The Bronx Council on the Arts has partnered once again with Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture in the exhibit Shifting Streams - Twelve Artists by the Hudson River was presented as a 3D virtual space that replicates The Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. The exhibit brings together a group of twelve artists of Cuban origins who live and work on the west bank of the Hudson River, New Jersey where they have settled at different times of their lives and careers. The surrounding waters of their lives have shifted from the warm waves of the Caribbean Ocean to the peaceful streams of the Hudson River. Various subjects can be discerned within the variety of mediums and creative processes of these artists such as: the exploration of domestic spaces, communities, dreams, the self; anthropological revisions of material culture, history, economy, art; the aesthetics found in the principles of geometry and nature, the embodiment of cultural processes as well as the recreation of imaginative realms.
GUEST CURATOR
Meyken Barreto
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Jairo Alfonso | Douglas Arguelles | Kenia Arguiñao | Javier Caso | Sandra Cordero | Napoles Marty | Geandy Pavon | William Perez | Alain Pino | Pedro Valerino | Danay Vigoa | Vanessa Fernández
SCHEDULE AND ONLINE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
Opening - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Panel Discussion – Artist Public Talk Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 5:30 PM
Closing - Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 6:00 PM
EXHIBITION SNAPSHOT
Shifting Stream curatorial statement.
Geandy Pavon, (top left) "Guillermo, from Vae Victis Vanitas," 2015, (top right) "Evaristo and Silvia, from the series Vae Victis Vanitas," 2015, (bottom left) "Jorge and Aniceto, from the series Vae Victis Vanitas," 2015, and (bottom right) "Armando Alvarez Sr., from the series Vae Victis Vanitas," 2015. Digital prints. 24" x 24 "
Alain Pino, (left) "Controlling Vectors," 2017 and (right) "Declassified Report," 2017, Watercolor on Paper. 52" x 45", Courtesy of Toth Gallery, NY
Kenia Arguiñao, From the series: "Forgotten Dreams" 2010/2012. Oil pastel and stamps on canvas. 53" x 53"
Danay Vigoa, (left) "Social mind," 2020 and (right) "Social media," 2020, from the series "Self". Acrylic on canvas. 37" x 34.5"
William Perez, From the series "Caprichos de la Conciencia," 2019. Acrylic on canvas. 87" x 111"
Jairo Alfonso, "Sylvania (VII)," 2019. Watercolor pencil on paper. 55.1" x 78.7"
Javier Caso, "Untitled," from the series "Private Property" 2013-2014. Photography (analog and digital). 17" x 22"
