile), Paula Baeza Pailamilla (Chile), Jota Castro (Peru/France), Patricia Domínguez (Chile), Paz Errázuriz (Chile), Darío Escobar (Guatemala), Carlos Garaicoa (Cuba), Nury González (Chile), Patrick Hamilton (Chile), Pedro Lemebel (Chile), Cinthia Marcelle & Tiago Mata Machado (Brazil), Teresa Margolles (Mexico), Eugenio Merino (Spain), Sebastián Preece (Chile), Pilar Quinteros (Chile), Santiago Sierra (Spain), Jorge Tacla (Chile), Eugenio Téllez (Chile).
