This year’s presentation brings together a mix of themes that our artists have been exploring, ranging from intimate self-reflections through abstraction and representation to socio-political critique and material experimentation. The works on display reflect the diverse and dynamic practices of our artists, offering a powerful commentary on both personal and global narratives. We will be presenting works by:

Abraham Cruzvillegas 

Adrián Villar Rojas

Allora & Calzadilla 

Ana Segovia 

Bárbara Sánchez-Kane 

Carlos Amorales 

Damián Ortega 

Danh Vo 

Gabriel Orozco 

Haegue Yang 

John Giorno

Marta Minujín

Petrit Halilaj 

Roberto Gil de Montes 

Wilfredo Prieto

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Focus: Marta Minujín

kurimanzutto presents a selection of informalist paintings from the earliest moments of her career alongside more recent examples of her collages and sculptures made from multicolored mattresses. Minujín made her first informalist paintings in Buenos Aires at the end of the 1950s, embracing the international art movement that rejected traditional artistic conventions in favor of abstraction and spontaneity. These works incorporated materials like cardboard packaging, sand, and carpenter’s glue to create textured surfaces. In the early 1960s, she received a scholarship to study art from the French government and moved to Paris, where she produced her first sculptures from large cardboard boxes and eventually old mattresses, sourced from the streets and hospital dumpsters. In their raw state, the austere and gritty sculptures retain ties to informalism, reflecting the harsh realities of postwar urban life in the French capital.

In 2004, Minujín reprised her mattress sculptures from the 1960s and continues to make an ever evolving series of soft sculptures fashioned from brightly painted fabric and foam-mattresses, alongside works on paper and paintings with similar patterns. Her enduring fascination with mattresses and their boundless possibilities speaks to an artist whose practice remains consistent, active, and always rooted in experimentation.

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Miami Beach Convention Center 

December 4 — 8, 2024

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Booth D23

inquire: karensofie@kurimanzutto.com

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