“Oscar Murillo: A balancing act between collapse and spirit” na David Zwirner

Oscar Murillo é um artista colombiano cuja prática variada e itinerante explora temas de troca cultural e a interconexão de ideias, idiomas e objetos cotidianos. Nascido em 1986, Murillo transita entre pinturas, esculturas, instalações e projetos colaborativos, refletindo em seu trabalho um forte foco na circulação e mistura de elementos culturais.

Darkness a place of radical freedom

Markings, reading and sending telegrams… constellations of thoughts and gestures

Untraceable landscapes. Concealed – irrational!

Fields of despair—scarred.

The playhouse of imperiled spirits

As our world becomes ever more hostile I must go home and be safe—I send to you these telegrams—telegrams of sympathy.

bruised and bleeding.

These words started with the untimely departure of my mentor Okwui Enwezor, in 2019—it was also the first time I thought of Manifestations. Manifestations now need to be Protests…

A decade ago on the eve of All the World’s Futures we spoke of The Artist as Producer in Times of Crisis, a devastating crisis.

We miss you

—Oscar Murillo, Julho 2024