Expo On line "SEVEN" - Changarrito Expo 7° Aniversario.
Changarrito SEVEN
Exhibition ON LINE curated by Leslie Moody Castro, con motivo del séptimo aniversario del Changarrito.
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The number seven is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the number following six, and the integer immediately preceeding the number eight. It is the number of days it is said to have taken Christ to create the heavens and the earth, culminating on the seventh day with a day of rest that was blessed by God. Seven is the fourth prime number that is divisable by itself and one. Seven is the lowest ...integer that cannot be reprented by the squares of integers. It is the number of notes in the traditional Western musical scale, it is the number of chakras said to exist in the human body. After seven years of marriage partners should gift wool or copper unless suffering through what psychologists refer to as "the seven year itch". The number seven is discreet and simple, yet all at once complex. Its references range from mathematical, scientific, and psychological, to biblical, mystical, and pop culture related.
In 2005 the Changarrito project was inaugurated in Madrid, Spain with Mexico as the invited country for the ARCO art fair. Seven years later it is still going strong and growing as artists continue to participate, diffuse, and support the Changarrito all over the world. Seven years later we can say it has grown into a variety of cities in three different countries, and has been the subject of a variety of retrospectives from San Francisco to Venice.
For its retrospective exhibition I chose to emphasize the importance of the number seven in the Changarrito's seventh anniversary. Indeed, maintaining a massive collection of small works by a huge list of artist all over the world is no small task. Add to the number of years this collection and list of artist has been maintained, and you will have some idea of the work at hand.
This year the online exhibition features 21 works of art, by seven artists, and broken into three different subsections: representational histories, voyueristic awareness and ephemeral language. As a multiple of the number seven, the number 21 is at once manageable yet still allows for an exhibition that shows the breadth and depth of the work that has been collected in the past seven years. Entering its seventh year, the Changarrito project continues to flourish and thrive, and as it begins its iconic seventh year of diffusion the implications of the seventh year in which it is beginning is important historically, socially, and, psychologically, all important factors represented by the art and artists in the exhibition.
Congratulations to the Changarrito and all who have participated in its projects and performances all over the world for the past seven years.
Leslie Moody Castro
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