The Object is Illuminated, a group exhibition featuring the work of contemporary artists: Tony Bechara (Puerto Rico), Claudia Bueno (Venezuela), Luis Cantillo (Colombia), Angela Freiberger (Brasil), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Mexico), Sebastian Patané Masuelli (Argentina), Tatiana Parcero (Mexico), Adriana Varella (Brasil), and Alex Villar (Brasil). Engaging the hybridization of subjective mythology and the strong Latin feeling for austere hard-edge abstraction, these artists are among the most compelling producers of works to emerge from the South America continent. Their production methodologies incorporate technology into the psyche, or uncover its existence there, however the case may be.
Light, like subjectivity, enjoys a ubiquitous existence. The Object is Illuminated suggests a philosophical interpretation of the word "object"; whereby, the tangible and intangible are equally material. It attempts to animate a dialog between the criss-crossing of meanings derived from light, projection, and personal mythology.
The artists in this show fluidly suggest leaning towards the potential contained within the possibility of there being a subliminal trajectory that traverses notions such as, shadow puppet theater, Da Vinci's strategy of using stone walls as sites of meditative visualization, dreams, poetry, and the subjective sublimation of truth that is fiction, for creative progress. They articulate the manifest mythology that technology constructs. Most importantly, they all hybridize concepts, imagination, and formalism by reorientating formalism to technology and maximizing creative freedom for the viewer.
