La Amenaza
Exhibit statement
The exhibit "La Amenaza" is an installation which explores the idea of menace in pandemics, nature, social inequity, fire, urban blight and human cruelty.
Through it's collection of works, it provides an experience which can produce unsettling feelings, a sense of threat, or, of impending danger. At the very least, it conveys a general malaise or creepiness.
Menace itself, may be associated with historical or political situations, and it may be present in nature or reside in a person's body. It may be humorous one moment and deadly the next. It can be beautiful or ugly or both.
The possibility of menace exists in the air, in the water, in the earth and in the people around us.
It is everywhere and nowhere. Although, the exhibition is housed in the restored ruins of an eighteenth century cloister, it feels more like a dungeon. It's windowless space and ancient stone walls impart their own sense of menace.
The works in the exhibit are arranged to heighten and enrich the sensation of menace. They are placed to dialog with each other in unexpected groups or in pairings.
Not everything in the exhibit is a conventional painting or sculpture, common objects, pieces of design, internet images and more are intermingled to produce layers of information and experience in a way that a single isolated piece could not.
Featured Artists
Luisa Estrada, Leopoldo Méndez, Gustavo Monroy, Gabriela Solís,
David Bayus, Alex Aceves and John R. Thompson.
© JOHN R. THOMPSON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL THE ARTWORKS AND CURATOR'S STATEMENTS ARE PROPERTY OF THEIR AUTHORS.