Dadas las Circunstancias

Dada las Circunstancias

Curator: Silvia Benedetti

Artists: Valerie Brathwaite, Gabriel Chaile, Livia Corona, Renata del Riego, Pierre Dumont, Patricia Esquivias, Dolores Furtado, Trevor King, Cristobal Lehyt, Margarita Mora, and Gabriela Vainsencher
Date: September 29th - October 28th 2023

Opening Rececption: October 3rd, 6-8pm

Gallery: Abrazo Gallery

Since prehistoric cultures, the properties of certain materials - such as stones, clay, metals, and glass - have been used to manufacture utilitarian objects and buildings that are more durable than precarious. In a way, these objects and constructions defied the human life cycle, since in many cases they lasted much longer than the average life span of a human being. Dadas las circunstancias [Considering the Given Facts]  presents a selection of works that narrate or reconstruct stories, experiences, situations, or traditions that the artists attempt to make endure over time. The idea is to present the tension and fragility that exists between the materials and the stories that try to last but in the end, everything fades away. 

Artists with date of birth where they live/ work:

Valerie Brathwaite (b. 1940, San Fernando, Trinidad, lives and works in Caracas), Gabriel Chaile (b. 1985, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, lives and works in Lisboa), Livia Corona (b. 1975, Ensenada, Mexico, lives and works in New York), Renata del Riego (b. Mexico City, raised in Tijuana and lives in New York), Pierre Dumont (b. 1958, Lieja, Belgium, lives and work in Caracas), Patricia Esquivias (b. 1979, Caracas, lives and works in Madrid), Dolores Furtado (b. 1977, Buenos Aires, lives and work in New York), Margarita Mora, (b. 1935, Mitibibó, Venezuela lives and works in Mucuchies, Venezuela), Gabriela Vainsencher (b. Buenos Aires, raised in Tel Aviv, and lives in Montclair)