2018 MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO MEDELLÍN
Installation views, Felipe Mujica. We Are More United to the Invisible Than to the Visible
Solo show, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín
Curated by Emiliano Valdés
October 10 – November 12, 2018
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Wall text: Felipe Mujica. We Are More United to the Invisible Than to the Visible is a solo exhibition of the New York-based Chilean artist Felipe Mujica that focuses on his curtains and is on display in the Medellín Museum of Modern Art’s Foundry Gallery. Mujica has developed this line of work for over ten years sometimes in collaboration with his partner, Johanna Unzueta, or with different groups of embroiderers from the places where he produces them. It consists of fabric pieces that are usually sewn, embroidered, perforated or
altered by other means.
While functioning as works of art in their own right, the curtains are often also part of an exercise of dividing and organizing the exhibition space and have a direct precedent: the paintings on wooden panels made by the artist for a collective exhibition in 2005 which served as museographic elements within the show. The domestic nature and collaborative aspect in crafting the curtains are essential for a broader understanding of Mujica’s work. These qualities are visible not only in his artistic production, but also in his curatorial and managerial projects in which affection, friendship and the sense of intimacy play an important role.
This exhibition brings together works from several sets of curtains produced by the artist since 2006 and are mostly exhibited by “families”. The designs of each series are inspired by various themes within Mujica’s research or by the work of artists belonging to the historical avant-gardes that interest him. They are eloquent of his attention to geometric abstraction and its history as well as a sensitivity to poetry and a metaphysical exploration of the world. By omitting their practical function, this exhibition highlights the formal aspect of the works, and the close, even intimate relationship that arises between the viewers and the curtain when the formers perceive, approach, move along, or go around it.
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