unos días más, en la universidad de california en san diego, ca.

T R A N S U R B A N I A C
art emotions and some city trances.
9 April > 15 May 2010
Eduardo Abaroa, Georgina Bringas, Abraham Cruzvillegas, José Dávila, Roberto de la Torre, Pedro Friedeberg, Rubén Gutiérrez, Jerónimo Hagerman, Enrique Jezik, Gabriel Kuri, Gonzalo Lebrija, Ilán Lieberman, Enrique Metinides, David Miranda, Antonio O’Connell, Edgar Orlaineta, Ricardo Rendón, Jorge Reyes, Tercerunquinto, Pablo Vargas Lugo

Things are not static. As we know from research in quantum physics, the closest landscape is a non-stop experience surrounded by contradictory aspects of surrounding objects that can be treacherous and out of control. Emerging from this awareness is the next exhibition at the University Art Gallery entitled Transurbaniac.

The exhibition, curated by Guillermo Santamarina, Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MuAC) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico brings together a number of important works from the museum’s permanent collection along with additional work selected by the UCSD University Art Gallery with the intention of linking the concerns of artists working in Mexico and the United States around issues of urban space and the university campus.

By using multi-dimensional approach, the exhibition recognizes the long tradition of Mexican creativity that is in the same critical discourse as surrealist artists. From pulling transgression notes into urban commodities or supporting questions about mental stability to materializing legitimate fear in based on historical and urban dysfunctions Transurbaniac aims to create a incontrovertible melodrama set in middle-class scenarios of the 21st century. From the large site specific installation of José Dávila to David Miranda’s flyer titled Legal Trades, the exhibition takes as its focus the specific circumstances of contemporary art in Mexico and raises questions that are relevant for artists working in urban contexts everywhere today.