Inauguración: Friday July 28th 6.30pm and Thursday November 16th
According to Walter Benjamin, every image bears more of the past and the future than the subject that looks at it. Based on this idea and through a series of contemporary works, this exhibition seeks to activate the myriad pasts that inhabit both the Palacio Errázuriz and its collections by way of a series of interventions.
The proposal aims to introduce new perspectives and to shed light on other possible narratives through the interstices of those already confirmed.To such a purpose, we invited Kimsooja, Sarah Abdu, Saad Al Howede, Hmoud Al Attawi and Estanislao Florido to make a disruptive intrusion into the privacy of the palace.
Kimsooja transforms the entire space, blurring the boundaries to such an extent that solid surfaces and confined structures look fluid and sprawling. Sara Abdu's melancholic figures come to life for the first time and narrate a reflective journey of the self inspired by a dream: to animate her figures as they appear to undergo an oneiric metamorphosis.
Thus, each of these interventions presents its own paradox of the idea of infinity, reverie, and melancholy in different ways.
Diana B. Wechsler
The presentation of Sarah Abdu (SAU), Hmoud Al Attawi (SAU) and Saad Al Howede (SAU) at BIENALSUR 2023 is accompanied by the Ministry of Culture of Arabia.
Image: Hmoud Al Attawi, Connection, 2019.
