16 May - 5 July, 2019
Galería Karen Huber
Av. Bucareli #120
Col. Juárez, CDMX
|
|
The
exhibition is accompanied with a public program of Hang Outs. On the occasion of Mother of Pearls exhibition
by Merike Estna, this series has the objective of generating a dialogue about
the production, spread, study and exhibition of the pictorial medium in the
contemporary art industry in Mexico and its possible interactions with other
manifestations abroad.
Each session is composed of two special guests moderated by the curator of the exhibition who present a case study to then frame Estna's work. The sessions will be held on Thursday 6, 13, June 27 and July 4 from 6- 8pm in the gallery and taking place on top of the the painting ‘Kneeling banana/angel /flew over my head /on the 7th floor /above the seabed’ of Estna.
Each session is composed of two special guests moderated by the curator of the exhibition who present a case study to then frame Estna's work. The sessions will be held on Thursday 6, 13, June 27 and July 4 from 6- 8pm in the gallery and taking place on top of the the painting ‘Kneeling banana/angel /flew over my head /on the 7th floor /above the seabed’ of Estna.
Session 1
6th of June
from 6pm -8pm
Invited artists: Allan
Villavicencio (FUEGO) and Christobal Gracia (Biquini Wax/ El Cuarto de
Maguinas)
Production and promotion
in independent spaces: what is the role of painting within the collective
production that arises in the independent spaces in Mexico? The importance of
these spaces lies in how crucial they have become in the generation of new
creative proposals and in the professionalization of young artists.
Session 2
13th of June
from 6pm -8pm
Invited artists: Elsa
Louise Manceaux (France), Lucia Vidales (Mexico) and Ana Segovia (Mexico)
Individual production:
seen from the angle of the individual artist, the conversation aims to
highlight the currents and problems of approaching painting as a means of
expression in emerging artists.
Session 3
27th of June
from 6pm -8pm
with Octavio Avendano
Trujillo (independent curator) and Karen Huber (gallerist)
Diffusion and commercial
positioning: what are the challenges involved in the production, diffusion and
positioning of emerging painters from the point of view of the galleries? To
this end, Octavio Avendaño Trujillo, curator of the first exhibition of Merike
Estna and faithful promoter of young Mexican painters, will be invited to
dialogue with gallerist Karen Huber, whose project is closely related with this
topic.
Session 4
4th of July
from 6pm -8pm
with Paola Jasso
(Fundacion Casa Wabi) and Graciela Kasep (independent curator)
Exhibition and academy:
the curator of Fundación Casa Wabi Paola Jasso and independent curator Graciela
Kasep will be invited to discuss the processes, challenges and exits that
encompass the exhibition and study of the pictorial medium in Mexico based on a
case of study.
Merike
Estna (1980) lives
and works in Tallinn, Estonia. She has graduated from the Estonian Academy of
Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in painting and from the Goldsmiths College,
University of London, in 2009 with the Master’s degree in art practice. Her
performative work has been exhibited at Baltic Triennial 13, Give Up The Ghost, Tallinn; Kiasma Art Museum,
Helsinki; Performa 17 and Art in General, NYC; Chart,
Copenhagen and elsewhere. Her solo exhibitions have been exhibited at
Kunstraum, London; Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga; Kumu Art Museum,
Tallinn; Bosse & Baum Gallery, London; Karen Huber Gallery, Mexico City;
Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn and others. She was awarded Konrad Mäe
prize, Estonia 2014 and has been an associate professor at the Estonian Academy
of Arts since 2017. She is represented by Temnikova & Kasela Gallery,
Tallinn and Karen Huber Gallery, Mexico City and is collaborating with Bosse
& Baum gallery, London.
Currently she is preparing for group shows at the Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia and KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia as well as for a solo show at Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden.
Currently she is preparing for group shows at the Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia and KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia as well as for a solo show at Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden.