Exposición en London, London, City of, Reino Unido

Santiago Montoya - Unfinished Business

Dónde:

Halcyon Gallery / 29 New Bond Street / London, London, City of, Reino Unido

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Cuándo:

21 oct de 2015 - 10 nov de 2015

Inauguración:

20 oct de 2015 / 18.00

Horario:

Lunes a domingo 10.00 -18.00h

Precio:

Entrada gratuita

Organizada por:

Halcyon Gallery

Artistas participantes:

Santiago Montoya

Correo electrónico:

info@halcyongallery.com

Etiquetas:

Acero Acero en London, City of Acrílico Acrílico en London, City of Collage Collage en London, City of

Descripción de la Exposición

Santiago Montoya, Unfinished Business 21 Oct 2015 - 10 Nov 2015 Halcyon Gallery is pleased to present Unfinished Business, an exhibition of new works by Colombian artist Santiago Montoya. The solo exhibition, Montoya’s third at the gallery, provides a striking culmination of the artist’s endeavours since his acclaimed first exhibition at Halcyon Gallery, The Great Swindle (2012). Unfinished Business sees Montoya continue to develop his dialogue spotlighting society’s contemporaneous relationships with money and the economy at large. Using uncirculated bank notes, he creates canvases which boldly illuminate tensions; questioning preconceptions and offering new pertinence to complex social constructs. The clichéd titles of Montoya’s work add an element of humour to his work enticing viewers into the debate. Montoya views bank-notes as ready-made painted surfaces, as snapshots of time, theatres in which political propaganda and historic events play out. Yet these paintings come with their own pre-assigned commercial value which forms ... the basis of all international trade, relations and infrastructure. The result is artwork saturated with layers of meaning. "For so many years, we fought nature to survive, and I wonder if, for some of us, the economy has taken its place. We´ve anchored our expectations for wellbeing, success and happiness on the economy. The economy has become a new god, which we all cease to understand. An incomprehensible mystery of which many prophets write about, at times becoming holy, and at others, an evil in disguise. For better or worse (interdependently inseparable), as inconclusive as things are in the sacred fields of religion – and economy, it seems that we have quite a distance to go before we conclude… all I pray is that in my time, it remains forever Unfinished Business.” Santiago Montoya

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Santiago Montoya, Unfinished Business 21 Oct 2015 - 10 Nov 2015 Halcyon Gallery is pleased to present Unfinished Business, an exhibition of new works by Colombian artist Santiago Montoya. The solo exhibition, Montoya’s third at the gallery, provides a striking culmination of the artist’s endeavours since his acclaimed first exhibition at Halcyon Gallery, The Great Swindle (2012). Unfinished Business sees Montoya continue to develop his dialogue spotlighting society’s contemporaneous relationships with money and the economy at large. Using uncirculated bank notes, he creates canvases which boldly illuminate tensions; questioning preconceptions and offering new pertinence to complex social constructs. The clichéd titles of Montoya’s work add an element of humour to his work enticing viewers into the debate. Montoya views bank-notes as ready-made painted surfaces, as snapshots of time, theatres in which political propaganda and historic events play out. Yet these paintings come with their own pre-assigned commercial value which forms the basis of all international trade, relations and infrastructure. The result is artwork saturated with layers of meaning. "For so many years, we fought nature to survive, and I wonder if, for some of us, the economy has taken its place. We´ve anchored our expectations for wellbeing, success and happiness on the economy. The economy has become a new god, which we all cease to understand. An incomprehensible mystery of which many prophets write about, at times becoming holy, and at others, an evil in disguise. For better or worse (interdependently inseparable), as inconclusive as things are in the sacred fields of religion – and economy, it seems that we have quite a distance to go before we conclude… all I pray is that in my time, it remains forever Unfinished Business.” Santiago Montoya

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