Descripción de la Exposición
Miami Biennale and Henrique Faria, New York are pleased to present Situations, a recreation of the installation by Sigfredo Chacón (Caracas, 1950) originally presented in the Ateneo de Caracas in 1972. When Chacón was first emerging in the Caracas art scene, Kinetic Art, or cinetismo, was the prevailing style of the moment, with most young artists gravitating towards this visual language and most government funds financing exhibitions of this kind of work. Challenging the omnipresence of Kinetic Art, Situations would be an ironic statement opposing the formality and rigidity of artistic presentation by responding directly to the exhibition space in the Ateneo and utilizing crude materials, which included raw canvas and rope, and referencing the work coming out of the Arte Povera movement in Italy and Postminimalism in the United States. The work was installed throughout the space without any information, wall text or names made available to viewers, who made their way through the exhibition by experiencing different visual "situations" and forming their own associations and opinions based on the abstract forms that hung from the ceiling, draped over pedestals and laid on the floor. In addition to re-producing the sculptural elements, Situations will also feature Chacón's preparatory drawings and blueprints as well as archival material from the 1972 exhibition.
Exposición. 15 oct de 2024 - 16 feb de 2025 / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, España
Formación. El 25 oct de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España
