"Remedios" stands for healing, reparation, restitution, recuperation, and the longing to transform the world into what it might become. With contributions from over forty artists that include Amazonian, Pacific, Indigenous American, Afro-diasporic, and European perspectives, the exhibition Remedios: Where new land might grow invites the public to engage with works of art for solace, respite, and replenishment. The works, selected from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) Collection and the commissioning bodies TBA21 on st_age and TBA21–Academy, echo the curative paths of healers and elders who have politically, culturally, and spiritually guided communities through the remembrance of past wrongs toward reconciliation and the celebration of renewed worlding.
For some artists, healing begins with the cadences of the body; the purification of the spirit; the articulations of language, sacred shapes, materials, and symbols; or in their perception of time and history. Others direct their care at the land, the environment, and their respective communities. As environments are reshaped by mining, logging, agriculture, and resource extraction, they impact and alter their respective ecosystems. There is no longer a choice to be made between social and environmental justice, both are entangled and reinforce each other. “Remedios” is committed to proposals that consider and reflect these entangled politics while trusting the regenerational capacities art can offer to unfold as, “an origin + + where new land might grow + + +” (Akimel O’otham and Mojave poet Natalie Diaz).
In an ailing world, art can hold contradictions and conflicts where politics cannot. This capacity aligns it with the work of healers and guardians—performing, adapting, rethinking itself on behalf of itself and in the service of others. The artists in the exhibition contribute works such as a large assembly tent, a kupixawa, by the Amerindian Huni Kuin in collaboration with Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto; a mothership dreamcatcher by Brad Kahlhamer; and mesmerizing video installation by Sharon Lockhart celebrating Noa Eshkol’s abstract repertoire of gestures and movements.
With new commissions by Regina de Miguel, Courtney Desiree Morris, and Eduardo Navarro, these works lay out a critical trajectory connecting the ancestral to the present time and help us gauge what is at stake in today’s struggles. They are a source of strength and replenishment in the face of collective anxiety triggered by the profound transformation of economic, political, and technological relations.
Exhibition "Remedios: Where new land might grow": April 14, 2023 – March 31, 2024
Organizador: Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A) - TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary - Ayuntamiento de Córdoba (España)
Fecha inicio: 14-04-2023
Fecha fin: 31-03-2024
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