ABOUT “THE BODY”
“The Body” is an exhibition of drawings, photographs and video works documenting the performance work of acclaimed Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo. A poet as well as a performance artist Galindo uses the body as a starting point to explore the ethical implications of social violence and injustice associated with gender and racial discrimination. Galindo’s work often references her body’s relationship to the landscape of Guatemala as it interrogates the human rights abuses arising from endemic inequalities that define all contemporary societies.
Curated by Noah Khoshbin, the exhibition will present 15 video works and works on paper exhibited publicly for the first time.
“The Body” will be on view at the Watermill Center through October 15th, 2023.
Exhibition support provided by the Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milan and Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Regina Jose Galindo is a visual artist and poet whose primary medium is performance. In 2001, Galindo was invited to the 49th Venice Biennale by Harald Szeemann and has participated in numerous exhibitions since, including Documenta14 and the 54th, 53rd, and 51st editions of the Venice Biennale. In 2005, Galindo was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in the “Young Artists” category. In 2011 Galindo was awarded the Grand Prize of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts and received a 2021 Robert Rauschenberg Award. Her works are held in numerous collections, including the Center Pompidou; Guggenheim Museum; Tate Modern; Essex; Princeton University; MEIAC; Turin; UBS Art Collection; Miami Art Museum; Marco; and MoMA New York.
Regina José Galindo is a recipient of the Nina von Maltzahn Fellowship for the Performing Arts at The Watermill Center.