For A Trilogy, Miguel Angel Ríos’ first exhibition with Gallery Wendi Norris, he will exhibit three of his most recent video works: Piedras Blancas, Mulas, and Landlocked. Ríos first became recognized in the late 1980’s and early ‘90’s for his paintings and collage works, and has since gone on to create video work that has influenced seminal contemporary artists working today. The exhibition highlights his unique artistic practice that addresses issues of power, apathy and violence, while incorporating an innovative use of social and political narratives and original production techniques.
The new video projects are site-specific and grounded in an approach to Land Art, where Ríos challenges traditional modes of representations within the landscape – works that he describes as the most ambitious and challenging video projects of his career. The works are similar in that they all take place in the open, arid and mountainous landscapes of South America. To produce them, the artist worked under conditions that he describes as “difficult, dangerous, and impossible,” three qualities that are required to pique his interest in making an artwork. These projects are carefully conceived performances that rely on an impossible plot: the choreography of chance. In all of them, the artist works with gravity and mediates objects and/or animals to tell a story: white balls in Piedras Blancas, pack mules in Mulas, and stray dogs in Landlocked.
Related paintings, works on paper, drawings and photographs all created in preparation for or alongside the videos will be on display as well, providing insight into the artistic process. After shooting video footage during the mornings and afternoons, Ríos spends his evenings making one painted or drawn work, a storyboard of a shot he envisions recording the following day.
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The new video projects are site-specific and grounded in an approach to Land Art, where Ríos challenges traditional modes of representations within the landscape – works that he describes as the most ambitious and challenging video projects of his career. The works are similar in that they all take place in the open, arid and mountainous landscapes of South America. To produce them, the artist worked under conditions that he describes as “difficult, dangerous, and impossible,” three qualities that are required to pique his interest in making an artwork. These projects are carefully conceived performances that rely on an impossible plot: the choreography of chance. In all of them, the artist works with gravity and mediates objects and/or animals to tell a story: white balls in Piedras Blancas, pack mules in Mulas, and stray dogs in Landlocked.
Related paintings, works on paper, drawings and photographs all created in preparation for or alongside the videos will be on display as well, providing insight into the artistic process. After shooting video footage during the mornings and afternoons, Ríos spends his evenings making one painted or drawn work, a storyboard of a shot he envisions recording the following day.
For A Trilogy, Miguel Angel Ríos’ first exhibition with Gallery Wendi Norris, he will exhibit three of his most recent video works: Piedras Blancas, Mulas, and Landlocked. Ríos first became recognized in the late 1980’s and early ‘90’s for his paintings and collage works, and has since gone on to create video work that has influenced seminal contemporary artists working today. The exhibition highlights his unique artistic practice that addresses issues of power, apathy and violence, while incorporating an innovative use of social and political narratives and original production techniques.
The new video projects are site-specific and grounded in an approach to Land Art, where Ríos challenges traditional modes of representations within the landscape – works that he describes as the most ambitious and challenging video projects of his career. The works are similar in that they all take place in the open, arid and mountainous landscapes of South America. To produce them, the artist worked under conditions that he describes as “difficult, dangerous, and impossible,” three qualities that are required to pique his interest in making an artwork. These projects are carefully conceived performances that rely on an impossible plot: the choreography of chance. In all of them, the artist works with gravity and mediates objects and/or animals to tell a story: white balls in Piedras Blancas, pack mules in Mulas, and stray dogs in Landlocked.
Related paintings, works on paper, drawings and photographs all created in preparation for or alongside the videos will be on display as well, providing insight into the artistic process. After shooting video footage during the mornings and afternoons, Ríos spends his evenings making one painted or drawn work, a storyboard of a shot he envisions recording the following day.
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The new video projects are site-specific and grounded in an approach to Land Art, where Ríos challenges traditional modes of representations within the landscape – works that he describes as the most ambitious and challenging video projects of his career. The works are similar in that they all take place in the open, arid and mountainous landscapes of South America. To produce them, the artist worked under conditions that he describes as “difficult, dangerous, and impossible,” three qualities that are required to pique his interest in making an artwork. These projects are carefully conceived performances that rely on an impossible plot: the choreography of chance. In all of them, the artist works with gravity and mediates objects and/or animals to tell a story: white balls in Piedras Blancas, pack mules in Mulas, and stray dogs in Landlocked.
Related paintings, works on paper, drawings and photographs all created in preparation for or alongside the videos will be on display as well, providing insight into the artistic process. After shooting video footage during the mornings and afternoons, Ríos spends his evenings making one painted or drawn work, a storyboard of a shot he envisions recording the following day.
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