“Taking Up Space” (2023)

Group exhibition during Biennial of the Americas @ K Contemporary, Denver

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Excerpt from K Contemporary’s press release:

Taking Up Space, conceived to coincide with the U.S. State Department’s inaugural Cities Summit of the Americas, features the work of K Contemporary artists addressing topics of Latin and Caribbean culture such as colonialism, diaspora, inequity, and the reclamation of public space. 

Works in 2- and 3-D seduce the viewer with bold aesthetics and mixed media that manage to encapsulate both celebration and suffering.  Whether nuanced or overt, allusions to sublimation, conquest, and cultural appropriation are countered with beauty, strength, and pride. Taken together, the work reveals both joy and struggle as even the smallest of the works.

Other artists in the exhibition include Marisa Caichiolo (Argentinian), Carlos Martiel (Cuban), Suchitra Mattai (Indo-Caribbean, born in British Guyana), Marielle Plaisir (Caribbean South American/French descent), Francisco Souto (Venezuelan), Mario Zoots (American of Mexican descent), and Romelle (American living in Mexico City).