SB13 in Sharjah
10. März - 12. Juni 2017. Kuratorin: Christine Tohmé. Ausstellung, Programme, Projekte in Sharjah mit Arbeiten von 73 Teilnehmern.
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Condiciones aún por titular [Conditions yet not known], 2014–2017
Site-specific installation, mixed media
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Venue: Bait Al Serkal, courtyard
In both his work and practice, Oscar Murillo has sought to account for the position of body and being within increasingly impersonal circuits of production, consumption, confinement and cultural hegemony. Previous projects have inspired lasting artistic collaborations with, for example, a community of skilled workers in the town of Sheki, Azerbaijan, a historic and once-prosperous centre of silk production that has been in decline since post-Soviet privatisation.
This sitespecific installation, occupying the open courtyard and two corridors of Bait Al Serkal, is an absurd and silent anti-monument, in which the idea of a finished work becomes inseparable from process and material. Featuring paintings and steel structures inspired by morgue tables, the installation comprises unique canvases that have been covered with several layers of paint on both sides and displayed throughout the courtyard. Some of the paintings have been cut into strips and then sewn together so that they can be presented in a unique pattern; others bear evidence of previous use as oil pads in the studio. Alternating sheer and opaque surfaces distinguish newer canvases from older ones, and the lingering smell of paint offers a sense of the ongoing process of production—punctuating the concept of rebirth.
This work is supported by UK/UAE 2017, a year of creative collaboration and cultural exchange organised by the British Council.
(From the SB13 Guidebook)
See also his work at
Al Hamriyah Studios
* 1986 La Paila, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Lives in London, UK.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
10. März - 12. Juni 2017. Kuratorin: Christine Tohmé. Ausstellung, Programme, Projekte in Sharjah mit Arbeiten von 73 Teilnehmern.