Notes related to Ecuador
ADRIÁN BALSECA IN ITALY – NATURE, POWER AND EXPLOITATION
PAV Parco Arte Vivente presented the first solo exhibition in Italy by the Ecuadorian artist Adrián Balseca (1989) curated by Marco Scotini. The exhibition is an investigation into the role of the human being as an actor within the ecosystem, focussing on the relationships between the economy, ecology and memory as well as on the dynamics of power linked to the extractivism and exploitation of nature.
THE TERRITORIAL BY THREE LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS AT ÁNGELES BAÑOS
Based on the biologicist theories on territoriality and the relationships derived from living beings with their immediate environment, the Angeles Baños gallery from Badajoz proposes an exhibition project to three Latin American artists so that, through their experiences and their personal vision, they can materialize and express those feelings of territoriality, and always from the parallelism of the human being with the rest of living beings.
REPRESENTATIONS OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES IN ART AND LAW
Through video, sound and mapping works, the exhibition Intangible Proof at MAGAZIN (Exhibition Space for Contemporary Architecture) explores how the territorialities of the Tagaeri Taromenane can be understood and visualized without violating their right to isolation and how spatial mapping techniques can be rethought to capture ways of living with the forest.
PARAJES ESCONDIDOS: DENTRO DE LO VISIBLE. THE EXHIBITION BY JUAN MIGUEL MARÍN AND AGUSTÍN SERISUELO
Within the framework of the XXIII Pan American Biennial of Architecture of Quito (BAQ), +ARTE gallery will participate with works from the exhibition Parajes escondidos: dentro de lo visible.
ART AND ECOLOGY: BIENALSUR IN CUENCA, ECUADOR
BIENALSUR 2021, the third edition of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South, opens in Cuenca, Ecuador, the exhibition Juliana Vidal. The Silence of Forms in the Municipal Museum of Modern Art. Vidal (Cuenca, Ecuador, 1993) has been developing a subtle poetics of the imprint - intimately linked to time and memory - using alginate, a chemical substance sensitive to the impression of physical signals. The renowned writer and curator Cristóbal Zapata, who directed the Cuenca Art Biennial, joins BIENALSUR to curate this necessary and intelligent exhibition.
THE MORTALITY OF THE PROCESS AS A PHOTOGRAPHIC AXIS
The Ecuadorian gallery/workshop + ARTE exhibits photography by Raúl Borja Arboleda in The Hill
HOW FAR IS FAR? - NO LUGAR EXHIBITS "A CIRCLE CALLED ZERO"
The Ecuadorian gallery presents A circle called zero, a solo exhibition by David Rickard (New Zealand/UK) curated by Rubén Darío Díaz Chávez. The proposal brings together works in painting, objects, installation, sculpture, video and photography and reflects on the territory, its representation and how we relate to each other in times of pandemic.
+ ARTE AND TALŌ OFFER A NEW APPROACH TO ECUADORIAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
Collaborating to energize the local market, the galleries + Arte and Talō (both Ecuadorian) present parte de mí / aparte de mí (part of me / apart from me) by the artists Karen Miranda Rivadeneira and Misha Vallejo Prut. Exhibited at Talō and curated by Gabriela Moyano (+ Arte), the show will be open until July 26.
NATURE TRANSLATED INTO SCULPTURE - ON DIANA MUÑOZ’ EXHIBITION AT NO LUGAR GALLERY
No Lugar and Proyecto N.A.S.A. (L) present Noetic, by the Ecuadorian artist. Curated by Pily Estrada Lecaro, the proposal brings together works in sculpture, photography, objects, videoperfomance and interactive installations to reflect on the relationship between art, nature and technology. Open until Saturday June 19.
