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January 12 - February 25, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday January 12, 2012 6-8 PM
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Hendershot Gallery
195 Chrystie Street New York, NY 10002 212.239.1210 www.hendershotgallery.com
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CHRISTIAN CURIEL: No Hay Olvido/There's No Forgetting
Curated by Adriana Farietta
September 7 - October 19, 2011
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 7 from 6 to 8 pm
Image: Flotar (Float), 2011, Oil on canvas, 5 x 5.5 feet
New York - Hendershot Gallery is pleased to announce Christian Curiel's first New York solo exhibition, No Hay Olvido/ There's No Forgetting, curated by Adriana Farietta. The gallery will feature a survey of Curiel's figurative paintings and works on paper from 2007 to 2011 that explore self-identity through latent memories of youth and maintain a central focus on relationships and belonging. Through meta-surrealist depictions, Curiel uses various signifiers for illustrating the complexities of youth and the concerns of self-identity, socio-psychological integration and how they correlate. The title of the exhibition, culled from a poem by Pablo Neruda's second volume of Residencia en la tierra [Residence On Earth], references the human condition and that in spite of the fact that all things must die, life goes on. A secret dialogue is formed from the metaphoric narratives where things keep happening -the passage of time does not stop. Curiel makes a daring and aesthetic statement by presenting highly imaginative yet semi-autobiographical works that are at once detached yet eerily familiar. The figures are somewhat tragic but coming of age in their transition from childhood to adulthood. The result is a shared experience in which his self-examination creates nostalgic paintings that explore the permanent nature of both identity and narrative through the use of storytelling. Our memories have a formative say in how we develop and his images open up the possibility of interpretations. Curiel recognizes that dreams remain a source of his art and that art itself is another form of dreaming.
Curiel is one of the artists included in El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files, El Museo del Barrio's sixth biennial of Latino and Latin American Art currently on view until January 8, 2012. Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado and Trinidad Fombella, this Biennial highlights the most innovative, cutting edge art being produced by emerging Latino and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area.
Christian Curiel's paintings have been exhibited by galleries and museums in the United States and abroad and are part of several private, public and corporate collections. Some exhibitions include Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, The Bass Museum of Art, The American Society, El Museo Del Barrio, Galerie Sultana, Kevin Bruk Gallery and Lehmann Maupin. Curiel is also the recipient of the Cooper Union A.I.R. Fellowship, the Cintas Fellowship Prize and the Robert Schoelkopf Travelling Fellowship from Yale School of Art. Christian Curiel was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to Cuban parents in 1977. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Adriana Farietta is a Brooklyn-based independent curator and has worked with organizations such as Big Screen Plaza, the Brooklyn Museum, Scope Art Fair, Volta NY, Pulse Miami, Artlog, Locust Projects in Miami and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. She has curated gallery exhibitions in New York and Miami.
Christian Curiel awarded Artist-Teacher Summer Residency Program at The Cooper Union School of Art
Curiel's inclusion in: El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011
Begins: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Ends: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, and Trinidad Fombella, El Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio's sixth biennial of Latino and Latin American art, El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 highlights the most innovative, cutting-edge art being produced by emerging Latino and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area. Aiming to expand the definition of contemporary Latino and Latin American art, this year's edition takes on a broad exploration of the visual energy, events, and aesthetics of the street.
While considering the more conventional understandings of street art, such as graffiti and mural painting, The (S) Files extends the definition of street art by also considering nontraditional, ephemeral, temporary, and renegade works of art as well as works from other disciplines, including music and fashion. Urban populations around the world are bombarded on a daily basis with visual material that ranges from posters, subway car advertisements, window announcements, television programs, graffiti tags, the Internet, commercial signage, newspaper illustrations, and magazine advertisements.These ephemeral images represent the daily visual content that is part of street culture and significantly influences artistic and visual production in urban centers. The (S) Files explores how the boundaries between public and private, and personal and universal are blurred through the culture of the street, and the idea of the street and its aesthetic inspiration as a catalyst for the change and development of mainstream culture.
Among the themes that are explored by works in the exhibition are the influence of early street art movements, text and urban styles, imagination and the street, the creation of spaces, and movement through the streets.
The (S) Files showcase at El Museo will feature works in all media from 30–45 artists of Latino heritage from the greater New York City region, focusing mostly on emerging and under-recognized artists. Collaborating satellite venues will exhibit art work by over thirty additional artists.