Edith Pons, installation detail including Mushrooms and Fresa, 2008, installed at the Mexican Cultural Institute.
ID-entity
SEPTEMBER 12 - OCTOBER 18, 2008
Domestic Fine Arts, Gilberto Esparza, Saúl Gómez, Ricard Harispuru, Mauricio Limón, Edith Pons, Xavier Rodríguez, Marco Rountree Cruz, Amaranta Sánchez and Joaquín Segura
Presented at the Mexican Cultural Institute
Seeking to further international contemporary art dialogue, build alliances for artists, and promote cultural exchange, Transformer is thrilled to be partnering with the Mexican Cultural Institute in presenting the comprehensive ID-entity exhibition.
Saúl Gómez, Astra Vitalis 1, 2008, pencil, acrylic, and stickers on paper, installed at Transformer
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Presenting work that reflects issues of living within a capital city, urban life, as well as larger issues of identity both national and personal - Domestic Fine Arts, Gilberto Esparza, Saúl Gómez, Ricardo Harispuru, Mauricio Limón, Edith Pons, Xavier Rodríguez, Marco Rountree Cruz, Amaranta Sánchez and Joaquín Segura, several of whom will be exhibiting in the US and/or DC for the first time - present photography, video, painting, drawing, and mixed-media work in site-specific and site-responsive installations throughout Transformer and three floors of the Mexican Cultural Institute’s public rooms.
ID-entity is co-curated by Transformer’s Executive & Artistic Director Victoria Reis and Mexico City based independent curator Giovanna Esposito Yussif.
EXHIBITION PROGRAMS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 - TRANSFORMER, 1404 P Street, NW, Washington, DC.
6 - 9 PM - Opening Reception - Please join us in celebrating the installation of new work by Saul Gomez presented throughout Transformer's project space.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008- MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, 282916th St. NW, Washington, DC
3:30 PM - Discussion of work between ID-entity artists and Ryan Hill, Manager of Interpretive Programs and Curatorial Research Associate, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
5-8 PM - Opening Reception - Please join us in celebrating the installations of work by ID-entity artists throughout the Mexican Cultural Institute.
Domestic Fine Arts, Pistola y Revel, 2008, C-print
Gilberto Esparza, Autótrofos, 2007, acrylic spheres, electronic circuits and light sensors
Ricardo Harispuru
Xavier Rodríguez, Ladrón que roba a ladrón (thief who steals from a thief), 2007, live performance with ceramic bust and photograph. In this image, Xavier stands in as a bust of Jesus Mal Verde opposite an actual ceramic bust of the same man.
Amaranta Sánchez
Joaquín Segura
ID-entity artworks are courtesy of the artists and their galleries: Arena México, Arte Contemporáneo, Garash Galería, Galería Hilario Galguera, and Proyectos Monclova.
ID-entity is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Mexican Cultural Institute, The Mexican Foreign Ministry, The Boden Group, Fundación/Colección Jumex, The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities/NEA, The Visionary Friends of Transformer and the Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center.