Yo vengo de todas partes, y hacia todas partes voy is a site-specific, immersive installation by Cuban-born, Miami-based multidisciplinary artist Amanda Linares. Linares’ installation centers around notions of belonging and identity, recurrent themes in her practice that she explores through the intentional use of materials. Ideated and inspired by her discovery of a house in Asturias, Spain belonging to her paternal great grandfather, Linares’ installation is a highly personal exploration of her family history and ancestry, and how unearthing parts of our past can shape and complicate our understanding of who we are and where we come from.
In Yo vengo de todas partes… Linares recreates her great-grandfather’s home, a place she has only seen in pictures. Occupying nearly the entire back wall of the gallery, a large-scale graphite drawing on wood panels depicts the facade of the house. Geometric cut-outs on the panels make the image appear incomplete, visually reinforcing the idea that memory is oftentimes incomplete and imperfect.
To accompany the drawing, Linares uses the varying sizes and heights of the geometric cut-outs to create sculptures that imitate sedimentary rock
formations. The sculptural fragments are made by layering and adhering different materials, including concrete, plaster, wallpaper, fabric, resin, and glass. The sculptures are arranged throughout the gallery floor, which is covered with three different types of soil. As visitors walk through and around the space, the clear edges delineating each type of soil are slowly blurred. Linares’ deliberate and
thoughtful use of materials and inclusion of sound elements creates a sensory
experience that is tactile and auditory, encouraging a moment of reflection and
contemplation.
‘Women at Large’ brings together multidisciplinary, multigenerational, Miami-based women artists from diverse origins at different career points. This exhibition is the third iteration of ‘Women at Large,’ which started by providing ample space for a group of women artists to present large-scale works. The artists are encouraged to take as much space as possible with their creations and present new experimental work or previous significant work they want to show in a different configuration.
As with the previous iterations, this iteration’s selection of artists and their work is not guided by a set theme or formalisms. Instead, the curator’s enthusiasm for working with artists whose creations spark interest and curiosity guides the selection process. She has been closely following the work of these artists for some time as part of her role in promoting the Miami and South Florida art scene and keeping our community informed through the ArtSeen365 platform.
The selected artists share a desire to challenge outdated notions that women are not naturally good at building things, working on a large scale, or using hard- to-manage, unconventional materials. Most participating artists have created new works for this exhibition, and while not all works are site-specific, all artists consider the space hosting them. All presentations have a sculptural, tri-dimensional aspect; many are installations, and some play close to the ‘art installation’ lines by combining two-dimensional and sculptural works in response to their surroundings placed in response to the space.
Inspired by notable exhibitions that combine large works by multiple artists while providing each with distinctive ample space and not conforming to any theme, this exhibition aims to do the same for the selected nine Miami-based women artists. They all deserve the audience’s consideration for their efforts to continue stretching their practices, each in their own way, at their own pace, and from their own place.
Piero Atchugarry gallery presents a contemporary art program and modern art survey. The gallery opened to the public in September 2013 with a Post-War Italian art exhibition. By January 2014 the gallery moved to a large stable adapted as an exhibition space in Garzón. In this space the program allowed outdoor and indoor proposal exploration, through the creation of dialogue between architectural features and curatorial practices.
On December 2018, the program expanded to North America with a second location, a 9000 square feet warehouse on 5520 NE 4th Avenue in the Design District neighborhood. The participation of the gallery in what is a boiling art community that connects Europe, Latin America and both coasts of the United States represents the commitment of the program to support and present the work of local and international artists with an institutional approach.
Open to all visitors from 11—4 pm. Progressive Art Brunch brings together participating galleries several Sundays throughout the year. The event highlights the current programming at each venue and enables visitors a more intimate look at the exhibitions on view.
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