12/9/2023 0 Comments Muse paint bar as a paint idea⬆️ ¡Conozca a Daniel en su taller en Loíza, Puerto Rico, junto con algunas obras totalmente nuevas producidas para la exposición en el MoMA PS1! Utilizando objetos cotidianos encontrados y regalados -como cuerdas, toldos, cocos, restos de madera y hojas de palmera- el artista crea ensamblajes que revelan la resistencia de las tradiciones locales frente a la degradación medioambiental, el cambio climático y el abandono sistémico. Daniel Lind-RamosĪ partir del 20 de abril, nuestras galerías se llenarán de las esculturas monumentales de Daniel que exploran las historias y prácticas conectadas de las comunidades afrocaribeñas de todo el mundo. “Cuidar los objetos es cuidar la memoria”. ⬆️ Get to know Daniel in his studio in Loíza, Puerto Rico, along with some brand new works created for the show at MoMA PS1! Using everyday objects-such as ropes, tarps, coconuts, wood scraps, and palm leaves-the artist creates assemblages that reveal the erasure of local traditions in the face of environmental degradation, climate change, and systemic neglect. "To take care of objects is to take care of memory." - Daniel Lind-RamosĮxperience Daniel's monumental sculptures that explore the connected histories and enduring practices of Afro-Caribbean communities in Puerto Rico and around the world. Ford’s work is in the collections of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Significant group shows include Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo (2022) MoMA PS1, New York (2021) Morán Morán, Mexico City (2021) Greene Naftali, New York (2020) Kai Matsumiya, New York (2019) Roberta Pelan, Toronto (2017) SculptureCenter, Queens (2016) and Division Gallery, Montreal (2016). Recent solo presentations include Good Weather, Chicago (2023) Greene Naftali, New York (2022) 321 Gallery, Brooklyn (2019) CAPITAL, San Francisco (2017) and Shoot the Lobster, New York (2017). 1986, Columbia, Maryland) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Ford’s large-scale plexi work crystallizes atmosphere as environment, giving form to the electricity of the music, and the unforgettable energy of Warm Up. As the lingering physical centerpiece of the extended season, the jeweled music box Your Laugh creates a reverberant setting for DJs and performers, imbued with the imagery and élan of attendees. To mark the opening of Warm Up 2023, a special presentation of Ford’s modular, checkerboard My words they still exist and need (reprise) (2022–23) encouraged audience interaction as a platform for dance, relaying the ethos of the iconic music series. The artist’s first outdoor project in public space, the sculpture draws on a variety of references, from the austere geometries of postwar minimalism to the synthetic saturation of digital space, with nods to the funkier edges of 1980s Italian interiors and dancehall vernacular. You Help Me Forget expands on Ford’s most recent body of work, exploring the style and spatial organization of clubs and nightlife venues designed to encourage communion and collective expression. Blurring the public character of language and the personal tone of address, Ford invites attendees to see themselves, fellow dancers, and the surrounding PS1 Courtyard in dynamic reflections that evolve through the evening as the crowd coalesces and the sun sets. The artist playfully inlays found, authored, and overheard language in her mirrored acrylic tiles–here enveloping the DJ booth–to subvert the rigor of grid systems and expand upon themes she explored in Greater New York 2021. The 2023 Warm Up season takes place on a custom set, You Help Me Forget, designed by artist Raque Ford. My words they still exist and need (reprise), 2022–23 Plexiglass, lyrics, metal hardware, and plywoodĬourtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York
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