Exhibition
Oscar Murillo: A balancing act between collapse and spirit
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Now Open
October 9—November 16, 2024
Opening Reception
Wednesday, October 9, 6—8 PM
Location
London
24 Grafton Street
London W1S 4EZ
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 10 AM-6 PM
Artist
Oscar Murillo, Telegram, 2013–2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch and Reinis Lismanis. © Oscar Murillo
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Installation view, Oscar Murillo: A balancing act between collapse and spirit, David Zwirner, London, 2024
Installation view, Oscar Murillo: A balancing act between collapse and spirit, David Zwirner, London, 2024
“Let’s work hard in unity as human beings in this world. I am reminded of what the American entrepreneur and astronaut, Jared Isaacman, said as he looked down on the Earth from a privately funded space capsule: ‘Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do...But from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world.’ I recognize the inherent irony in borrowing the words of someone like Isaacman, a person of such tremendous privilege that he could finance his own ticket to space. But there is something vulnerable in seeing the earth from that great distance, seeing it abstractly, with all of its flaws smoothed away. From far away, he was able to cut straight to the point.”
—Oscar Murillo, October 2024
Oscar Murillo, manifestation, 2023–2024 (details)
Oscar Murillo, (untitled) anterior chamber, 2024 (detail)
“A song to a tearful garden is a commemorative gesture, an expanding altarpiece to my friend Jaqueline Soto.”
—Oscar Murillo, October 2024
Time-lapse view of Oscar Murillo, The flooded garden, Tate Modern, 2024. Video by Tim Bowditch, courtesy the artist. © Oscar Murillo
Jacqueline Soto, (untitled) the peril of distant dreams, 2019 (detail) © Jacqueline Soto
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