Porous Structures
May 1 — June 8, 2019
New York: 24th Street
Gladstone is pleased to present Porous Structures, an exhibition of new sculptures and site-specific works by Damián Ortega. This show explores Ortega’s longstanding interest in visually dissecting the underlying sociohistorical narratives embedded in everyday materials. Including a mix of works created with sand, cement, brick, clay, and crystals, Porous Structures excavates the materiality of permeable structures and objects, and how the cultural, political, and socio-economic implications of manufactured and natural constructions impact humankind in both a deeply personal and universal way.
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About
Photo by Belén Benito.
Damián Ortega (b. 1967, Mexico City) lives and works between Mexico City and Berlin. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions including: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Florida; ICA Miami Garden, Florida; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Museo Reina-Sofia, Madrid; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; HangarBicocca, Milan; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; the Barbican, London; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Tate Modern, London; Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; and Centre Pompidou, Paris. Ortega participated in the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); the 27th São Paulo Biennial (2006); the 4th Berlin Biennial (2006); and the 50th Venice Biennale (2003).
