Ifa-Galerie Stuttgart presents from November 15, 2024 (Vernissage 14.11.) the exhibition (Re)Born from Volcanos. Volcanoes are powerful transformers that change our planet: with their powerful eruptions, they create new land masses and islands, but also destroy land. (Re)born from Volcanos invites us to look at the world beyond geopolitics and explore how cultural, political and spiritual practices relate to the recurring volcanic cycles of birth, destruction and restoration. The exhibition presents works by 20 artists who focus on these themes and remind us that nature is not a stable background, but is constantly changing and very much alive.
Image above: Seba Calfuqueo, Pillan, Serie Natura, 2024 © Registro Diego Argote, Courtesy ifa-Galerie
The project is dedicated to forms of knowledge that arise from the confrontations with the “Ring of Fire”, the largest volcanic belt in the world with over 400 active volcanoes in the Pacific. It connects places, lives and memories between Abya Yala (indigenous for America) and Asia; between Rukapillan (indigenous for Villarrica volcano) in Chile, via the volcanoes Ipala (Guatemala), Matlalcueitl (Mexico), Tambora and Krakatoa (Indonesia), Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) to Putauaki (Aetora/New Zealand) and many others.
With works by Seba Calfuqueo, Santos Chávez, Neyen Pailamilla, Antonio Paucar, Esvin Alarcón Lam, Mena Guerrero, Gabriel Rossell Santillán, Maurilio Sánchez Flores, José Luis Romero Chino, Emmanuel Tepal Calvario, Luis Ortiz, Saúl Kak & Charles Fairbanks, Raven Chacon, Citra Sasmita, Tita Salina & Irwan Ahmett, Lisa Hilli, Monai de Paula Antunes & Silvia Noronha
Curated by Paz Guevara and Cristian Vargas Paillahueque in conversation with Bettina Korintenberg and Gabriel Rossell Santillán as part of the year-long program Agua Quemada (Burnt Water) at ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, which explores themes such as diasporic movements, memory, resistance, regeneration and community, as well as anestral technologies and forms of knowledge.
WHEN?
Vernissage: Thursday, 14. November 2024, from 7 pm
Exhibition period: Friday, 15. November 2024 until Sunday, 23. February 2025
Opening hours: Wednesday until Sunday: noon – 6 pm
WHERE?
ifa-Galerie Stuttgart
Charlottenplatz 17
D-70173 Stuttgart
COSTS?
Free entry
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