from here to there
from here to there
Jessica Silverman Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works by artists affiliated with Mexico City’s famed kurimanzutto gallery. Titled “from here to there,” the show will include historic and new works by sixteen of kurimanzutto’s thirty-three artists including Leonor Antunes, Allora & Calzadilla, Marieta Chirulescu, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Minerva Cuevas, Jimmie Durham, Daniel Guzmán, Jonathan Hernández, Gabriel Kuri, Dr. Lakra, Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega, Gabriel Sierra, Adrián Villar Rojas, Danh Vo, and Haegue Yang.
kurimanzutto was founded by José Kuri, Monica Manzutto and artist Gabriel Orozco. The gallery first opened in summer of 1999 in an indoor market with an unorthodox show that lasted less than twenty-four hours. A nomadic gallery without a permanent exhibition space for several years, kurimanzutto went on to occupy a variety of venues, such as a rug store, parking lot, cinema, amusement park and airport. The freedom and risk-taking that characterized these early group shows metamorphosed into collaborations with art galleries abroad where kurimanzutto acted as an ambassador for the generation of Mexican artists it represented. The first of these transatlantic shows was in 2001 at Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris. Later venues included Foksal Gallery in Warsaw and Galerie Patrick Seguin in Paris.
Jessica Silverman Gallery has the pleasure of being kurimanzutto’s latest ally. The show “from here to there” features sculptures, paintings, videos and drawings that together comprise a portrait of kurimanzutto today. The exhibition presents a confluence of the Mexican artists that were part of the raison d’être for the founding of the gallery (i.e. Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega, Gabriel Kuri, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Dr Lakra, and Daniel Guzmán). It also includes artists who have joined in recent years, such as Haegue Yang, Marieta Chirulescu and Allora & Calzadilla. Danh Vo’s crimson wool rugs serve as bridges between these generational groups, acting as plinths to connect their work at different levels.
The show contains significant historical pieces even though it is not, strictly speaking, a retrospective of the gallery’s sixteen years. “from here to there” offers a carefully curated selection of works, rich in clues and hints, which foster a rewarding international conversation whose perspective is rooted in the Latin American art world.
Press: Wallpaper, San Francisco Chronicle, SFAQ, Flash Art, Cultured
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Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla
Contract (SWMU 6-2), 2015
Silkscreen on linen
96 x 72 inches
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Marieta Chirulescu
Untitled, 2014
Inkjet print, gesso and acrylic on canvas
63 x 40.2 inches
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Jimmie Durham
Homage to Alex Calder, 2007
Painted wood and aluminum chair, steel wire and painted aluminum labels
84.6 x 32.7 x 14.6 inches
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Daniel Guzman
Sin titulo, de la serie ‘Chromosome Damage’, 2013
Graphite, pastel and acrylic on paper
28 x 20.2 x 1.8 inches framed
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Daniel Guzman
Sin titulo, de la serie ‘Chromosome Damage’, 2014
Pastel, charcoal and acrylic on paper
28 x 20.2 x 1.8 inches framed
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Gabriel Kuri
Left of center and right of center alternatives, top to bottom and bottom to top, 2014
Volcanic rock, metallic bin, spray painted acrylic, mixed media and wood, painted fiberglass and resin, concrete
39.4 x 55.1 x 19.7 inches
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Dr. Lakra
Untitled (Encadenada), 2013-2014
Ink and scratching on vintage magazine
11.6 x 9.2 inches
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Dr. Lakra
Untitled (Enlazados), 2013-2014
Ink on vintage magazine
11.6 x 9.2 inches
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Gabriel Orozco
Untitled, 2001
Pastel on paper
16.1 x 15.1 x 1.2 inches framed
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Gabriel Orozco
Untitled, 2001
Pastel on paper
16.1 x 15.1 x 1.2 inches framed
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Gabriel Orozco
Untitled, 2003
Leaf, graphite and pastel on paper
16.7 x 16.7 x 1.2 inches framed
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Gabriel Orozco
Untitled, 2003
Graphite and pastel on paper
16.7 x 16.7 x 1.2 inches framed
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Gabriel Orozco
Untitled, 2015
Set of 4. Graphite on gesso
15.8 x 15.8 inches
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Damian Ortega
100 dolares de dieta, 2000
100-dollar expense allowance changed in ten thousand pennies joined up vertically to form a 15 m long intestine
590.6 inches
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Damian Ortega
100 dolares de dieta, 2000
Alternate view
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Gabriel Sierra
Untitled, 2015
Glued hay, painted gesso
35.3 x 31.5 x 32 inches
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Adrian Villar Rojas
From the series ‘The Most Beautiful of All Mothers’, 26, 2015
Inkjet, acrylic paint, watercolor, marker, color pencil
14.6 x 16.9 x 1.2 inches framed
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Adrian Villar Rojas
From the series ‘The Most Beautiful of All Mothers’, 29, 2015
Inkjet, acrylic paint, watercolor, marker, color pencil
14.6 x 16.9 x 1.2 inches framed
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Adrian Villar Rojas
From the series “The Most Beautiful of All Mothers”, 31, 2015
Inkjet print, acrylic paint, watercolor, marker, color pencil
14.6 x 16.9 x 1.2 inches framed
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Danh Vo
Untitled, 2015
Cochineal-dyed woollen rug
153.9 x 250.8 inches
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Haegue Yang
Kaleidoscopic Tipping Over – Trustworth #243, 2015
Various envelope security patterns, graph paper framed, 2 pieces
28.4 x 28.4 inches each, framed















