ExhibitionAugust 11, 2023
"Luz y Fuerza" at Malba
The Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba) opened “Luz y Fuerza,” an exhibition that gathers the work of nineteen Argentinean artists around the theme of spirituality in art. Lara Marmor curated the exhibition and proposed an exploration of the artistic production of the 21st century, one that has presented new and contradictory ways of thinking about spirituality insofar as broad spiritual traditions coexist alongside contemporary life.
The curatorship suggests: “How does the superimposition of beliefs, practices, and knowledge, often ancestral, that make up that elusive thing we could call contemporary spirituality, impact and constitute us?” under this line, the exhibition brings together works in a variety of media: painting, photography, assemblage, and installation.
The curator Lara Marmor explained, “New habits tied to discourses that celebrate self-awareness, a healthy lifestyle, and positivity paved the way for a freer experience of desire and pleasure in stark contrast with the guilt, sin, and sacrifice that weigh down Western religious traditions. Personal and social transformation, which pivots between neoliberal individualism and community activism, is now center stage. (...) Open to experimentation, the works on exhibit break with the man/nature, rationality/spirituality, and body/mind binaries. Employing humor, irony, and the search for a deeper spirituality, they attest that transformative energy and power are crucial at these times of change.”
The nineteen artists that integrate “Luz y Fuerza” are Diego Bianchi, Paula Castro, Laura Códega, Roberta Di Paolo, Nicolás Domínguez Nacif, Bruno Dubner, Carlos Herrera, Daniel Leber, Martín Legón, Nicolás Mastracchio, Eduardo Navarro, Gastón Pérsico, Belén Romero Gunset, Marisa Rubio, Lucía Reissig, Bernardo Zabalaga, Mariana Telleria, Ana Vogelfang, and Ana Won.
The exhibition will be on view until November 13, 2023, at El Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 3415, C1425CLA CABA, Argentina.
The curatorship suggests: “How does the superimposition of beliefs, practices, and knowledge, often ancestral, that make up that elusive thing we could call contemporary spirituality, impact and constitute us?” under this line, the exhibition brings together works in a variety of media: painting, photography, assemblage, and installation.
The curator Lara Marmor explained, “New habits tied to discourses that celebrate self-awareness, a healthy lifestyle, and positivity paved the way for a freer experience of desire and pleasure in stark contrast with the guilt, sin, and sacrifice that weigh down Western religious traditions. Personal and social transformation, which pivots between neoliberal individualism and community activism, is now center stage. (...) Open to experimentation, the works on exhibit break with the man/nature, rationality/spirituality, and body/mind binaries. Employing humor, irony, and the search for a deeper spirituality, they attest that transformative energy and power are crucial at these times of change.”
The nineteen artists that integrate “Luz y Fuerza” are Diego Bianchi, Paula Castro, Laura Códega, Roberta Di Paolo, Nicolás Domínguez Nacif, Bruno Dubner, Carlos Herrera, Daniel Leber, Martín Legón, Nicolás Mastracchio, Eduardo Navarro, Gastón Pérsico, Belén Romero Gunset, Marisa Rubio, Lucía Reissig, Bernardo Zabalaga, Mariana Telleria, Ana Vogelfang, and Ana Won.
The exhibition will be on view until November 13, 2023, at El Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 3415, C1425CLA CABA, Argentina.
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