REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BODY AT EL ESPACIO 23
Mirror of the Mind: Figuration in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, the exhibition at El Espacio 23 explores the entangled, inseparable relationship between the physical and emotional aspects of the body.
This exhibition brings together more than 120 artists who use figuration and portraiture to examine the complexities of the human condition: the power of perception, the weight of trauma, the possibilities for healing, the space for introspection, the sense of belonging, and the impact on the flesh.
Through various media—including photography, painting, sculpture, and video—the body is referenced as a vessel that experiences, documents, participates, and transforms throughout life’s journey. The duality of the body—its materiality and immateriality—becomes a visual landscape where dynamics of representation, from individual to collective, are addressed, illustrating the persistence of figuration in contemporary art.
Artists participating: Agustín Fernández, Alfredo Jaar, Alice Neel, Alvaro Barrington, Amy Sillman, Andrew Pierre Hart, Anselm Kiefer, Anthony Caro, Antonia Eiriz, Antoni Tàpies, A.R. Penck, Ayana V. Jackson, Carlos Martiel, Carrie Mae Weems, Catherine Opie, Christian Boltanski, Cildo Meireles, Cindy Sherman, Claire Gavronsky, Dawoud Bey, Deana Lawson, Didier William, Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi), Eduard Arroyo, Elizabeth Catlett, Elizabeth Murray, Emilia Azcárate, Ernest Cole, Esther Ferrer, Evita Tezeno, Eulàlia Valldosera, Fernando Sanchez Castillo, Flor Garduño, Francesco Clemente, Gaudencia Yupari Quispe, Gerard Sekoto, Giorgio de Chirico, Gilbert & George, Graciela Iturbide, Gustavo Nazareno, Hermann Nitsch, Isaac Julien, Iván Argote, Jared McGriff, Jenny Holzer, Jim Dine, Joan Brown, Jorge Macchi, Jorge Ribalta, José Luis Cuevas, Joy Labinjo, Julio Galán, Kenturah Davis, Kiki Smith, La Chola Poblete, Larry Rivers, Laurie Simmons, Leon Golub, Liliana Maresca, Liliana Porter, Luciano Castelli, Luis Felipe Noé, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Malick Sidibé, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Marisol Escobar, Marta Minujín, Márcia Falcão, Marcel Dzama, Meleko Mokgosi, Merik Goma, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Miguel Rio Branco, Milton Resnick, Moris (Israel Meza Moreno), Nancy Spero, Nan Goldin, Nereida Garcia Ferraz, Norman Catherine, Oscar Muñoz, Pedro Figari, Philip Pearlstein, Philomé Obin, Rashid Johnson, Ray Smith, Reginald O’Neal, Reynier Leyva Novo, Richard Prince, River Claure, Roberto Matta, Rocío García, Rosângela Rennó, Rómulo Macció, Salman Toor, Sandra Ceballos, Sara Berman Beach, Shirin Neshat, Sofia Mitsola, Sophie Calle, Tschabalala Self, Tala Madani, Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo, Thomas J Price, Thomas Struth, Tina Barney, Tomás Esson, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Vera Chaves Barcellos, Victoria Gil, Walton Ford, Willem de Kooning, Xul Solar, Yael Bartana, Yoshua Okón, Zanele Muholi, Zemba Luzamba, Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi, and Portia Zvavahera.
El Espacio 23 is a contemporary art space founded by collector and philanthropist Jorge M. Pérez. Located within a repurposed 28,000 square foot warehouse in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood, El Espacio 23 serves artists, curators and the general public with regular exhibitions, residencies and a variety of special projects drawn from the Pérez Collection.
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