Contract (SWMU 6-2), 2015
Silkscreen on linen
96 x 72 inches

Untitled, 2014
Inkjet print, gesso and acrylic on canvas
63 x 40.2 inches

Homage to Alex Calder, 2007
Painted wood and aluminum chair, steel wire and painted aluminum labels
84.6 x 32.7 x 14.6 inches

Sin titulo, de la serie 'Chromosome Damage', 2013
Graphite, pastel and acrylic on paper
28 x 20.2 x 1.8 inches framed

Sin titulo, de la serie 'Chromosome Damage', 2014
Pastel, charcoal and acrylic on paper
28 x 20.2 x 1.8 inches framed

Left of center and right of center alternatives, top to bottom and bottom to top, 2014
Volcanic rock, metallic bin, spray painted acrylic, mixed media and wood, painted fiberglass and resin, concrete
39.4 x 55.1 x 19.7 inches

Untitled (Encadenada), 2013-2014
Ink and scratching on vintage magazine
11.6 x 9.2 inches

Untitled (Enlazados), 2013-2014
Ink on vintage magazine
11.6 x 9.2 inches

Untitled, 2001
Pastel on paper
16.1 x 15.1 x 1.2 inches framed

Untitled, 2001
Pastel on paper
16.1 x 15.1 x 1.2 inches framed

Untitled, 2003
Leaf, graphite and pastel on paper
16.7 x 16.7 x 1.2 inches framed

Untitled, 2003
Graphite and pastel on paper
16.7 x 16.7 x 1.2 inches framed

Untitled, 2015
Set of 4. Graphite on gesso
15.8 x 15.8 inches

100 dolares de dieta, 2000
100-dollar expense allowance changed in ten thousand pennies joined up vertically to form a 15 m long intestine
590.6 inches

100 dolares de dieta, 2000
Alternate view

Untitled, 2015
Glued hay, painted gesso
35.3 x 31.5 x 32 inches

From the series 'The Most Beautiful of All Mothers', 26, 2015
Inkjet, acrylic paint, watercolor, marker, color pencil
14.6 x 16.9 x 1.2 inches framed

From the series 'The Most Beautiful of All Mothers', 29, 2015
Inkjet, acrylic paint, watercolor, marker, color pencil
14.6 x 16.9 x 1.2 inches framed

From the series "The Most Beautiful of All Mothers", 31, 2015
Inkjet print, acrylic paint, watercolor, marker, color pencil
14.6 x 16.9 x 1.2 inches framed

Untitled, 2015
Cochineal-dyed woollen rug
153.9 x 250.8 inches

Kaleidoscopic Tipping Over - Trustworth #243, 2015
Various envelope security patterns, graph paper framed, 2 pieces
28.4 x 28.4 inches each, framed