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| intertextualidad |
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| An installation by Quisqueya Henríquez |
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| Quisqueya
Henríquez, Intertextualidad, 2005,
video still |
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This installation is a work in dialogue
with the historic exhibition Paris,
Barcelona & Miami. It will highlight the relationship
between the modern (historic) and the contemporary, and
how the two interact.
Intertextualidad is a multi-disciplinary installation
by Quisqueya Henriquez. The video consists of a three
minute loop of a rooster walking the city streets, juxtaposing
the modern with the rustic, with the basic, with the
relatable past we don’t often think about concretely.
A black and white photo of the artist’s silhouette
is based on the famous photograph of Charlotte Perriand
laying on a Chaise Lounge known as the B306, designed
by her, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The shadow
cast is of the body and the chair, creating a slight
distortion because of the corner angle in which it was
taken. The copy of the chair which Henriquez lays on
is by Cassina created in the 1960’s, in an identical
position to Perriand’s.
Quisqueya Henriquez’s installation is a commentary
on modernity in Latin American art. It is an old debate
on the originality of the artistic proposals of Latin
American art. Many of the Latin American artists who
are now part of the Modern or historical dialogues in
art, traveled to Europe not only for their artistic formation
but also in search of legitimacy. In many instances,
these artists were seen, albeit erroneously in most cases,
as followers, rather than creators of new trends in art.
Many of these have gone on to a universal context in
art and are a solid part of Art Historical debates (Wifredo
Lam, Frida Kahlo, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Roberto Matta,
and many others).
The shadows in Henriquez’s photographic piece are
dark, uncertain, and imprecise, like the very history
of Latin American art, like the very influences in Latin
American art. Even the lines of the image are not defined.
The work gathers together many concepts important and
of interest to Henriquez. Among these concepts is modernity
seen through furniture, the collaboration between Le
Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand. Even the fact that
Le Corbusier’s studio began designing furniture
after Perriand entered the studio is of interest to the
artist, showing a turning point, a demarcation often
overlooked in art.
The collaborations in design are more readily seen than
those in fine art. Noting collaborations is more of a
contemporary phenomenon. Originality is after all, a
modern concept, but it is during its contemporary phase
that the value of originality is questioned. The Chaise
Lounge is a piece of furniture emblematic of modernity
but its value continues beyond its status as relic of
the past. Just as the show that this installation is
in dialogue with in the gallery Paris,
Barcelona & Miami deals with modernity, the early 20th century, the artists’ status
as history or of “the past” has many important
points of reference for art and artists of today. |
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