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January 10, 2008- February 16, 2008
Reception: January 10, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Santiago Cucullu
Perry Rubenstein Gallery
526 W 24th St Santiago Cucullu D.T. CriKCity (2007) |
In his new body of work, Cucullu sets aside his knowledge and predisposed notions of urban life to engage in a metaphysical exploration of both metropolitan structures and the detritus found within cityscapes. Through a dramatic experiment with free-association, he collects and fuses together images of streetlights, clock towers, meandering alleyways, brick walls, vehicles and the discarded remnants of rented domesticity into a curious and disorienting network of abstracted forms. Cucullu's execution further infuses these depictions with a dynamic sense of movement through his use of formal ploys such as competing perspectives, shifts in scale, and slips between representation and abstraction. Ultimately, Cucullu illustrates a vision of a peculiar, delirious environment actively in flux.
The discarded furniture items displayed within 'Blood on the Tundra' and 'D.T. CriKCity' are borrowed images from photos taken off the streets of Milwaukee, and further manipulated into monochromatic vinyl wall drawings. An underlying sentiment in these two works are referent to the songs 'Kill City' by Iggy Pop and James Williamson and 'Downtown' by Tony Hatch which comically result in a discordant abstraction echoing his seemingly suspended cityscapes.
A suite of watercolors at 534 West 24th Street addresses a mildly psychotic reaction to living in a city. Some are particular to downtown Milwaukee, specifically in the neighborhood of the third ward. They are paintings of forgotten mistakes, such as broken walls, tossed furniture or public abstract sculptures. The palette is wholly kitsch, with multiple narratives unfolding within a single work.
Santiago Cucullu recently exhibited work in the group exhibition 'Latin American Modernism, the Sequel' at the Museum of Modern Art. He has also recently exhibited works at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, and at both the Camden Arts Centre, London and at Le Plateau, Paris. Cucullu is scheduled to create an expansive installation at the Milwaukee Art Museum in April of 2008.
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