Painting Now Forever
Curated by Charo Oquet
Participating Artists: Gabriela Ayza | Nicole Burko |Edouard Duval - Carrie| Alejandra Gotera | | Jaime Grant | Brigette Hoffman | David Marsh | Emilio Martinez | Victor Payares | Guadalupe Reyna | Sebastian Ruiz | Lulu Sanchez | Yael Talleyrand |
MIAMI, FL - Edge Zones is pleased to present "Painting Now Forever," a group exhibition curated by Charo Oquet, on view from November 23, 2024 to January 7, 2025.
"Painting Now Forever" presents the work of 13 local Miami artists who are engaging with a range of styles, materials, and techniques within the medium of painting. From abstract to figurative, spatial explorations to rich fields of color, this exhibition offers a kaleidoscopic view of the varied and enduring interests in the practice of painting. In doing so, it invites the viewer to consider the evolving role and relevance of painting in contemporary art.
Conceived by artist Charo Oquet, this exhibition explores the diverse forms and expressions that painting takes in a contemporary art practice. Through Oquet's own artistic journey and shared reflections on the role an artist takes on when painting and the process as a form of mediation, change, and affect, the exhibition seeks to create a conversation around painting, the use of the medium, and the people who create it. It also examines the influence of location and context, particularly how the unique light, culture, and proximity to Latin America and the Caribbean in Miami may impact the participating artists' work.
The exhibition showcases how these artists have played with the medium to animate and expand their art practices. Painting has been part of visual expression for centuries, but it was not until the 1980s that the medium began to re-proliferate after the emergence of conceptual art in the 1960s. The artists in the exhibition use paint to probe philosophical questions, express and subvert political messages, challenge notions of identity, and connect their artwork with multiple references, and cultural icons.
The goal of art is to make people think and question things, not to provide definitive answers. Art gives people the tools to explore and understand their own perspectives on the world around them.
This exhibition aims to spark a thought-provoking tension by highlighting the inconsistencies and contradictions in people's everyday environments. The goal is to disrupt people's automatic or habitual ways of responding, encouraging them to think more deeply about their surroundings and experiences.