Title
MargaritasPosted In
Drawing, Installation, ExhibitionArtist
Carlos AlfonsoDuration
12 November 2015 to 20 January 2016Venue
SKETCH galleryOpening Hours
Monday-Friday 10.00-18.00, Saturday 11.00-15.00, Sunday by appointment only, SKETCH will be closed from Dec 24th - Jan 12thLocation
Telephone
+57 (1) 345 82 28Visit Website
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Title | Margaritas | Posted In | Drawing, Installation, Exhibition | Artist | Carlos Alfonso |
Duration | 12 November 2015 to 20 January 2016 | Venue | SKETCH gallery | Opening Hours | Monday-Friday 10.00-18.00, Saturday 11.00-15.00, Sunday by appointment only, SKETCH will be closed from Dec 24th - Jan 12th |
Location |
Calle 75a. Nº 20C-12 Bogotá
Colombia | Telephone | +57 (1) 345 82 28 | [email protected] | |
Visit Website | sketchroom.co |
A key to better understanding the show’s premise regarding time —where the present state of things overlaps with their future evolutions— also prevails with the nature of the Margarita knot itself, which is basically a technique used to shorten a longer piece of rope without cutting it. This knot, as a symbol of changing a thing’s shape non-destructively and without compromising its essence or altering it permanently, features prominently as a head sign over the gallery’s main door; this red knot is in fact part of an installation piece inside the gallery, which “spills out” and becomes part of the facade through holes on the wall. Other assemblages include old furniture and found objects collated by means of more ropes and elastic bands, imbuing their bonding with a sense of temporality and even insecurity. Meanwhile, the drawings that are part of the exhibition borrow from the visual language of comics where blocks of colour remind us of the rectangular frames of a comic book page, and abstract illustrations of human parts and trees seem like blown-up ideas from an illustrator’s sketch book. In a similar vein, the video "The Lost Dream of Armando" (2015), featuring found cartoon footage and online images, expands the exhibition's theme through references to ancient rituals and unexpected juxtapositions of imagery and sound.
Carlos Alfonso, The Lost Dream of Armando, 2015. "Part two of a fictional story about ancient rituals, brain trepanation and the abduction of dreams. Based on personal bank photographs, (stolen) images from internet and footage from public domain cartoons."