The Venezuelan artist wrestles with the seeming rigidity of the grid in pursuit of something truly abstract.
Composed of a partially stretched canvas divided into 25 squares and filled with small sandbags on the inside,
Untitled (1971) is one of Venezuelan artist Eugenio Espinoza’s many unique variations on the grid. Playfully humorous and seriously inquisitive, Espinoza seems to accept as a challenge the art-historical proposition that the grid is “impervious to change.”[1] He takes the monochromatic gridded canvas and cuts it into pieces, fills it with organic materials, wraps it around human bodies, or lets it flow freely in the wind.
The Woman’s Century: Evolution or Revolution?
About this event
The Zay Initiative aims to promote an understanding of the evolution of regional culture, building up public awareness and appreciation of this unique heritage, reaching out to like-minded individuals and institutions nationally, regionally and globally. In addition to seasonal or touring exhibitions and museum loans, the collection is accessed through the digital archive (Collection), first of its kind on a regional level, fortified by a pop-up glossary in both Arabic and English. The Zay Initiative aims to empower women regionally and globally by bringing their untold stories to life.
The Five Pillars of the Zay Initiative are: • Collect, document and conserve Arab dress and adornment.• Present and contextualise through a digital archive and blog.• Encourage intercultural dialogue to highlight our shared humanity.• Inspire and educate designers to create for a sustainable future.• Empower women regionally