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Solar, the well known East Hampton Art Gallery, will be presenting an exhibit by Venezuelan artist Eduardo Bárcenas at the Elga Wimmer PCC in Chelsea, Jan 13- Feb 7, 2009. The exhibit is title Acts of Silence and is the first part of a series called Glocal Proposals that Esperanza León, director of Solar, plans to hold at the Chelsea space. Glocal Proposals bring together artists able to identify sensitively with global as well as local influences and circumstances in their artwork. Their capacity to bridge the poles creates a new mode of expression: glocal. Many, if not most people nowadays, live glocal lives led by globalizing factors like air travel, mobile phones, the Internet. It is the artist's ability to be authentic to his local social and cultural expression while identifying himself, and being identified with, a global arts representation that is key to a successful work of art.
This is Bárcenas' first solo show in New York City and includes paintings and works on paper as well as wire and mixed media box constructions dating between 2000 and the present. Bárcenas exposes issues of identity and existence through masks and visages, including a self-portrait. Benjamin Genocchio wrote in The New York Times about the artist's 2006 show at SOLAR in East Hampton, "Mr. Bárcenas takes as his theme social and political events in Latin America, though without grandstanding or being too obvious about it. His works are vague and dreamlike, aiming to evoke feelings of loss, tragedy and despair." SOLAR at Elga Wimmer PCC, 526 West 26th Street, #310. Opening Reception on Jan 15, 6-8 PM. Visit artsolar.