On the occasion of Oscar Murillo's solo exhibition El pozo de agua at kurimanzutto Mexico City, the gallery presents a live conversation between the artist and Curator Magalí Arriola.
The conversation is the fourteenth chapter of the FUTURE DIALOGUES series hosted by kurimanzutto with the support of Casa Dragones.
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About FUTURE DIALOGUES
Inspired by kurimanzutto’s intergenerational program defined by a rich history of artistic collaborations, FUTURE DIALOGUES focuses on the exchange of knowledge and ideas for the artists and creatives of tomorrow.
The series has featured pioneering artists and authors: Minerva Cuevas with Alfredo Jaar, Abraham Cruzvillegas with Julie Mehretu, Carlos Amorales with Joan Jonas, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane with Rirkrit Tiravanija, Roberto Gil de Montes with Joey Terrill, Daniel Guzmán with Mónica de la Torre, Marta Minujín with Darsie Alexander; Miguel Calderón with Magalí Arriola; Felipe Baeza with Susana Vargas; Marta Minujín with Pablo León de la Barra; and Eugenie Tsai & John Yau, moderated by José Esparza Chong Cuy; Gabriel Kuri with Dieter Roelstraete.
This series of conversations has been transformed and can now be listened to in a podcast format through Voices of kurimanzutto.
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About Oscar Murillo
Oscar Murillo (b. 1986, La Paila, Colombia) has developed a multifaceted and challenging practice that spans painting, collaborative projects, video, sound and installation. Through each body of work, the artist probes ideas of collectivity and shared culture, demonstrating a commitment to the power of material presence alongside complex meditations on contemporary society.
A focus on the social dimension that sits on the border between performance and events is also central to Murillo’s practice. He often invites collaborators to participate in generative moments of collective energy: creating vast collaborative paintings with over 70,000 participants in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, walking through New York or travelling between UK cities carrying mateos (traditional papier-mâché figures made in Colombia), hosting a cleaners’ party at the Serpentine Gallery, painting swathes of linen black in community centres, or holding a runway performance, open to the public, in a 14th century building in Venice. Each of these projects point to a perpetual curiosity into global social and economic exchange, community, and collaboration.
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About Magalí Arriola
Magali Arriola is an independent curator and writer. She was Director of Museo Tamayo (2019-2025) and KADIST Lead Curator for Latin America (2016 to 2020). Before this, she was Curator at Museo Jumex (2011-2014) and Chief Curator at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (1998-2001), both in Mexico City. She curated the Mexican Pavilion for the 58 Venice Biennial (2019), and among her other independent projects are The Missing Circle, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia/Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico (2019-2020); The Sweet Burnt Smell of History: The 8th Panama Biennial (2008); Alibis (Mexican Cultural Institute, Paris /Witte de With, Rotterdam, 2002); Erógena (Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City / SMAK, Ghent, 2000). Arriola has extensively written for books, and catalogues and has contributed to publications such as ArtForum, Curare, Frieze, Mousse, Manifesta Journal, and The Exhibitionist, among others.
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Saturday, February 7, 12 pm
kurimanzutto, Mexico City
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