LA BIENAL 2013:
Here Is Where We Jump
El Museo del Barrio, New York
June 12, 2013 – January 4, 2014
BIENAL 2013 is curated by El Museo Curator Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
and Raúl Zamudio, an independent New York-based curator.
Brazil is featured as the guest country for this edition of the exhibition.
LA BIENAL is a collective exhibition, a research project oriented towards a better understanding of the conditions under which artistic communities produce, present and think through art in the city of New York.
The artists and works in LA BIENAL 2013 are as diverse in their backgrounds as they are in their creative processes. From Chilean artist Julia San Martin, whose experimental expressionistic work reflects on the violence and persecution experienced by civilians living under a dictatorship, to Puerto Rican artist and Bronx native Manny Vega’s exploration and celebration of collective memory and the shared histories of the African diaspora in the Americas.
Likewise, the methods and processes of the artists range from recycling materials to produce traditional objects, as is the case in Sean Paul Gallegos’s exploration of ethnography, to Cuban artist Pavel Acosta’s exploration of art and scarcity through “Wallscape,” an intervention into El Museo’s gallery walls using stolen paint. La Bienal 2013 showcases paintings, drawings, video, sculptures, installations, and performances.
List of Artists
- damali abrams
- Pavel Acosta
- Hector Arce-Espasas
- Ernesto Burgos
- Miguel Cárdenas
- Ernest Concepcion
- Matías Cuevas
- Patricia Domínguez
- Becky Franco
- Sean Paul Gallegos
- Ignacio González-Lang
- Kathleen Granados
- Alejandro Guzman
- Pablo Jansana
- Sara Jimenez and Kaitlynn Redell
- Élan Jurado
- Ramón Miranda Beltrán
- Bernardo Navarro
- Alex Nuñez
- G.T. [Giandomenico Tonatiuh] Pellizzi
- Risa Puno
- Eric Ramos Guerrero
- Christopher Rivera
- Kenny Rivero
- Gabriela Salazar
- Julia San Martin
- Gabriela Scopazzi
- Edgar Serrano
- Mel Xiloj
- Manuel Vega
- 5ifty5ive and Les Carbonell
- Brazilian participants:
- Lucas Arruda
- Jonathas de Andrade
- Renata Lucas
- Paula Garcia
Photo: Edgar Serrano (Illinois 1979; New York), A dios, 2012, 24″ x 24″, Acrylic and latex on canvas,, Courtesy of the artist