The youngest generations of Cuban artists have suitably positioned their works in important contemporary art platforms at international scale. Ariel Orozco is an excellent example, as he inaugurated, back in February 9, his second exhibition at Federica Schiavo Gallery in the Italian capital.
Detras del cristal, commissioned by Chris Sharp, is going to be receiving viewers through March 25 at the 16th, Plaza Montevecchio, and represents a deep and dynamic reflection on some of the contradictions, anomalies and paradoxes that have characterized our neoliberal reality and daily existence.
References to the fragility, the extinguished luxury, can be found in Sin Titulo, a so-much-cracked champagne bottle that drinking from it wouldn’t be a smart thing to do. Lack and abundance are even more dimensioned in Sin Titulo (Problema), an installation that includes nearly sixty sewers with different colors and sizes, which are spread all over the room,and there is only one stopper to deal with any potential leak. Likewise, the potential danger can be felt in the final installation –large scale–, made up of a directional light surrounding one giant-size pyrotechnic devise that is placed on the floor. This quasi-tautological conjunction of illumination is not a good sign, it encourages us not to follow the acting order, but act all at once.
Ariel Orozco graduated at the Art Superior Institute, Havana. He has showcased his projects in London, Mexico DF, Rome, Paris, New York, Basel, Madrid, Havana and other cities.
Source: Press release
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