Mateo López: Palm Line Clock Hand

Galeria Luisa Strina presents Palm Line Clock Hand, the second solo exhibition by artist Mateo López (Bogotá, 1978). His work shifts between drawing, video, sculpture, design and performance. As well as occupying Room 2 of the gallery, Mateo will reactivate part of the original space of the Galeria Luisa Strina, which operated for 35 years but has been closed since 2010 (*). The intention is to transform this area into a space for projects, where artists have greater freedom to experiment.

In the current space, ten drawings on paper and two sculptures will be exhibited, which works refer to animations and serve as studies for the project, which involves animation and actions. On the first floor of the old space – located two blocks away from the new gallery, at Rua Padre João Manuel 974A – the artist will make a video-installation composed of nine animations, new sculptures and objects. The terrace will host an interactive sculpture whose shape will allude to a clock and on certain Saturdays the choreographer and dancer Eduardo Fukushima, invited by the artist to participate, will present a choreography created for the occasion, mirroring the ideas explored in the videos and drawings(**).

The intention is to achieve a double transformation: from drawing to video and from video to body movements. The idea emerged from the fact that the artist’s studio is located in an old dance studio in New York and, parallel to that, being in the study, sitting, studying, standing up, experimenting and even drinking coffee all create a kind of choreography, which varies from day to day.