ExhibitionApril 19, 2024
Gonzalo Hernández:Ways of Disappearing
Curated by Max Hernández-Calvo, Peruvian artist Gonzalo Hernández (1991) presents the exhibition "Ways of Disappearing" at the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA). The show will be open to the public until April 27, 2024.
To continue his "way of disappearing" Hernández explores the trajectories of different contemporary Peruvian artists such as Gloria Gómez-Sánchez and Iván Esquivel Naito. This continues the debate on success and failure in the field of art that has been going on for more than 10 years between the artist and the curator.
Gonzalo Hernández focuses on issues from a personal narrative about different contemporary dilemmas like work, success and failure, the so-called "art world" and identity. His work takes place in mediums such as installation, painting and textile; addressing wide-ranging cultures. He is interested in blurring the boundaries between art and life, to find truth, meaning, and significance in what seems hidden or what goes unnoticed.
In this exhibition Hernández considers the art world from another perspective, questioning the glamour of events and focusing on the work. For example, he raises questions about the sustainability of a career in the arts and how not to retire from it. The curator mentions, "What motivates an artist, not to produce art, but to continue producing it, to insist on a creative career that, as her long-standing research on success and failure in the art world suggests, has no end point, but is a never-ending wander?"
To continue his "way of disappearing" Hernández explores the trajectories of different contemporary Peruvian artists such as Gloria Gómez-Sánchez and Iván Esquivel Naito. This continues the debate on success and failure in the field of art that has been going on for more than 10 years between the artist and the curator.
Gonzalo Hernández focuses on issues from a personal narrative about different contemporary dilemmas like work, success and failure, the so-called "art world" and identity. His work takes place in mediums such as installation, painting and textile; addressing wide-ranging cultures. He is interested in blurring the boundaries between art and life, to find truth, meaning, and significance in what seems hidden or what goes unnoticed.
In this exhibition Hernández considers the art world from another perspective, questioning the glamour of events and focusing on the work. For example, he raises questions about the sustainability of a career in the arts and how not to retire from it. The curator mentions, "What motivates an artist, not to produce art, but to continue producing it, to insist on a creative career that, as her long-standing research on success and failure in the art world suggests, has no end point, but is a never-ending wander?"
