Artist Mano Penalva opens his new solo show – “From Coast to Coast ” – at Guimarães Rosa Institute, in Mexico City. Curated by Mariana Leme, the exhibition brings together recent works by the artist, who recontextualize bags that are usually used to store and transport goods.
“The synthetic raffia bags are the central elements of a series of works entitled Origin (2016 – ongoing). To find them, the artist also goes through various parts, to later transform them into pleated canvases fixed on a chassis. The movement takes place in several layers: the global transit of the products, for which the bags were originally made; the transit of the artist, who often needs to be physically in a place to acquire certain canvases; the conceptual displacement of these objects, between a commercial food-commodity system and the (also commercial, but highly symbolic) system of art.” (taken from the curator’s statement).
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From Coast to Coast – Mano Penalva
June 17 – August 5, 2023
Guimaraes Rosa Institute
Mexico City, MX
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