El Exploratorio: Zona 1<\/em> opened over the weekend, and features 19 artists applying strategies of hybridity, reproduction, fragmentation and appropriation and using their findings as tools to develop new aesthetic discourses within the creative field, \u201cworking in conjunction with today\u2019s technological and aesthetic Neo-Renaissance,\u201d according to MOLAA.<\/p>\n \u201cStereotypes about Latin American and Latinx art tend to define it as a monolith of \u2018colorful\u2019 and folky objects or images wrapped up in issues of identity,\u201d said MOLAA Curator of Education, Gabriela Mart\u00ednez. \u201cThere is a rich history of Latin American artists working with innovative materials or science-based concepts who either led these movements or worked contemporaneously alongside colleagues in Western Europe and the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n Artists exploring the convergence of art and science include Radam\u00e9s Ajna (Brazil, b. 1985) and Thiago Hersan (Brazil, b. 1981), experimenting with human- and machine-based interaction in public spaces. In memememe<\/em> they present two interfacing cell phones.<\/p>\n Self-taught industrial designer and artist, Cristian Castro (Argentina, b. 1971), deconstructed a Volkswagen Beetle to form the shape of a crab (pictured). Lina Espinosa<\/a> (Colombia, b. 1964) presents bacteria prints that draw attention to the intersection of art, biology and cartography.<\/p>\n Cristian Castro (Argentina, b. 1971), <\/em>EGG-771, 2008. Recycled materials, fiberglass, steel. Serial # 006. Courtesy of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n Los Angeles-based artist Linda Vallejo (US, b. 1951) investigates contemporary cultural and political issues by transforming demographic information into patterns and grids in her Datos<\/em> Sagrados \/ Sacred Data<\/em> series, creating a language by synthesizing European systems with ancient forms.<\/p>\n Also included in the exhibition is one commissioned work by An\u00edbal Catal\u00e1n (Mexico, b. 1973) based on futuristic Russian Constructivist aircraft design. Other artists including William P\u00e9rez (Cuba, b. 1965), Mabel Poblet (Cuba, b. 1986), and Jimena Sarno (Argentina, b. 1971) push the boundaries of ideas on perspective, fragmentation, and re-engineering forms and narratives, according to the release.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that in general I\u2019m very impressed with the poetic approach that a lot of these artists are taking,\u201d Mart\u00ednez continued. \u201cWe always discuss how we can make art or science more \u2018palatable\u2019 to audiences who may not be familiar with concepts related to either field. The sheer beauty of the works and the philosophical questions that the artists pose makes me more interested in the scientific concepts that they are dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n A section of the exhibition is dedicated to Matters of Gravity \/ La Gravedad de los Asuntos<\/em>, where nine artists translated their experience boarding the Ilyushin 76 MDK at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center to experience weightlessness into a series of images, objects and videos. In collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, the artists explore themes of time, space, memory, liberation and poetry.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope that visitors walk away with a better understanding of the diversity of concepts and art practices engaged by contemporary Latin American and Latinx artists,\u201d said Mart\u00ednez<\/p>\n El Exploratorio: Zona 1<\/em> will open on Sunday and run through July 29. A panel of artists from the exhibition will discuss their inspiration on June 23 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM<\/a>. For more information about MOLAA, visit the website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n MOLAA is located at 628 Alamitos Avenue.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI hope that visitors walk away with a better understanding of the diversity of concepts and art practices engaged by contemporary Latin American and Latinx artists,\u201d said MOLAA Curator of Education Gabriela Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":66309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[159],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-molaa","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=802"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CristianCastro-970x647.jpg\")
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