Artist Talk and Gallery Tour with Alexandre Arrechea

13 Front Street,Frenchtown NJ 08825

18 September, 2022

Description

Join us for an artist talk and gallery tour with Alexandre Arrechea to celebrate the opening of Landscape and Hierarchies. Landscape and Hierarchies explores the connections between the individual and the collective and the power small actions have on society and the environment. Curated by Elsa Mora, the exhibition was produced in collaboration with ArtYard and includes monumental watercolor drawings, sculptures, and multimedia installations. The artist talk will be held in ArtYard’s McDonnell Theater. The talk is moderated by Cuban-born American writer, curator, and art conservator Rosa Lowinger. Arrechea will share never-before-seen footage of the early stages of his career and answer audience questions. Arrechea will then lead attendees on a gallery walk of the exhibition, which is presented in ArtYard’s first-floor River Gallery and second-floor John & Lynn Kearney Gallery. Arrechea is internationally renowned as one of the founding members of the Cuban collective, Los Carpinteros, and has earned acclaim as an artist whose work interrogates such issues as history, memory, politics, and the power relations of the urban space. This exhibition marks 20 years of Arrechea’s solo career. Masks are required. For more information, visit www.artyard.org About Alexandre ArrecheaAlexandre Arrechea’s work comprises large-scale installations, sculptures, watercolor drawings, and videos that debate such issues as history, memory, politics, and the power relations of the urban space. Arrechea’s mode of working site-specifically makes him explore the ideological and philosophical legacy of the surrounding context to create a more engaging interaction with the audience. He is internationally renowned as one of the founding members of the Cuban collective, Los Carpinteros [The Carpenters], active between 1991 and 2003. Embarking on his solo career in the same year, Arrechea is widely recognized for Nolimits (2013), a monumental project composed of ten sculptures inspired by iconic buildings in New York City and erected along Park Avenue, and Katrina Chairs (2016), erected at the Coachella Music Festival, Palm Springs, California, USA. Last December, he created “Dreaming with Lions,” an immersive rotunda resembling an enormous forum-cum-library installed at Faena Miami Beach. About Rosa Lowinger Rosa Lowinger is a noted Cuban-born American writer, curator, and art conservator. She is the author of Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub, and various articles on Cuban culture, modern art, and architecture. She is an expert in Cuban cultural travel, contemporary art, and architecture. Born to a Jewish family, Lowinger is an alumnus of Brandeis University, receiving a bachelor of arts in fine arts and art history in 1978. She received a Master of Arts in art history and a certificate in art conservation from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts in 1982.