September 12-28, 2003
The Americas Society Gallery - 680 Park Avenue at 68th Street, New York City
Reception: Friday, September 12, 6-8 p.m.
AS A SATELLITE >> MURO SUR BACKYARD
A contemporary art exhibition addressing the belief that Latin America is the backyard of the United States. The exhibition highlights the emblematic coincidence of 9/11/73 in Chile and 9/11/01 in New York City. “Backyard” is curated and organized by MuroSur, an artist-run center in Santiago, Chile, and is part of AS A SATELLITE, a program with independent cultural initiatives in Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean.*
The participating artists of Backyard are either part of MuroSur or are regularly featured in their exhibition program: Máximo Corvalán, Claudio Correa, Gonzalo Díaz, Nury Gonzalez, Ignacio Gumucio, Josefina Guilisasti, Voluspa Jarpa, Rodrigo Merino, Bernardo Oyarzún, Lotty Rosenfeld, Ximena Zomosa.
A video selection, curated by artist Néstor Olhagaray, includes the work of: Claudia Aravena, Guillermo Cifuentes, Rodrigo Flores, Gonzalo Rabanal, Enrique Ramírez.
Gallery Hours: WednesdaySunday, 12:00-6:00 p.m.
Admission Free
Directions by Subway: Train #6 to 68th Street/Hunter College; by Bus, take the M2, M3, M4, M66 to Madison Avenue and 68th Street.
* A SATELLITE is a program with independent cultural initiatives in Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean, which consists of positioning and using The Americas Society as their satellite for the production of exhibitions and event-based projects in New York. For the purposes of AS A SATELLITE, an independent cultural initiative is defined as an organization run by a collective of artists or by other types of cultural workers, such as curators and critics. It can include non-profits, exhibition spaces, publishing groups, web-based organizations, and other forms of collective practices.