BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT – C.J. CHUECA'S HORIZONS
La huida (The escape) is the solo exhibition of Peruvian artist C.J. Chueca, based in New York, at _VIGILGOZALES Buenos Aires. It features a room text by curator and critic Florencia Portocarrero.
The horizon, a recurring element in C.J. Chueca's work, is something that all individuals seem to have internalized. Its depiction aligns with the narrative of emergency migration, and along with airport runways, it symbolizes both our limits and what we consider possible and attainable. Much like where the earth and sky meet, or the sensation of being about to dive into a body of water, every horizontal line places us in an interstice that condenses the meaning of a space in transition.
La Huida explores the nuances of this duality, in an attempt to synthesize the space, we always inhabit: between the light of day and the shadows of night, in the transition between difficult and manageable moments. However, at the very moment of opening—during the "blue hour" and the "golden hour"—the pendulum's motion finds calm, clarity, and sublimation. Working with the common, far from being futile, is a fundamental characteristic of conceptual art: addressing that which holds collective significance allows us to engage in dialogues that go beyond, yet involve, the personal.
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C.J. Chueca
El Vasto Universo, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
11 4/5 × 11 4/5 × 1 1/5 in | 30 × 30 × 3 cm
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C.J. Chueca
El Sol, 2024
Acrylic on sofa fabric
52 × 50 × 3 in | 132.1 × 127 × 7.6 cm
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C.J. Chueca
Sumergimos nuestros sombras y seguimos caminando, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
41 7/10 × 81 9/10 in | 106 × 208 cm
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C.J. Chueca
Botas de lluvia, 2024
Ceramica modelada por la artista | Hand molded ceramic by the artist
50 x 30 x 25 cm | 19.6 x 11 x 9.8 in
C.J. Chueca (born in 1977, Lima, Peru) lives and works in New York City. Her history as a perpetual immigrant has led her to explore the concepts of home, territory, transition, multiculturalism, uprootedness and loneliness. She has participated in "A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience; 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection" curated by Amethyst Rey Beaver and Eva Thornton at the Taubman Museum of Art; "XX (6 female Latinx artists working in abstraction)" at LatchKey Gallery in New York; ̈Landmark ̈ at KM0. 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Art Souterrain in Montreal with an installation curated by Dulce Pinzón at the Palais des Congres, "There's Something Inedible in the Throat. Poéticas antipatriarcales y nueva escena en los años noventa" curated by Miguel López at ICPNA-Lima, "La fuerza del agua" with Latchkey Gallery at Core Club NYC, "Somos La Noche y El Día" solo show at Vigil Gonzales Galería (2019), "Crónicas Migrantes, Common stories between Peru and Venezuela" curated by Fabiola Arroyo at MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima, "I am the river behind the wall" solo show at Mulherin Gallery in Toronto (2018), "Dos Cielos Azules/Two Blue Skies" at ICPNA (2018).
La huida. C.J. Chueca’s individual exhibition.
Until October 4th, 2024.
_VIGILGONZALES. Diagonal Norte 628, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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