How One Becomes What One Was
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
LVL3 is proud to present How One Becomes What One Was, a two-person exhibition featuring Ricardo Partida and Bruno Smith.
In How One Becomes What One Was Partida and Smith present new bodies of work that contextualize and complicate our understanding of folklore and mysticism in the 21st Century. Partida’s work largely functions to critique and reimagine depictions of gender amongst Western Painting. Much of the imagery found in Partida’s paintings is derived from Greek Mythology, referencing these figures and myths that embody a sense of both power and desire. Smith’s work constructs a hieroglyphic language that reckons with time, decomposition, and one’s relation to the natural world. Through its constant collection and cannibalization of found objects, paintings, sculpture, and organic matter Smith’s work plays on the misinterpretation of the past and a development of alt-history; adapting our notions of the past to better suit our 21st century goals. Within both Partida and Smith’s respective interests they have found the legend of the Quinametzin giants to be a point of departure for this exhibition; giant beings who faced extinction and are believed to be predecessors to the later Aztec gods. How One Becomes What One Was proposes new models for understanding the world around us by mythologizing the self.
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Opening Reception: Saturday, June 10th: 6:00 – 9:00pm
Gallery hours are Sundays 1-4 pm and can also be made by appointment. Email or call/text 312-469-0333to reserve a time outside of gallery hours.
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Tags: Bruno Smith, Chicago, How One Becomes What One Was, LVL3, Ricardo Partida, West Town
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