Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin, Mobile for the Hotel Ávila and The Larger Picture, 1939-1942. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009
Two C-prints (44 3/4 x 59 3/4 in. and 34 3/4 x 59 3/4 in.), Mock construction plan of Calder’s mobile for the Hotel ballroom, (39 x 39 in.), Two wall labels with narrative text. Installation dimensions 85 x 160 in. (approx.)
Courtesy of Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York
Beyond the Supersquare explores the indelible influence of Latin American and Caribbean modernist architecture on contemporary art. The exhibition features over 30 artists and more than 60 artworks, including photography, video, sculpture, installation, and drawing, that respond to major Modernist architectural projects constructed in Latin America and the Caribbean from the 1920s through the 1960s. Beyond the Supersquare examines the complicated legacies of modernism through architecture and thought—as embodied by the political, economic, environmental, and social challenges faced by countries throughout Latin America—through the unique perspective of artists working today. This exhibition is co-organized by Holly Block (New York City) and María Inés Rodríguez (Colombia), and designed by Benedeta Monteverde (Mexico).
Artists include Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck (Venezuela) and Media Farzin (USA), Alberto Baraya (Colombia), Carlos Bunga (Portugal), Los Carpinteros (Cuba), Jordi Colomer (Spain), Livia Corona Benjamin (Mexico), Mario Garcia Torres (Mexico), Terence Gower (Canada), Patrick Hamilton (Belgium/Chile), Andre Komatsu (Brazil), Runo Lagomarsino (Argentina), Pablo Leon de la Barra (Mexico) and Pedro Reyes (Mexico), among others.