C16:UNTITLED ART FAIR
Viewing Room
Addressing the defining crisis of our time; climate change, the artists presented at this years, Untitled Art Fair share their formed relationships with the earth. These artists create reflective languages of meaning informed by the visual breadth and depth of ancient and existent forms of knowledge from the Americas- specifically those that pertain to Andean, Taíno and Amazonian cultures. The dialogue amongst their work converses with knowledge forged from centuries of interdependent respect for the planet while challenging the contemporary eye to address our ecological urgencies.
DANIELA GOMEZ PAZ
Daniela Gomez Paz utilizes weaving, materials, and color to describe personal memories and symbologies of regions she’s called home. By merging natural and manmade material, her work reflects on the origins of weaving as a form of language; revealing a space that discusses ideas of nature: the intrinsic and what is natural. Currently, she is in dialogue with crafting traditions of la Cordillera de los Andes. As she traces the interconnections and shifts between textile techniques from different regions, she embraces the embodiment of this language as a form for storytelling through the power of cloth.
EMANUEL TORRES
In the paintings by Emanuel Torres the human form prevails. Anatomical lines trace a certain space in the landscape and the wide context that surrounds it. Nourished by the past, his painting reference European Middle Ages to the pre-Hispanic Caribbean. The shapes in the carvings and cave drawings found in the Taino culture have been an object of study for the Torres. Their large symbols with simple abstract forms, and use of the body’s shapes is a shared dialogue.
KATJA LOHER
Katja Loher’s seamless fusion of technology with the organic reflects a world of magic. Her video-sculptures are a collaborative effort incorporating dancers who take the forms of small creatures, performers who intertwine to form letters, words and questions, while working with local shamans whose practice involves divination and healing.
LINA PUERTA
Exploring the interplay between nature and the human-made, Lina Puerta creates mixed-media works that incorporate materials ranging from artificial plants and paper pulp to found, personal, and recycled objects. Through her intuitive use of color, she points to our relationship with plants, their intelligence and spiritual qualities in a form that celebrates her Colombian roots. Aztec and Mayan fabrics are used to engage in themes of food justice, xenophobia, hyper-consumerism, and ancestral knowledge.
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