Arts Summary Highlights New Exhibition at Americas Society
Arts Summary Highlights New Exhibition at Americas Society
The art website says that the show, by Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza, focuses on the artists' conversations over the years.
“The Los Angeles-based artists Beatriz Cortez (b.1970, San Salvador) and rafa esparza (b.1982, Los Angeles) have over the years talked about ancient and contemporary ideas of the Earth, the cosmos, the underworld, and the knowledge developed by ancient Indigenous people. Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos presents works selected by the artists that show how this knowledge flows around all beings and matter across the cosmos.” — Americas Society
“I see my sculptures as time-travelers. I don’t always know if they are coming here from the past or from the future, but I know that they are spaces of generosity. They honor the technologies, strategies, spirituality, and knowledge of ancient peoples and celebrate their survival in the future,” said Cortez in the exhibition’s publication.
In the same book, esparza talked about his collaboration with Cortez. “It feels empowering to be boundless in our conversations and in our creative journeys and to work in ways that are reciprocal and not unilateral,” he said.
“Beatriz Cortez × rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos is not only an opportunity for the artists to reflect on their individual and collaborative work but is also a way to expand what curating means,” said Iglesias Lukin. “In turn, it will draw viewers’ attention to the fluid boundaries of authorship and the collective spirit inherent in artmaking by exposing the networks of personal relations that inform artistic creation and animate culture.”
