Sweety’s Radio: Edicion Especial culminates with an exhibition showcasing the individual work of Sweety’s members. A group of friends and collaborators that came together to address the lack of spaces explicitly for black and brown artists, Sweety’s developed and continues to provide a platform for queer artists of color.In this final exhibition, the four members–Ximena …
PRESS RELEASE (SPANISH) INTERVIEW DATESFriday, June 30, 6-8P: Cecilia Gentili (Exhibition Dates: June 27 through July 2)Friday, July 7, 6-8P: Raul Gonzalez III (Exhibition Dates: July 5 through July 9)Friday, July 14, 6-8P: Emanuel Xavier (Exhibition Dates: July 11 through July 16)Friday, July 21, 6-8P: Elia Alba (Exhibition Dates: July 18 through July 23)Friday, July 28, …
Born 1985, Łuków, Poland Lives and works in Wola Burzecka, Warsaw and Berlin. Education: 2015 — MFA Faculty of Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland 2010 — BFA Faculty of Media Art and Scenography, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland Rua Golba creates paintings, sculptures, installations, and films work. Her projects show the …
GALLERY TEXT (En Español)Raul grew up between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and his drawings often reference the landscape, buildings, and characters from his childhood. Raul’s work on Lowriders in Space is done completely in ballpoint pen, a decision to reference his first tools as a young artist, often making fan art of comic …
GALLERY TEXT (En Español) Elia Alba’s installation for Sweety’s Radio: Edición Especial will include three videos, Unruhe, Se Revela, Se Devela and Gigglers, all made between 2001 and 2010. These works show Alba’s manipulation of reality as fantasy and vice versa, always within a societal framework informing this dynamic. In Unruhe, Alba focuses on this German word, meaning …
GALLERY TEXT (En Español) This year marks the 20th anniversary Emanuel Xavier’s self-published chapbook Pier Queen, a poetic manifesto about his personal experiences coming of age as a former street hustler, drug dealer/addict, homeless youth and survivor of child abuse. To celebrate this LGBTQ Latinx and POC milestone, Rebel Satori Press has reissued the book …
GALLERY TEXT (SPANISH) Sweety’s Radio: Edición Especial kicks off with the work of Cecilia Gentili. In an exhibition that brings together images, objects, and oral herstories that collectively speak of the impact of Gentili’s work as a mentor and muse, as well as the importance of community and agency in the documentation of trans-femme realities. The …
Anna Orlikowska’s practice is defined by the concept of “space activation” and involves a variety of media ranging from installation, performance, sculpture, video, drawing, text, and sound. Through the generative strategy of translating one medium into another, the act of listening is essential to the artist’s process in her explorations of the complex relationship between …
Correspondence of Imaginary Places (CoIP) is a partnered exhibition between Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space and ArticulateUpstairs in Sydney, NSW Australia. The simultaneous openings of the two events in New York City and Sydney will take place on Friday, May 26 from 6-8p and feature a live link-up and artist talk. A publication documenting the …
Cuchifritos Gallery is pleased to present Undone Yin Yang, an installation of new work by Jerry Blackman curated by Brigitte Mulholland. Featuring a suite of drawings and a series of wall and freestanding sculptures, the exhibition continues Blackman’s exploration of archetypal themes and binaries. The installation functions simultaneously as both a singular work, and an …
