February 6 to April 5, 2009
Reception Thursday, February 5, 6-8pm
Melanie Smith, Spiral City, 2002 (in collaboration with Rafael Ortega)
(press release)
Melanie Smith: Spiral City & Other Vicarious Pleasures, an exhibition organized by curator Cuauhtémoc Medina, includes paintings, photography, and video works, that artist Melanie Smith has made by herself and in collaboration with other artists. These works constitute an aesthetic and social investigation of Mexico City, where she has lived and worked since 1989.
Examining the city from all angles–from the air and the ground; from the crowded grid of city blocks to the commerce on the street–Smith has created a visual vocabulary that draws from the visual impact of the megalopolis while simultaneously relaying an interest in the history of art and the ways in which “abstract” art relates to the urban environment. Using colors, textures, materials, and found objects from the urban environment, Smith examines the complex and chaotic visual elements of the 21st-century city.
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