Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials

Several Eternities in a Day explores the intertwined relationship between living materials and contemporary art. For this group of twenty-two artists from North, Central and South America, materials such as stones, avocado, cacao, achiote, cochineal, and clay operate as vital forces in a creation process informed by ancestral practices. Through large-scale installations, painting, mixed-media sculpture, video, and sound, the works in this exhibition challenge common assumptions about the perception of physical form. These artworks invite us to participate not just by seeing but by smelling, touching, and listening. The exhibition considers ideas around organic decay, materials as records of the living and repositories of cosmic memory, Brownness, and Indigeneity. By bringing together artists across media and regions, the exhibition creates a space of multiple temporalities in flux, of several eternities—a celebration and a ceremony for all those beings with whom we share stories and land. Artists Jackie Amézquita Carmen Argote Esteban Cabeza de Baca Gustavo Caboco Edgar Calel Raven Chacon Gabriel Chaile Patricia Domínguez Jaider Esbell Naomi Gamarra Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe Raven Halfmoon Sky Hopinka Nereyda López Gutiérrez Guadalupe Maravilla Ana Mendieta Carlos Mérida Rose B. Simpson Mary Sully Ayla Tavares Francisco Toledo Santiago Yahuarcani

What to expect:
Audio / Sound, Sculpture, Film / Video