"Emilia Sirrs. Abstraction and Spirituality" at the Instituto Cultural de México in Miami

The Instituto Cultural de México en Miami presents the first solo show in the US by US-born Mexican artist Emilia Sirrs, currently one of the most singular voices in Mexican abstraction. Curated by Dennys Matos, the exhibition will remain open to the public until April 5, 2019. The exhibition consists of ten medium-sized acrylic paintings on canvas recently created. Although some of her pieces were previously shown alongside great masters of Latin American abstraction, in the exhibition titled "Speaking of Abstraction. Language Transitions in Latin American Art" at Durban Segnini Gallery in Miami, it is not until now that her work is featured in a solo show in the US. The current exhibition establishes connections between abstraction and spirituality, translating into a symbolic language Sirrs' expressive interest in those cultural objects that embody spirituality. Emilia Sirrs' abstraction captures the subjectivity and spirituality inherent to perception when we enter into contact with states and elements of nature, or with the material and spiritual history. According to Dennys Matos, curator of the exhibition: "While the world of ancient beliefs and mythologies is present in Ishtar (2018), in Después del sol (After the Sun) and Entre blanco (Between White), both from 2017, the gaze focuses on those spaces and places that invite contemplation, where spirituality shelters transcendence." Emilia Sirrs is currently working on a solo show of paintings and sculptures at the Museo de la Abstracción Latinoamericana Manuel Felguérez, in Zacatecas, Mexico, which will open in June, 2019. The Instituto Cultural de México en Miami is located at 1399 SW 1st Ave., third floor, Miami, FL 33130.